Campbell was arrested in January 2017 after his DNA was found on the 9 mm handgun used in the shooting. He has remained incarcerated since, after being denied $500,000 bail, and pleading guilty to two federal weapons counts. However, it has now been revealed that he is facing murder, attempted murder, assault and weapons possession charges.
On Monday, March 13, Campbell was seen for the first time since his incarceration in the Manhattan Supreme Court room as he watch rapper Troy Ave, born Roland Collins, give his account of what happened during the shooting on May 25, 2016.
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The NY Post, who was in the courtroom, gives a breakdown of Collins’ testimony where the rapper says he had to fight for his life.
“It looks like if you see people wrestle in high school wrestling — that type of position,” said Collins. “When the shot goes off I see the light from the spark and I hear the shot,” he testified. “This is all happening fast. I get up and start fighting Taxstone, trying to take him, grab the gun, and another shot goes off. I put my leg up to kind of block the shot from hitting me in the face or chest.”
Campbell then reportedly shot Collins in both legs. “I got up,” Collins said. “I’d rather die fighting. People die from leg shots. I’d rather die fighting than laying on the ground. I got up immediately.”
When Collins’ gun misfired, it was then that he noticed his bodyguard, McPhatter, laying face down on the ground.
“I rolled his body over and I’m like, ‘Banga, get up. Come on.’ I’m smacking him, like, ‘C’mon bro. Get up,’” Collins testified. “And his eyes were rolling to the back of his head. His shirt was red so I could tell he got shot.”
DaniLeigh was reportedly arrested on Tuesday, after driving under the influence in Miami Beach.
According to TMZ, the “Easy” singer was seen by several witness swerving in and out of lanes near Miami Beach before hitting the alleged victim who was riding on a moped. She dragged the moped for a block before a bystander flagged a nearby officer down who stopped DaniLeigh.
The responding officer noted in their the report that the multi-hyphenated artist smelled of alcohol and conducted field sobriety tests, in which she field. She was also subjected to a Breathalyzer test where she blew a 0.145 and 0.148, nearly twice the legal limit.
DaniLeigh was arrested and booked on three felony charges including driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a crash with serious bodily injury, and DUI damage to property.
As for the victim of the crash, he was taken to a nearby hospital where he suffered a kidney laceration and a spinal fracture.
Back in November 2021, that DaniLeigh was charged with simple assault after getting into a physical altercation with the father of her child, DaBaby.
Fetty Wap’s legal team told Billboard that he “began to struggle to keep up the lifestyle that he created for so many.”
“[Maxwell’s] judgment became impaired. Desperate to keep up with his financial obligations, Mr. Maxwell became involved in the instant offense for a few months in the spring of 2020.”
As a result, the “Trap Queen” rapper was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of post-release supervision for conspiracy to distribute cocaine . Prosecutors were reportedly pushing for more, stating the lyrics of “Trap Queen” were related to his history of drug dealing.
Prosecutors also argued that Fetty Wap allegedly admitted to a probation officer that his 2015 song “Trap Queen” was an “ode to a former girlfriend who assisted him in a cocaine base distribution operation in Patterson, New Jersey.”
Moneybagg Yo has announced that he will be releasing two new projects.
The first one is a mixtape Hard to Love is scheduled to drop on June 2nd. In a personal letter to fans posted on Instagram, Moneybagg Yo explained what’s being going on these last two years stating, “I gained and lost more than I ever thought I would and had no other safe outlet for all the emotions and dark thoughts that came wit that other than making music.”
Hard To Love is scheduled to drop via CMG/N-Less/Interscope Records and will serve as the follow up to his 2021 project, A Gangsta’s Pain.