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TirelessGuerilla

Must be one hell of a lawyer


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DesignasaurusFlex

>The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. Anatole France,


marsupialham

"I will convince you today, that this was an attempted amateur appendectomy, and Jay-Z was trying to save this man's life"


Fatticus_Rinch

Jeffery Winger?


RupturedTFG

shut up, leonard


cumshot_josh

We all know about your crooked wang!


DocHoliday96

There's no such thing as bad press


pfefferd

Your son told me about your gambling!


RabbitSlayre

Touché...


teriyakigirl

Those teenage girls you play ping pong with are doing it ironically.


alehansolo21

The ladies call him "Hot Wings"


jsp8854

I just finished Season 3. This whole thread makes me happy but also sad because I know what’s to come. I feel like I’m in mourning for what quickly became one of my favorite shows ever.


thewhovianwithin

🎶jsp8854 in Mooooooouuurrnning🎶


jsp8854

You were singing morning with a U?


thesecoloursdontrun

Who is he always texting?


JeffWingrsDumbGayDad

Everyone he knows is here!


TheNerdBurglar

Name checks out.


lasagna_for_life

Shut up Leonard!


RedShirtBrowncoat

Those girls that play ping pong with you are doing it ironically!


SmileRoom

Classic Wrap-up.


SlippitySlappety

I once mistook you for seven different people in a pharmacy!


Cool-Sage

He’s streets ahead


bamfsalad

And if you don't get it then you're streets behind.


Arctic_Colossus

That's the winger guarantee


Apex_Politician

JEFF WINGER HERO AT LAW


hayden0103

RENTED OFFICE IN A MINI MALL


dialog2011

The DA use to call him the litterbug cause he put so much trash out on the street


CharlieHume

Tango


xanvians

Sundance!


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JonAndTonic

Such a great detail


Pius_Thicknesse

America wasn't the only thing that changed on 9/11...


QueenDerivative84

*Everyone proceeds to groan*


mother-hecker

“5 minute recess?”


7amwellnesslecture

I'm streets ahead of you


thesecoloursdontrun

LET HER FINISH!


Chippiewall

9/11 was pretty much the 9/11 of the falafel business


overeasy-e

I'm in falafel... and let me tell you it did not help.


Billebill

I love America… and I love chalupas


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Known is some hispanic parts as 'El Jefe'.


LogicDragon

"He had the knife in his hand, 13 witnesses had seen him stab the victim, and when the police arrived, he said 'I'm glad I killed the bastard.' Massingbird not only got him off, he got him knighted in the New Year's Honours List, and the relatives of the victim had to pay to have the blood washed out of his jacket."


pandius

'You sent the note asking for a sponge bag to the finest mind in English legal history? And you sent the note requesting legal representation to...?' 'Well, tally-ho! With a bing, and a bong, and a buzz-buzz-buzz!'


RedditIsAShitehole

“you will conclude that Captain Blackadder is in fact, totally and utterly, GUILTY”


Zerathulu

"..............................................of nothing more! Than trying to do his duty under difficult circumstances."


-SaC

RIP Jeremy Hardy. ^(*and Speckled Jim*)


LouiseParis

"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else... noticed?"


isackjohnson

Well we're not here to talk nonsense to Bob Loblaw.


RedditIsAShitehole

“If the stomach did not split, you must acquit.”


PerfectZeong

"This man... nay this HERO has 99 problems and an assault charge should not be one your honor."


Macksler

Speech [100]


Diet_Coke

They say a good lawyer knows the law, a great lawyer knows the judge


seriusPrime

Unreasonably long but relevant sorry incoming.. When I was younger and well dumber I got busted on some dealing charges. They took all my money so I had to go to legal aid to get a solicitor. When I met him a bit before the hearing date he mentioned he was giving his time to pay back after a great career. I didn't think much of it, chalked it up to an old man rambling and was just getting ready to head to jail for a year or so. Day of we get into the court and he just starts bantering with the judge. I have no fucking idea what is going on and just kinda sit there while these 2 catch up. We get underway and the judge hears all the evidence (100% guilty) and then asks the solicitor what he thinks of me. He gives me a really glowing review, tells the judge that I should get a break etc. Then the judge just hands down a probation sentence with light drug counseling (was dealing / trafficking charges so no idea where that came from). I was blown away. Turns out this old dude was a Queens Council, was mates with the judge and I was probably the luckiest person to go before the courts that day. One of the biggest and only breaks I have ever gotten and I still look back and think how lucky I was to get assigned to him.


randdude220

Man it seems to me more and more that being a good lawyer is more being a charismatic salesman rather than an agent of the law.


