In today's Daily Rap Da Brat is held on charges of assault, Hip-Hop jewler Jacob Arabov tries tocut jail time, Lil Wayne appears in court and Universal clears up why Ja Rule's album was pushed back.Da Brat held on assault chargesAtlanta based rapper Da Brat has been held on charged of aggravated assault after attacking a waitress in an Atlanta nightclub with a bottle. The waitress who is a member of staff at Studio 72 owned by mogul Jermain Dupri was taken to hospital with lacerations to her face. Da Brat is signed to Dupris So So Def label.Jacob the jeweler takes pleaIn order to reduce time spent in jail, celebrity Hip-Hop jeweler Jacob Arabov decided to take a plea from authorities to reduce the time spent in prison. The jeweler who has created pieces for the likes of Jay Z, Kanye West and Busta Rhymes is expected to receive 37-52 months in prison after charges brought against him in conjunction with the Black Mafia Family Movement on money laundering charges back in June 2006. Arabov was already in trouble with courts after Cartier sued the jeweler for adding diamonds to their watches and reselling them without permission back in 2004.
Lil Wayne appears in court
Rapper Lil Wayne appeared in court this week on drug charges stemming from an incident in an Atlanta hotel last year. Wayne is expected back in court on November 20th when the judge presiding over the case has time to study if the search on the rappers hotel which led to him being considered a fugitive in Idaho where he was arrested last month, was actually official.
Lil Wayne is currently working on his The Carter III project which was scheduled for a December release but has been pushed back to Feb 2008.
Jah Rule not pushed back for reasons cited
Universal Records explained that the reason Jah Rule's album was pushed back was due to sample clearance but the rapper has openly confessed that the reason the album was pushed back is due to too much competition in the latter half of the year.
With albums dropping from Jay Z and Nas and already Kanye West, 50 Cent and TI having dropped Jah born Jeffrey Atkins decided to push the album back to the beginning of the year saying " I'ma kick it off real fresh in the new year and splash." Lets just hope he doesn't sink.
Melanie Cornish