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Elephant Man Arrested On Suspicion of Rape Charges

February 2, 2012 By 1fmjamz Leave a Comment

Elephant Man was reportedly arrested on Monday (Jan. 30) for suspicion of rape. According to TMZ, Elephant Man, born O’Neil Bryan, was arrested in Jamaica after the alleged victim filed a report and a police investigation occured.

TMZ continued to say that “one Jamaican media outlet” reported that the rapper was charged with “grievous sexual assault and rape” after interrogated and enough information on the matter was gathered.

The Kingston, Jamaica native has been successful on the charts. Elephant Man has had two No. 1 albums (“Good 2 Go”) (2003) and “Let’s Get Physical” (2008)) chart on the Reggae Albums chart. He’s also held two slots in the top 20 of the Rap Songs chart with “Pon De River, Pon De Bank”) (2003) and “Jook Gal (Wine Wine)” (2004).

(Via BillBoard.com)

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Cory Gunz Arrested, Faces Three-And-A-Half Years In Prison

February 1, 2012 By 1fmjamz Leave a Comment

Cory Gunz was arrested for gun possession in the Bronx, New York, on Saturday (January 28) afternoon.

The Young Money emcee’s father, rapper Peter Gunz, confirmed the report to MTV News.

“The details are still sketchy, but I can confirm that he was arrested with a firearm yesterday in the Bronx,” Gunz told MTV News. “They caught him around 2 p.m. in the afternoon with a loaded gun in his knapsack.

“It was definitely an illegal search,” Peter added.

Gunz was unable to disclose full details on the incident just yet, but he explained the events leading up to his son’s arrest. “I spoke to the arresting officer, and so far, what I’m hearing from him is that they got a phone call at the station saying they should ‘look out,’ ” Gunz said. “According to [the officer], they didn’t know he was Cory Gunz. They just saw a bunch of kids following him around.

“What I will say is that the officer that arrested Cory actually happened to be a cool dude,” Gunz continued. “After arresting Cory, sitting down with him and talking, he felt bad about the situation.”

“The details are still sketchy, but I can confirm that he was arrested with a firearm yesterday in the Bronx,” explained Peter. “They caught him around 2 p.m. in the afternoon with a loaded gun in his knapsack.

“It was definitely an illegal search,” he added.

“What I will say is that the officer that arrested Cory actually happened to be a cool dude,” explained Peter. “After arresting Cory, sitting down with him and talking, he felt bad about the situation.”

Though this is Cory Gunz’ first charge, his father is worried about New York’s stringent gun laws, the same that put the likes of Lil Wayne, Ja Rule, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy, and NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress in prison.

“To go to a precinct and see your son, your junior, in handcuffs, it’s heartbreaking. Anytime you see your child in jail, in the cell, in handcuffs, it’s very hard. He’s walked down some of the same paths that I walked down, but you never want to see your kids go through what you went through.”

Cory Gunz has spoken out on his arrest over the weekend for criminal possession of a loaded firearm. If convicted, he faces a minimum three-and-a-half years in prison.

“This was a big mistake on my part,” he told The Daily News. “I didn’t have any intentions of harming anyone or committing a criminal activity. So many young people look up to me and I need to fight though this.”

“It’s been really hard, really

(via HipHopDX)

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Lil Wayne… Author??

January 12, 2012 By 1fmjamz Leave a Comment

Hip hop star Lil Wayne scored a book deal with Grand Central Publishing for his prison memoir, Gone Till November. The book will include Wayne’s “revealing” diaries kept during an eight month trip to Rikers Island.

Publication is set for November 2012. On his official Twitter page, Wayne (pictured, via) already counts 4.9 million followers. Matthew Guma from Guma Agency (who also represented Jay-Z) negotiated the deal with Grand Central Publishing executive editor Ben Greenberg.

Here’s more from the release: “The past few years have brought Wayne incredible highs—topping albums sales charts, selling out tours, selling millions of albums, but also dark lows, resulting in a gun charge that landed him in Rikers Island for a year (of which he served 8 months). The journals he kept while incarcerated form an internal monologue, detailing his thoughts and feelings, the strange people he met, his plans, his family, his children, his past, present, and future.”

(Via www.mediabistro.com)

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