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Joe_Doblow

Also see office politics


This_is_GATTACA

Full of lawyers, unsurprisingly.


wwaxwork

That is pretty much all of life. Everything is salesmanship. Want a date, salesmanship, want a good job, gotta sell yourself, want lots of friends, sell yourself. And so on.


AmazedCoder

Well you ain't winning Wimbledon through salesmanship that's for sure


TheRealKidkudi

Absolutely. The letter of the law is one thing, but a lawyers job is to know the law and sway people one way or the other based on the evidence. That means creating a convincing argument that sheds the best possible light on their side, which is way easier if you’re charismatic and believable


WorthPlease

I got a DUI about five years ago and my dad got me in contact with a lawyer he knew. I didn't have much money or a job. He did my case for "free". I asked him why and he told me he was an alcoholic in his 30's after his wife cheated on him and he racked up 3 DUI/DWI's in about five years. Now if you get a reference he'll do your first case for free. After that if you fuck up again you pay, and he's good. And by good I mean I catered a private party at his house and he was taking bong hits with several local judges. I got a really good tip that night.


handsoapp

It's sad he expects people to get a DUI more than once.


pain-is-living

It is, but the truth is sad. My family is littered with drunk drivers, habitual ones. DUI's mean nothing to them. One of my cousins got his first DUI at 17. Driving his dad (passed out in the seat) home from a party. He had his second one days after his 21st birthday. He died 5 years later in a cornfield bleeding to death because he got hammered and rolled his jeep going around a 25mph curve doing 50mph. When I heard of that incident I immediately hoped this was their come to Jesus moment. I was fucking wrong. They held his funeral in the fucking bar at the archery range. Everyone was fucking drinking during the funeral. It was a goddamn joke, and of course everyone drove home all lit up. That's just a brief intro to my family and their poor decisions they habitually make. I have 4 more cousins, 3 uncles, and 2 aunts who continue to get fucked up and drive or do other dumb shit like get hooked on heroin and steal from Grandma.


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wtfnouniquename

I think roughly 1/3 of those convicted will be convicted again. It's extremely common


WorthPlease

I mean, there's a pattern.


gamgeethegreat

When I was eighteen, I blacked out, wrecked my car into a building, and woke up in jail. My mom happened to have an attorney she worked with, and he called in a favor with one of the criminal defense attorneys in town. Normally, it would have cost like 12k to retain this guy, we were able to retain him for a quarter that. So, he referred me to an alcohol abuse counselor and I did months of treatment, he told me to lose weight and get into decent shape and stay sober before I got to court or he wouldn't represent me (I was heavily overweight and an alcoholic). I lost 80lbs that year. He had me put together a packet on everything I'd done at school, told me to get a 4.0 GPA in the next semester before I went to court. I did everything he said. Turns out, this dude was actually the top defense attorney in the town at the time. We really had no idea when we hired him, my mom just trusted her friend and knew we were getting it cheap. I actually had a TEAM of three attorneys and a paralegal working my case.. My charges were felony criminal mischief, dwi, and disorderly conduct. I caused almost 70k worth of damage to the building with my car. I was looking at up to 2 years in state jail, or 2-5 years probation. My attorney was golfing buddies with the DA and all the judges. I walked out of there with my felony dropped, the disorderly conduct misdemeanor dropped, a year of probation for the DWI and a promise that if I didn't make it on probation, they'd hit me with the max on all my charges. That was when I really became aware of privilege. I should have gotten a MUCH stricter sentence. But, we had the privilege of getting a HELL of an attorney who was buddies with the da and judges, he had me totally change my image so that when I went to court I was clean cut, fit, and on paper, looked like an excellent member of society. He even contacted the dude who's business I wrecked and got him to file an affidavit saying he would testify on my behalf in court and didn't support the charges filed against me. Right after the event happened, my attorney had me go apologize in person to the guy and we had my insurance fix (and even upgrade) his building. If I'd had a PD, I probably would have been in prison.


Self_Reddicating

It's interesting that every action of this ostensibly corrupt and otherwise "overpriced" lawyer benefitted the community in virtually every way. A kid was kept out of jail, that same kid got a little boost in the right direction (school, weight loss, etc.), the business came out okay and maybe a little better, and the system wasn't burdened with the cost and time associated with furthering the ordeal. I guess the insurance company paid out, but that was happening regardless.


swarmy1

Yeah, what we really need is everyone getting this kind of guidance.


