Posted on 01/23/2015 11:26:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon. But a prosecutor in California says one rapper's violent lyrics go beyond creative license to conspiracy.
San Diego-based rapper Tiny Doo has already spent eight months in prison, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted under a little-known California statute that makes it illegal to benefit from gang activities.
The statute in question is California Penal Code 182.5. The code makes it a felony for anyone to participate in a criminal street gang, have knowledge that a street gang has engaged in criminal activity, or benefit from that activity.
It's that last part -- benefiting from criminal activity -- that prosecutors are going after the rapper for.
Tiny Doo, whose real name is Brandon Duncan, faces nine counts of criminal street gang conspiracy because prosecutors allege he and 14 other alleged gang members increased their stature and respect following a rash of shootings in the city in 2013.
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TINY doo couldnt fill diapermans diapers.....sad as that comparison is
Don't bee a doggie don't,
DO bee a doggie do!
A: A good start.
Tiny Doo. This is as bad as Alan Iverson naming his kid Deuce. (By the way, I don’t know if Iverson’s first name is “Alan”, “Allan”, “Allen”, or something else and I don’t respect him enough to go Google the correct spelling.)
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