Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Real Crack Reporting By The Herald

(pun intended)

50 Cent beats the rap: Community service for punching incident

Rapper 50 Cent will repay his debt to society by dissing gun violence on the airwaves - but a prosecutor says the ex-crack dealer infamous for being shot nine times isn't exactly the best role model.

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Springfield District Court Judge Robert Kumor also ordered the ex-con refrain from carrying a gun in Massachusetts for two years, and ordered him to stay off drugs and submit to random drug testing.


Now, before anyone blows a gasket over that highlighted bit there (or e-mails this article to me in a fit of blood-boiling rage), take a deep breath, relax, and read on.

I'm going to give the Herald writer here the benefit of the doubt and assume that the judge said, or meant to say, "any kind of gun", referring to the Airsoft pellet guns Mr. Cent likes to wear as part of his little rapper costume. Flashback to this post from May 10, 2004.

Barrasso said it took security guards and two extra-duty police officers to push the rapper - who was carrying a pellet gun loaded with rubber BB bullets in a chic Gucci holster - back on stage.


(Insert snarky Gucci holster-related comments here)