The charges against Hip Hop podcaster Taxstone just got much more serious. After pleading guilty to federal gun charges stemming from the infamous shooting at New York’s Irving Plaza in May 2016, Taxstone has been indicted for the murder of Troy Ave’s bodyguard Ronald “Banga” McPhatter.
Taxstone, whose real name is Daryl Campbell, was charged with second-degree murder by the State of New York on Thursday (July 13), according to DNA Info. He pleaded not guilty at the hearing.
The prominent interviewer was first arrested after investigators linked him to the murder weapon. Taxstone has copped to the gun charges but maintains his innocence in the death of McPhatter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten has accused Taxstone of firing the shot that killed McPhatter for months and claimed to have a witness ready to testify about the podcaster’s guilt.
(This article has been updated. It was originally published on June 15, 2017).
Notable Hip Hop podcaster Taxstone (real name Daryl Campbell) pleaded guilty to federal gun charges in relation to the shooting at New York City’s Irving Plaza during a concert on May 25, 2016, according to New York Daily News.
Taxstone officially owned up to charges of possessing a firearm as a felon and receiving a firearm in interstate commerce in connection with the incident that left three injured and claimed the life of Troy Ave’s bodyguard, Ronald McPhatter.
Although the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office didn’t charge Taxstone for murder, lawyers handling the case reportedly told Judge Lorna Schofield he brought a firearm to Irving Plaza and fired the deadly shot.
Prosecutors say Taxstone’s DNA was found on the murder weapon used during the shooting, along with Ave’s DNA. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has charged Ave with attempted murder for his alleged involvement in the incident, but the rapper claims he was acting in self-defense.
Taxstone was originally indicted in February 2017, nearly one year after the shooting.
Taxstone faces up to 20 years in federal lockup.
Free ave!!! Hell yeah. Suckas get what they deserve. Support the real
Word life god we gotta support these delusional momma’s boys outchea thinking they keep it 100 they deserve all our moneys you smell me
F**K AVE!!!!
FAKE RECOGNIZE FAKE
Be safe though beloved…
Fucc Troy Ave. He a RAT. I can’t listen to or support a snitch’s music. Fucc is wrong with u new niccas? Y’all bump this gangster music all day, pretend to be a tough guy, flexin for clout but support a snitch? Y’all some goofies. Free a REAL DUDE who actually live what your fraudulent favorite “gangster” rapper pretends to be, TaxStone.
Stfu dickeater get taxstone balls out ya jaws
He murdered a person!! You internet thugs are ridicilous. He killed human being over some dumb shit
Come to Chicago and pop that shxt boy.
Jump out an airplane wit no chute P*ssy.
Troy Ave shot his damn self in that situation. Went to jail for 2 months then got shot in his head. He’s a clown and fraud. I respect the shooter..not the fake guy who acts tough but keep getting shot.
Sooo is everybody still mad at Troy Ave over Banga’s death?? The courts are saying Taxstone did all that B!
What you mean by everybody? The majority of us gained a newfound respect for Troy after he stood tall at Irving Plaza! Stop it with your false bs!
HIS CELLMATE WILL BE CALLING HIM BELOVED!!!!
Dude’s fucked
All that shit talking came back to bite him in the ass. Its over for son.
So this has to be example # 13,446 of acting like a super thug gets you no where in life but jail. Will the youth learn from this example? I don’t think so. Was it worth it Mr. Campbell?
Okay he might be a killer but what the fuck is this ‘Hip Hop Podcaster’ at all? He came out from nowhere and started talking shit on somebody in the industry again and again. So basically this fucktard did nothing for hip hop especially when it comes to music. Just another anti-social criminal ass motherfucker.
they’re gonna throw at least 7 at him. unfortunate. he was genuinely good at interviewing.
Oh he’s great at interviewing himself too. Got a lot of information on this case through interviews online.
Ha ha ha ha ha….aye yo yo yo yo son, nah mean B!
You about to do life with a bunch of dudes, you idiot. All that talking and you right back in jail, getting buttslammed.
All that crap you talked about the south. Good luck. They don’t have any Timbos in there, but Im sure you can trade enough cigs and fruit cocktail and ramen noodles to maybe get a patch of an old pair.
