Philly battle rapper Tech 9 passed away last week suddenly as it was a shock to many of the hip-hop community. Now, it turns out that 9 was battling some legal issues at the time as well.
According to XXL, 9 is facing charges of sex crimes and child pornography. Documents obtain from the First Judicial District of Philadelphia court state that he was arrested on January 5 for unlawful sexual contact with a minor, corruption of minors, criminal indecent assault, physical harassment, indecent exposure, criminal use of communication facility, photograph/film/depict on computer sex act—knowingly depicts on computer, photo and child pornography.
9 coincidentally died on the same day that he had an arraignment hearing on March 25. He was also supposed to appear in court on April 16 for a pre-trial conference.
9’s cause of death still hasn’t been announced. It’s too bad that he got himself caught up in this horrible case. He had so much talented and was respected by many giants in the industry.
Flip the page to check out court documents regarding Tech 9’s case and video of his battling rapping days.
