Just as many rap stars have been the target of what the press calls the "hip-hop task force" in New York then Miami, a rapper from the west coast is claiming he too has been targeted by law enforcement.
Recently, Big Hutch, whose real name is Gregory Hutchinson, of the rap group Above The Law was pulled over while driving and indicted for conspiracy to traffick close to one thousand pounds of marijuana by the D.E.A.. According to the rapper, he has been falsely accused.
"Some other guys had been arrested, who I hadn't had any contact with for a while," Hutch said via a statement. "They gave the feds my name, and said I financed their drug operation, which isn't even true."
The story gets deeper as Hutch explains that Federal Agents questioned him, but not about the case his allegedly involved in-- instead trying to find information about people in the music industry.
"When the feds interviewed me, they didn't ask me who I knew who was involved in drugs," said Hutch. "Rather, they asked me who in the music industry was involved in drugs. They were just interested in people who worked in music business. So I kind of wonder if that's why these other guys used my name, since that is what the feds want to hear."
The Los Angeles rapper, who recently released his second solo album Live From The Ghetto, says that an employee of his record label had his phone was tapped and that only is how he has fell under this scrutiny. His lawyer has advised him to cop a plea since "hearsay is admissible in federal trials, unlike in other court criminal proceedings." There was no trial and Hutch is awaiting his sentence.
Hutch will turn himself in tommorrow (July 28th) to begin serving his sentence. The rapper in understandly angry and says the claims are "ridiculous."
"They were trying to claim that I financed their drug operation, and that I was the beneficiary because I have a record label," Hutch explained. "No one could prove it, but because of the association with these guys, they charged me with conspiracy. I ended up getting charged for several years for a crime I had nothing to do with."
A music video for Hutch's new single "Lyrical Murder" has just been released through his own West World/Activate Entertainment.
- Ballerstatus.net
Recently, Big Hutch, whose real name is Gregory Hutchinson, of the rap group Above The Law was pulled over while driving and indicted for conspiracy to traffick close to one thousand pounds of marijuana by the D.E.A.. According to the rapper, he has been falsely accused.
"Some other guys had been arrested, who I hadn't had any contact with for a while," Hutch said via a statement. "They gave the feds my name, and said I financed their drug operation, which isn't even true."
The story gets deeper as Hutch explains that Federal Agents questioned him, but not about the case his allegedly involved in-- instead trying to find information about people in the music industry.
"When the feds interviewed me, they didn't ask me who I knew who was involved in drugs," said Hutch. "Rather, they asked me who in the music industry was involved in drugs. They were just interested in people who worked in music business. So I kind of wonder if that's why these other guys used my name, since that is what the feds want to hear."
The Los Angeles rapper, who recently released his second solo album Live From The Ghetto, says that an employee of his record label had his phone was tapped and that only is how he has fell under this scrutiny. His lawyer has advised him to cop a plea since "hearsay is admissible in federal trials, unlike in other court criminal proceedings." There was no trial and Hutch is awaiting his sentence.
Hutch will turn himself in tommorrow (July 28th) to begin serving his sentence. The rapper in understandly angry and says the claims are "ridiculous."
"They were trying to claim that I financed their drug operation, and that I was the beneficiary because I have a record label," Hutch explained. "No one could prove it, but because of the association with these guys, they charged me with conspiracy. I ended up getting charged for several years for a crime I had nothing to do with."
A music video for Hutch's new single "Lyrical Murder" has just been released through his own West World/Activate Entertainment.
- Ballerstatus.net
