This week in Hip Hop, A$AP Rocky was charged with assault in Sweden. Also, Max B updated fans on his prison sentence and Future‘s bodyguard was on the receiving end of a beatdown.
A$AP Rocky Faces Up To Two Years In Swedish Prison
On Thursday (July 25), A$AP Rocky and two members of his entourage were charged with assault by Swedish prosecutors.
The 30-year-old rapper, born Rakim Mayers, faces up to two years for an alleged attack near Hötorget, a city square in central Stockholm. Rocky insists his reaction to the man following him and his crew on the streets was self-defense.
According to TMZ, the prosecutor Daniel Suneson likely won’t recommend the full two-year sentence.
Rocky’s trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday (July 30).
Read more about A$AP Rocky’s case here.
Max B Announces Prison Reduction
Max B is coming home sooner than expected thanks to a reduction in his prison sentence.
In 2009, Max was sentenced to 75 years behind bars. But the Wave God has confirmed he’ll only have to serve 12 years.
“They gave me 75, got it chopped to a 20 then got it down to a dozen,” he captioned an Instagram post this week. “nigga I’m good with the money. #SUPERBAD.”
Read more about Max B’s sentence here.
Future’s Bodygaurd Gets Knocked Out
Future’s bodyguard landed face down on the pavement after being knocked out during a confrontation at the Ibiza Airport in Spain. After footage of the incident began to spread across social media, Future took to Instagram to explain what really went down.
“Basically these fake goons ask to suck my dick for a picture I toldem NOOOO…apparently they get angry and do sum sucker shit,” he wrote. “I left the airport, they edit the video they filmed and sent it to blogs real real tuf guys …what they did to security I didn’t see period, I’m not a witness to anything…leave me out anything have to do with this incident.”
Read more about the knockout here.
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#DXCLUSIVES: Snoop Dogg, Mozzy & Trizzy Track
Snoop Dogg Reflects On Writing Daz Dillinger’s Verse For “Deeez Nuuuts”
While Snoop Dogg was recording The Chronic with Dr. Dre, Snoop pushed to get Daz Dillinger on the song “Deeez Nuuuts.” He explained why during an interview with KXNG Crooked on the HipHopDX series Crook’s Corner.
“I wanted [Daz] on this song because I liked his voice,” Snoop recalled. “I’m like, ‘Dre, this nigga voice, it’s hard cuz…you got to put him on the song.”
Watch Snoop on Crook’s Corner here.
Mozzy Explains How Fans Shaped His “Internal Affairs” Mixtape
In a recent conversation with DX, Mozzy spoke about the love he has for his fans. When he released his track “Shine’n For Diamond,” his listeners supported him so much he had to give back.
“I threw up my Cash App and they went crazy,” Mozzy explained. “On my momma, I could have paid for somebody’s funeral with that money they sent. I ain’t going to lie, I felt like I was stealing from fans. My fans rock with me so heavy and do so much for me.”
Read the full Mozzy interview here.
How Trizzy Track Waited 2 Decades For Overnight Success
DX’s Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark caught up with Trizzy Track, who recently went viral after catching the attention of Meek Mill on social media. The producer detailed his recent turn of good fortune.
“We just pretty much been – soon as the video went viral and stuff like that and retweeted, commented on, tweeted and stuff like that. I had got an inbox on Twitter. I was like pretty much just telling him time to work, he told me send him some stuff and go from there,” Trizzy said. “I pretty much got whatever he wanna rock with it’s gonna get back to me but you know, we working.”
Read the entire Trizzy Track interview here.
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Keep Rocky in jail, in Sweden. I’m going to buy some IKEA shit and eat some of them meatballs to celebrate. #THROWAWAYTHEKEY. We have TONS of other morons who commit crimes out here that have great lawyers and post bail etc. that should stay in jail. Maybe don’t kick a guy in the head while he is down, with your other two goons, film it, then post it to social media. LOL. Idiots.
Yh, but u didn’t know that other guy kept persistently harassing rocky over and over again. Also the guy slapped another woman’s butt. Like have u been living under a rock u moron
Wow. You’re pretty stupid. The dudes who were “harassing“ him were on a public street. The Swedish police did an investigation, and claimed that there was no report of them sexually assaulting women after checking ALL the Cel phone footage and interviewing everyone. They were found innocent of all accusations. The investigation says the two weirdos thought A$AP’s security broke one of their headphones. After following them for blocks trying to talk about it, one of A$AP’s goons grabbed dude by the neck and dragged him away. Before he threw the wire style headphones that weigh about as much as a Q-Tip. A$AP and his friends jumped both of the guys, and clearly was kicking one of them in the head while he was on the ground. Clear as day. If someone throws a stick of him at you, you don’t have the right to knock them to the floor and kick them in the head while they’re down, when you have SECURITY with you. I’m guessing YOU live under a rock, or smoke them, judging by your grasp of the english language.
I’m all for self defense but your in another country. Get your body guards to handle your safety or leave. Dont be mad that their laws are applied to you as a visitor.
You know that black people cant be convicted of crimes they obviously committed and admit to (upload themselves onto the web), because of racism, right?