Wayne won the Grammy for best rap album, best rap song, and best rap solo performance ion 2008. PHOTO: FILE
About a dozen people, including music executives, were riding the buses after the rapper’s April 26 performance at an Atlanta nightclub. Winfrey fired from a moving vehicle on a metropolitan Atlanta highway, police said. No one was injured.
Cobb County Police charged Winfrey with felony counts of aggravated assault, terroristic acts, gang activity, felony possession of a firearm, and criminal damage to property. Officer Alicia Chilton, a spokeswoman for Cobb police, said the arrest warrant was sealed and will not be made public. The charges against Winfrey were released on Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing the warrant, reported that the Winfrey’s motive was “to gain status in his criminal organisation by committing a high profile shooting of a rival rap artist” and that he has “associated himself with known blood gang members in the Atlanta area.”Wayne won Grammy awards in 2008 for best rap album, best rap song, and best rap solo performance and was part of the award-winning best rap group performance.
The New Orleans native has seen run-ins with the law on weapons and drug charges and went to prison in New York in a gun case. In March, a report of a shooting at a Miami Beach home belonging to Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was declared a hoax by police. It was not clear whether Winfrey was taken into custody. A representative for Wayne could not immediately be reached for comment.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 31st, 2015.
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