Taxstone continues to search out hassle in his case for the Troy Ave taking pictures, for which a courtroom convicted him for fatally taking pictures the rapper’s bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter. A New York courtroom had already sentenced him to 35 years in jail final yr for state expenses involving first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and felony possession of a weapon. For these unaware, the entire state of affairs occurred in NYC’s Irving Plaza again in 2016. A number of accidents resulted from this. Now, the media character, actual identify Daryl Campbell, faces a brand new sentence, and this one’s reportedly federal. The information comes from courtroom paperwork reportedly obtained by AllHipHop.
Per this supply, a decide sentenced Taxstone to 115 months in jail (roughly ten years) on Monday (November 4). That is over federal gun expenses together with being an individual with a felony historical past in possession of a firearm and receiving a gun through in-state commerce. Moreover, Choose Lorna Schofield dominated that he should serve his new federal sentence in concurrence along with his state-related sentence. “Daryl Campbell used a firearm to focus on his rival, which led to lack of a life and critical accidents to harmless bystanders,” Alvin Bragg, Manhattan’s District Lawyer, acknowledged. “Gun violence can’t… handle battle. The toll of weapons continues to be staggeringly excessive and it’s horrific {that a} night time out at a live performance ended tragically.”
Troy Ave, Taxstone’s Enemy
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 29: Troy Ave attends Sprinklez New York Takeover on December 29, 2021 in New York Metropolis. (Picture by Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Pictures)
As for Troy Ave, he is now a free man as of August of this yr after a number of months in jail for his actions through the taking pictures. He persistently mocked Taxstone over this complete case and particularly over his jail sentence. The rapper even testified towards him in courtroom, one thing that the media character claimed he full of lies. “Half the stuff… Troy Ave [said] is an entire lie to guard himself from going to jail,” he alleged.
In the meantime, Taxstone saved his head excessive and remarked on social media about how he’ll select to look on the brighter facet. “Simply obtained 35 years for being victimized and reversing the state of affairs. The sweetness in all of it is I’m not doing 36. Be protected tho,” he wrote.
About The Writer
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a workers author for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH whereas finishing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington College in the summertime of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop information protection, comparable to his overview for Dangerous Bunny’s hometown live performance in 2024. However extra particularly, he digs for the deeper facet of hip-hop conversations, whether or not that’s the “demise” of the style in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the various transferring elements of the Younger Thug and YSL RICO case.
Past partaking and breaking information protection, Gabriel makes essentially the most out of his live performance obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s additionally developed a robust editorial voice by album opinions, think-pieces, and interviews with a number of the style’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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