AR-Ab (real name Abdul West) appeared in a Philadelphia courtroom on Thursday (April 15) for his sentencing hearing where a federal judge threw the book at him. According to The Inquirer, the 38-year-old Philly rapper was sentenced to a whopping 45 years in prison for turning his Original Block Hustlaz (OBH) label into a drug trafficking ring linked to at least one murder.
Although AR-Ab’s former associate claimed the rapper ordered the 2017 killing of rival Robert Johnson, U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson insisted it wasn’t a consideration in his sentence. Baylson also insisted AR-Ab’s violent lyrics weren’t a factor in his bulky sentence either. Instead, he said the 45 years was for his history of “antisocial behavior.”
“You could have been a hero instead of a criminal,” he said. “But you became a drug dealer. You made that decision. That’s why you’re being punished.”
With his arms crossed, AR-Ab defended his lifestyle choices, saying, “The court, the FBI agents, and the prosecutors don’t understand my culture. 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.”
Dozens of witness revealed the OBH drug ring drew its supply of crack cocaine, heroin and meth from California, storing it in upscale Center City apartments he believed would be less likely to draw the attention of law enforcement.
“This wasn’t a case against gangsta rap,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Everett R. Witherell added. “Mr. West made it clear not just in his lyrics but in his social media that people should be afraid of him and his willingness to resort to violence.”
After FBI agents raided an OBH stash house at the One Water Street Apartments in Old City, AR-Ab dropped music video in which he rapped about the feds taking “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.”
The “rat” in question is Dontez “Tez” Stewart, who was charged with Johnson’s murder and testified against AR-Ab in exchange for a lighter sentence à la 6ix9ine.
AR-Ab Files Emergency Motion To Stop Murder Victims’ Family From Speaking At His Sentencing
AR-Ab’s attorneys filed an emergency motion to prevent Johnson’s family from delivering impact statements during the sentencing hearing, but apparently it didn’t work. Johnson’s mother sobbed in the courtroom as she talked about her son and had to be escorted out as she cried. AR-Ab showed no sympathy toward the woman, insisting he had nothing to do with the slaying.
Moments before U.S. Marshals led him away in handcuffs, it sounded like AR-Ab planned on filing an appeal, ending the hearing with, “I’m not saying I’m innocent. I’m saying I’m not guilty of all them charges.”
Good riddance!!
good, fuck em, shit will never change as long as ya keep defending ppl like this
It’ll stop when we ship you Europeans back to the caves you walked out of! Y’all he’s ones who distribute it!
This fool gon be 83 when he gets out, haha.
Lol be real, he dying in that cage, fat fuck be lucky if he make it to 60.
And you gone die on the online I hope the computer light blinds you and you die alone in depression bc you can’t see the hate filled letters to type you’ll be lucky if you make it to 40 with your gmo dna
Bruh if his DNA wasn’t genetically modified, he wouldn’t exist. Also why would he be depressed that he can’t see your hate filled letter bs his computer screen is too bright. ?????
Borderline didn’t need a snitch. If you’ve ever seen his interviews, you know.
The world needs people like A.R. If every thing in life was peaches and cream life wouldn’t be interesting. Everyone who wanna talk shit about his life choices never had to go through the same things he may of went threw
So you’re justifying criminal activities from a 38 year old? You should be locked up with him. Bet you also defend Casanova.
I bet you defend your evil hate filled ancestors too I bet you defend them bc if it weren’t for their blood lust and hatred you’d still be somewhere in England having sex with a pig. You death dumb and blind
See and that’s what’s wrong w us now. It’s not the devil’s that heat me up. It’s expected of them. But u should have ended that lame ass statment w ” And 4 the last time, PLEASE! Stay off my …… Freakin grass!” Loser no matter WHAT! Should always hate to see one of yrs. Locked up. Clarance Thomas Ass N1664!!
Yo that was for prison needs pimpin. Not u. Feel me.
45 years??????
Yup… R.I.C.O. can be a real B.I.T.C.H.
