The ultimate struggle rapper has been found. Ronald “Ra Diggs” Herron got hit with 12 life sentences, and 105 years on top of that, by a Brooklyn judge for a gang of violent crimes including a few murders.
Reports Raw Story:
The sentencing came after a jury in June 2014 found Herron guilty of all 23 charges against him, from racketeering to drug trafficking to gang-related killings between 2001 and 2009.
Prosecutors at the trial used Herron’s “gangsta rap” videos – in which he boasts about belonging to the infamous Bloods street gang, firing weapons and dealing drugs – to argue the lyrics documented his crimes.
Herron’s lawyers argued that the lyrics were not autobiographical, but were commentary on crime, violence and drug wars in the inner city.
Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch in a statement Thursday said the life sentence would put an end to the “brutal, unrelenting violence” that Herron unleashed.
“Herron styled himself a rap artist, but the evidence proved that he was a murderous thug who sought power through violence, fear and intimidation,” she said.
Herron reportedly did his dirt in Brooklyn’s Gowanus Houses.
Herron’s trial was made for TV with fellow rappers testifying and even crossdressing confessions.
The New York Daily News reports he told the judge, “You can sentence me to 10 life sentences; I’m only going to die one time, and God have mercy on us all.”
Bruh…
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