LAX: Gangsta's Paradise?
We got two rapper crime stories out of LAX today.
First, Coolio was arrested at the airport today on suspicion of possession of an illegal substance. Check out that story here.
Then, we got a release from the City Attorney's office touting the conviction of rapper Uncle Murda for using a fake identification car during screeing last year.
Uncle Murda, whose real name is Leonard Grant (over there on the left), presented the fraudulent card to a security screener on May 14, according to the City Attorney's office. Grant, 27, of New York, pleaded no contest to one count of possession of a counterfeit California identification card.
In exchange for his plea, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Mark Zuckman sentenced Grant to 18 months probation and ordered him to perform 50 hours of community service.
The photograph on the car was of Grant, but the identification number was traced to another individual, according to the authorities.
Earlier in 2008, the rapper whose singles include "Bullet Bullet" and "Hard to Kill," was shot while sitting in a parked car in New York. The bullet grazed his head and refused to cooperate with the police investigation.
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If my name was Leonard, I too would be using a fake I.D.
Such great role models. Aren't we all glad that we have such fine, upstanding individuals to look up to?
this is dummmmmmm!!!!!