Looks like a stand up young black man , the type that be burning looting and murdering and pointing his fingers towards systemic racism for all his life’s problems!
We should of never taught you devils how to bathe. We should of kept y’all in caves sleeping with dogs and mating with your mothers. The moment you laid eyes on us you saw everything your not. We should have never let y’all in our culture either everywhere y’all go death and destruction follow. Forget the good stuff y’all cancer to the whole planet.
Yo realest shit ever spoke!!! POLO Va’$ Finest 93
How is that life you are living with 99% white inventions surrounding you? Electricity, cars, computers, internet, the english language etc etc etc. But sure, WE are the culture vultures for listening to hiphop. You’re nothing but a dirty racist yourself. Teach US how to bathe? Clown, you were a bunch of tutu wearing backwarded villagers beating each other up with wooden sticks for sport when the white man and took your whole continent from you like taking candy from a baby. The reason so many whites don’t respect you is because YOU DIDN’T EVEN PUT UP A FIGHT when we robbed you BLIND. Go defend some more dopedealers, that’s all you’re good for and all you understand in life.
LOL that post got you tight and your reply was dumb as hell. Shut up. Quit while you’re behind.
Yo real shit, if yr not white and yr talkin shit, you N1664’$ are the bottom. Way worse that the Europeans! Punk ass house N1664’$. Hope u get fucked over 1 day and end up in the joint and with in 48 hrs. Someone wakes ur bitch ass up by whispering ” I’m gonna split u wide open.” In ur ear. ?
You are an embarrassment to your race and everything “The Culture” is trying to accomplish
Lemme guess, the black man fucked ya bitch?
Do the crime, do the time. nothing more to say, he made his life choices
well….bye ???????
Have fun getting yo booty diddled for the next 45 years
falling-asleep-in-the-getaway-car-ass-naqqa …
Let me guess. He’s gonna blame it on system?
It was a bunch of white supremacists in MAGA hats who done did it.. #FreeArAb
All the gangsta shit glorified in HipHop is illegal as fuck and with social media mafuckas jus tellin on themselves basically. servin up video evidence for the feds. And once they get you on some shit they don’t even have to say it was your raps or videos or social media that led them to you cuz it don’t matter anymore they got the 10 kilo’s ya dig.
Drake still bumpin Ar-Ab?
Yes of course while wearing his stupid small hat!
I wish ny city wasn’t so hard bodied. Philly is a different breed. Northern city 1.7mil here. Too many ppl. Beautiful city but the culture is real urban.
This comment section is a train wreck of bitterness and racism.
Dude sometimes I come here and read and just leave. But this is nothing to comment on. The man did the crime and admitted to it. I have nothing to argue with the peasants here. But I totally agree with you.
YO SON HOLD YA HEAD BRO. WHATS DONE IS DONE! U LOVE THE GAME, THE GAME HATE U! THE FEDS DONT NEED A REAL REASON 2 TRAP U. U TRAP YOSELF WITH YA VIDEOS AND VLAD INTERVIEWS! WHEN WILL YALL YOUGINS EVER LEARN? GANGSTERS MOVE IN SILENCE! YALL AINT LEARN FROM GOTTI? WHO? OVER YA YOUNG HEADS. SMDH. WELL HIS BIG ASS TRAP GOT HIM LIFE IN PRISON. TAKE HEED AND STOP THE BLEED! AND IT DONT STOP! B.I.P. DMX BARK IN PEACE HOMIE! U A REAL 1 LIKE PAC!
All facts. He wanted to be more famous then rich. I don’t understand why buls always want to be on camera tellin on themselves but always how they hate a snitch.
Oompa loompa gobledegook
A snitch will get you caught every time.the snitch was more to blame for this than anything.like they say everybody gangsta till the get you behind them closed doors.then let the singing begin.all it takes is for a snitch to sing one song and then the feds knocking at your door saying we got a contract on our label.for life records.an offer you can’t refuse
God blessed him with rap and
White people are snitches. Y they allowed in a black mans culture
“Dontez” is a white guy? LMAO!
Ur stupid and unintelligent AF
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