The 40-year-old rapper — whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II — was in Washington, D.C. to support the administration’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, which aims to keep young black people out of jail.**********
Barack Obama had just finished speaking when Ross’s ankle monitor began beeping loudly. Ross has worn an ankle monitor since he was released from jail after posting a $2 million bond in July 2015. He was arrested after he allegedly kidnapped and assaulted his groundskeeper.
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“He was really, you know, just goofing around, playing like he could rap a little bit,” she said. “He wasn’t no rapper. He was a newcomer just trying to say some lyrics.”Isn't Hussein Obama's BFF the mayor of Chicago? I guess there's never a Brother's Keeper around when you really, really need one.
He sometimes went by the name “Thugga,” according to family and friends.
At least eight other people were wounded in shootings on the West and South sides from midmorning Monday through early Tuesday, police said.
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LAST WORD: No photo-op left behind...
Don't worry... Barack can have another party.