Cyrus Langhorne
Florida rapper Dieuson “Kodak Black” Octave is going to spend a bit more time behind bars. The hip-hop newcomer has received a sentence in a publicized house arrest case.
According to reports, Black could avoid 365 days in court if he completes an anger management course.
“If you can find it in the kindness of your heart, your honor, I am asking you to give me a chance to prove my worth to the court. To be the person my community expects me to be,” Octave told the judge. The judge ordered that Octave, 19, must complete an anger management/life skills course. If he completes the course successfully, his sentence will be commuted from 365 days to 180 days, with credit for time served. That means he could be back to making hits within weeks. (Local 10 News)
A few days ago, rap star Meek Mill spoke on Kodak’s publicized case.
Last week, Black’s attorney Raven Ramona Liberty came forward to speak out on his publicized jail case.
“I have the utmost faith in God that he will be out on the fourth and will start the tour,” Liberty said, adding that the rapper is only 19 years old. “Fortunately he has the money to pay for attorneys. But this happens all the time to young men in his situation. I don’t think sitting in jail is the correct punishment.” (Bossip)
Earlier the same week, reports emerged about Black getting found guilty for violating the terms of his house arrest.
Judge Thomas M. Lynch made the ruling just after 6 p.m. Wednesday. But any decision as to whether the rapper would face further, if any, jail time would have to wait until another hearing on May 4. Black, whose given name is Dieuson Octave, is in a downtown Fort Lauderdale courtroom for the third day of his probation violation hearing, which began just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. (Sun-Sentinel)
He got lucky…Kevin Gates…not so much…Don’t mess up this blessing man!!
Good for him, he is the future talent in hip hop.