I just read this on AOL Black Voices....
Da Brat has joined a distinct group of black female rappers imprisoned.
Today, the rambunctious hip-hop lyricist and reality TV fixture was sentenced to three years in prison for striking a woman with a rum bottle at an Atlanta-area nightclub.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution' reports that a DeKalb County judge also sentenced the 'That's What I'm Looking For' rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, to seven years probation and 200 hours of community service.
The fateful incident occurred during a Jermaine Dupri-hosted Halloween party at Georgia-area nightclub Studio 72 on Oct. 31, 2007. The victim, a waitress at the club, had to be hospitalized after being struck by the rapstress, and Superior Court Judge Gail Flake said the woman suffered permanent facial scarring.
Da Brat and the victim had reportedly gotten into an altercation prior to the assault, police said at the time.
This sentence follows a string of other female rappers who have been imprisoned for assault and attempted manslaughter, including Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown and most recently Remy Ma.
You know what fam? For a change...I have absolutely nothing to say on this mess.
Let's hope time passes quickly for her in the joint.
"In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all."
1 comment:
I actually looked at Da Brat swift sentencing (Nov 07 celeb incident already opened and closed? wow.) as further proof that society does not care what happens to black women (& possibly all women for that matter). While what she did was not right by any stretch of the imagination or facts, there are men walking the streets today *cough* r kelly *cough* who have been allowed to do whatever they wish to young women to the almost celebratory embrace of their supporters.
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