In March, Sean “Puffy” Combs, who now wants to be known as P.

He also will have to undergo counseling, submit to drug testing and ask the court for permission to travel overseas. “I would like to point out that numerous other celebrities have often used armed security guards.”Įminem was sentenced on Tuesday to two years’ probation for carrying a concealed weapon and fined $2,500. We expect a quick resolution,” Jay-Z’s lawyer, Robert Kalina, said in a statement released Friday, according to MTV.com. “We believe that the evidence in this case will show Jay-Z to be not guilty. The rapper and three other men were scheduled for arraignment later Friday. The artists who make the newspapers do so for their actions and lifestyles far more often than for their music.Īccording to USA Today, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, was arrested when police allegedly found a loaded gun found inside his vehicle. Guns, violence and demeaning images of women are seen as rap’s calling cards. Since the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur and the 1997 death of Notorious B.I.G., rappers – in particular gangsta rappers – have battled against those who blame the music for the daily violence acted out on America’s inner-city streets. The media closely followed this year’s courtroom appearances by Sean “Puffy” Combs and Eminem. The Jay-Z arrest is one of many recently involving hip-hop artists and rap sheets. He also is scheduled to appear in court on Monday on charges that he allegedly stabbed a music industry executive in December 1999. Jay-Z was arrested early Friday, outside a Manhattan nightclub, on a charge of illegal gun possession.

It’s almost as if rappers, in particular, have jumped from the Billboard charts to the most-wanted lists. Hip-hop artists seem to spend more time these days in courts than in the recording studios.

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