Officials say the hip-hop star was forced to sign papers releasing a rapper known as Pooh Shiesty from his record contract.

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    Why did they think they could do crime to procure a signature on a contract which will be binding in the eyes of the law? Did they think the contract was a spell, and the signature a magical incantation to break the spell?

    Prosecutors allege rapper Pooh Shiesty, born Lontrell Williams Jr, led the ambush under the guise of a meeting, holding Mane captive inside a recording studio and forcing him to sign papers releasing him from his contract.

    Wow, not smart to do this at a recording studio which likely has cameras all over the place.

    “Within hours of leaving the Dallas studio, a number of the defendants were on social media displaying some of the items that appeared to be the jewellery that had been robbed from the victims,” Raybould said.

    So self incrimination too, nice.

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      Did they think the contract was a spell, and the signature a magical incantation to break the spell?

      Yeah, what are they to be that stupid? Sovereign citizens?

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      Suge Knight forced vanilla ice to sign over his rights holding him out a window or something, then forced easy e to let others out of contract after forcing his way into his office with a group of dudes with baseball bats. Those held up.

      But yes, this guy is dumb as shit, he was on tether for a conspiracy charge, on bail. I don’t think he had the political connections to get away with it like suge did.

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    I just read about this in the guardian, and was struck by the perp ringleader, he was on a tether for a conspiracy charge already when he allegedly did this. Fucking dumbshit. I think on bail from Florida if I recall.

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    lol maybe don’t sign to gucci in the first place, as if there weren’t enough examples already (and enough restarts of his label)