Rapper 2 Chainz sentenced to diversion program after pleading guilty in Los Angeles drug case
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Rapper 2 Chainz has pleaded guilty to misdemeanour possession of a controlled substance in a case filed after his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport.
District attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison says the rapper, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, was sentenced Monday to an 18-month drug diversion program, and a felony drug possession charge was dropped.
Robison says the misdemeanour charge will be dropped if Epps successfully completes the program.
The 36-year-old rapper was arrested in June after airport officials reported finding ingredients for the cough-syrup-based concoction known as “sizzurp” in his checked baggage.
A call to Epps’ attorney Leonard Levine was not immediately returned.
The Grammy-nominated rapper is best known for his hits “Birthday Song,” ”I’m Different” and “Feds Watching.”
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