Ha ha ha ha ha…dum shatshone!
Just, one more dumb c00n our tax dollars will have to pay to house.
Better we all chip in a few thousandths of a penny to keep more of this shit from happening.
Troy still gotta face sumn for firing the banger in a crowded space.
Might get off easily. He’s been on restrictions ever since.. The fact that someone was actually killed and he was shot .. He can easily prove a case of self defense if tax is convicted. Can easily argue that you legitimately had a fear for your life.. No matter how crazy that sounds.
He must of had a good talk with his lawyer
People can talk all the negative they want about Tax, but the fact is everybody in this situation was grown men and street dudes. Tax repeatedly said what he was going to do if somebody ran up on him. People on the internet thought he was a joke. People who knew him in real life knew he wasn’t.
He was not the aggressor in this situation. They had no business approaching him in a crowded backstage concert area. That’s their fault. You don’t approach a dude who you know will shoot like that. If they really wanted to get at him they should’ve did it in the streets. They did it where they thought it was safe and found out it wasn’t.
How old will you be before you stop saying dumb shit out your mouth clown someone is dead and someone will do life Two families messed up
Which part was dumb? None of it. I don’t know how you grew up, but where I grew up, it’s certain people who you knew were not playing. You knew you couldn’t go up to them and punch them or get in a fight with them without knowing what would happen after that. You either had to be prepared to get on their level of violence, or you left them the hell alone. I’m no killer so I moved accordingly. That’s common damn sense to people who grow up around violence.
I have to agree with the other dudes–YOU SOUND DUMB AS FUCK. But, you know what? Youre telling the truth. And thats the thing about “hood logic.” Yes, all of it makes perfect sense, yet and still you know its dumb as fuck. And honestly, to survive there, you either have to play dumb as fuck or you actually have to be dumb as fuck.
Tax knew he had problems with them dudes and he went to their concert as a felon with an illegal gun and killed someone. Even if it was self defense, he knowingly put himself into that situation.
He could have simply stayed home. He was on his way to being rich from all the media he was doing, instead he is locked up in prison with a bunch of men.
100% correct, even if it’s sad as fuck. But I know dudes just like that, they funny as hell, always got jokes, and when it comes to “street shit” there ain’t no second option with them. Somebody’s getting shot, period. Before you deal with guys like that, you need to know what you’re getting into…
Go back to your doo-doo hut Kofi…
Who the fuck is this dude and why do we care? Lol
Tax Who? Best wishes to all those effected by this dumbass with a gun at a night club.
Amen brotha
he dindu nuffin
I’m sick of you my nicca.
FREE TAXSTONE!!!
Just another gossiping bitch. Don’t drop the soap tax. Hahahahahahahaha
Dudes on here talking bout respect the shooter when the shooter (taxtone) got his gun taken, ran like shit, getting murder charge, getting the charge for the chic that was shot in the leg AND U SAY U RESPECT THAT?….well there’s the problem!
When poscasting goes wrong…
We need to revert back to the John Witherspoon and Ice Cube bedroom scene (pause) in Friday!
I’m 100% sure that all parties involved have experienced a fist fight at least once in their lifetimes. You have all of this built up aggression that was the best way to release it. At the end of the day the most that would’ve came up out of that was a couple of bumps and bruises.
Three lives were lossed that night due to ignorance.
Who let’s off in a crowded in room with industry people and cameras?
Bullets have no names – all you had to do was ask for a fair one or just get packed on by his team!
You would’ve still had your freedom. He would’ve still have his life.
Now I’m sure you have to use those same two fists behind the walls to protect yourself.
I wasn’t there so I can’t judge…I didn’t come up the way you did but all these brothers is so fearless why you couldn’t just fight.
I’ve learned a lesson.
I’m down to talk or shoot the fair one but miss me with this gun shit because I have a lot of living to do and I don’t want another man’s blood on my hands.
Punch me in my face and I go home not jail.
Ha Man!
All his interviews on how he (taxtone) gets down, I’m sure won’t help his defense either BUT we shall see
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Keep wishing bro. That dude is done! Taxstone was wackk af anyway. Another waste of space off the streets