Why is rapper da brat in jail

According to a MTV News report, Brat was sentenced to three years behind bars, as well as seven years of probation and hours of community service after being found guilty of striking a woman in the face with a rum bottle. Brat pleaded guilty to the charge. Per Georgia police, Brat and the woman had long-standing issues. Unfortunately, Brat was in legal trouble before for a similar incident.

In , she was accused of beating a woman with a gun during a dispute over VIP seating in a nightclub. Da Brat was released from prison in February , after serving about two and a half years behind bars, per The St.

Louis American. Dupri took to his Twitter page to celebrate the news. It was wrong. And, the girl definitely deserved some compensation The conviction wasn't Da Brat's first legal trouble. Several years earlier, in , the rapper was arrested after she reportedly got in a fight with a woman over VIP seats at a Georgia nightclub, according to MTV.

At some point during the altercation, Da Brat is said to have hit the woman over the head using a gun, and the woman was taken to the hospital and received six stitches on her head. In , her album "Funkdafied" was a mega success and made her the first female rapper to go platinum. Most recently, she again felt the love from the masses when she shared with the public that she was gay her partner is Jesseca "Judy" Depart.

My DMs were flooded too" via Variety. Yes, the singer, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, has absolutely enjoyed some public love. But her successful career and embraced personal admissions are just the highs. Unfortunately, her lows are surrounded in violence.