There is always this fine line when it comes to rap music about how much is fact and how much is fiction.
I always refer people to the Jay Z verse about that thing when I am asked about it.
They’re all actors
Lookin’ at themselves in the mirror backwards
Can’t even face themselves
Don’t fear no rappers
They’re all weirdos, De Niros in practice
So don’t believe everything your earlobe captures
It’s mostly backwards
Unless it happens to be as accurate as me
And everything said in song, you happen to see
Then, actually, believe half of what you see
None of what you hear, even if it’s spat by me
And with that said, I will kill n*ggas dead
Cut n*ggas short, give you wheels for legs
I’m a K-I-double-L-E-R, see y’all in Hell
Shoot n*ggas straight through the ER, whoa!
This ain’t B.R., no
It’s S.C., CEO, the next Lyor
No, the next leader of the whole free world
And the first thing I’ma do is free Sigel—go!
Jay Z “Ignorant Sh*t”
One thing to remember though is the FEDS don’t care if you are telling the truth or not.
We have seen multiple rappers get hit on RICO charges and when they do, their lyrics come back to haunt them.
AR-Ab is the latest to be made an example out of it.
Prosecutors argued that his lyrics were more than just marketing: They amounted to confessions of crimes.
Jurors were shown several of West’s videos and dozens of Instagram posts that FBI agents said were directly linked to crimes by him or members of his crew.
In one 2018 video released after FBI agents raided an OBH stash house at the One Water Street Apartments in Old City, West complained that the feds “took 10 of ‘em” — a reference to 10 kilograms of cocaine seized at the scene.
“Quarter million loss, got a broke heart,” he rapped. “And they snatched my dog, that’s the worst part. / One rat destroy everything you work for. / I pray to God that he don’t tell them who he work for.”
Prosecutors interpreted West’s lyrics in another video to be an admission that he ordered the 2017 murder of rival Robert Johnson, who was shot multiple times in the 4000 block of Benner Street in Wissinoming. A member of West’s circle, Dontez “Taz” Stewart, pleaded guilty to the murder and later testified against him and his codefendants.
“I’ll have da whole city scared,” West’s song says. “Stand near home / I call Taz and tell him / Brig dat n — ’s head to me.”
He was sentenced to 45 years in jail, but he was defiant when he decided to speak to the court.
No apologies.
“The court, the FBI agents, and the prosecutors don’t understand my culture,” he said. “We don’t rap about flowers and rainbows. We’re gangsta rappers. We rap about where we grew up. So we rap about drug dealing. We rap about violence.”
AR said he plans to appeal.
Flip the page for the video of him speaking on how soon he thinks he can get out and his self snitching video.