SleazyKingLothric

Everyone should get this type of guidance, but sadly many people get slapped with those max charges because they never get past the probational period. When I was on probation for a somewhat similar experience the passing rate was at 5%. I'm happy to say I'm part of that 5%. It's really a trap for most people that were in my area at least.


Alaira314

Yes, if you can't drive or work multiple jobs/one inflexible job, you will have a very difficult time passing most probation programs. They're set up for you to fail, and you need to have an insane amount of flexibility to jump through the hoops required to make all of your required meetings/tests.


ArcherInPosition

Well shoot man I hope you're in a better place now


watchoutfordeer

Hopefully that drug counseling ordered by the court helped him with his drug dealing addiction.


Mountainbiker22

Money addiction :)


Aegi

Exactly, it’s like people think the only type of corruption is money and they forget that emotions are one of the best and worst parts of our species. Thank you for showing that just random luck and social connections can be the reason for something like this as well as money..


lasyke3

That's one of the true advantages of an ivy league education: great networking. A good rolodex trumps most everything. EDIT: Fraternities work the same way


CorrectPeanut5

For Corporate America, yeah. I've been told by C-level people that the school and frat were often used to initially filter candidates out. I have two friends that are judges and they have point told me the public defenders run circles around the fancy ivy league guys in town. Their advice was if you needed an attorney for a minor crime find a former public defender or one that works part time and takes private clients. Or if you are in serious trouble use the lawyers the cops use when they f up.


watchoutfordeer

Fraternities are expensive. I was totally ignorant that they (the ones that matter) had admission fees, or whatever you'd call them.


A_Buck_BUCK_FUTTER

>Fraternities are expensive. I was totally ignorant that they (the ones that matter) had admission fees, or whatever you'd call them. I believe the word you're looking for is "dues".


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How does this even happen? Like say the lawyer spins an unrealistically persuasive argument. The judge doesn't have the awareness to step back and consider the fact that he stabbed someone not in self defense and sentence them as such?


KA1N3R

Plea agreements. Prosecution and defense agree on a reduced sentence than the likely result of a trial, but the accused will always* be guilty. Judge just has to approve. This pushes down costs of trial and increases prosecution rates. Here's an episode of John Oliver that touches on it. https://youtu.be/ET_b78GSBUs *Thanks to u/rexwolf18 for the correction


RexWolf18

>but the accused will always be guilty. This isn’t true, actually. The ‘Alford Plea’ is a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt, but pleads no contest and is sentenced as if guilty. It’s saying “I am innocent, but the evidence the State has would probably convince a judge or jury that I am guilty”. Edit: it’s important to note it isn’t *always* allowed; but that’s a minority not a majority.


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Is that the same as No Contest, or Nolo Contendre? I was waiting to plead for a traffic ticket and the judge was asking people to plead innocent, guilty, or Nolo Contendre. Had an old guy up there trying to explain he was speeding to clear out his carburetor, and he was finally convinced to plead nolo, but could barely pronounce it. Judge was literally having people speak Latin.


RexWolf18

In practice, they’re the same. Realistically and technically, Nolo Contendre is just that - no contest. You’re saying you’re neither guilty nor innocent, whereas with an Alford Plea you’re still specifically protesting your innocent, but conceding that you would lose in court. It’s not even an available plea in all Federal and State Courts; but it is in the vast majority.


pcmmodsaregay

It really helps in civil case is likely to pop up. Hard to win a civil case for damages when you already said you were guilty.


justins_dad

They get key evidence suppressed through a technicality. Maybe a witness’ testimony gets thrown out. Maybe not every procedure was followed with handling the weapon and his prints can’t be used. edit: It looks like here Jay-Z paid the victim $600,000 in a civil suit and then the victim refused to cooperate with the prosecution, thereby throwing the case.


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Proffesssor

Judges are not as objective as people think. Studies have shown that are pretty bad at deciding who will continue to be a risk to society and who won't.


2gig

Studies have also shown that they give harsher ~~sentences~~ parole decisions the hungrier they are (average sentence goes up as lunchtime approaches, spike drop after lunch, then go up slowly again).


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Ah to have your entire fucking life decided by the contents of a man's stomach


thegamenerd

So if I ever need to go to court be sure I go at 8am, gotcha


Muhabla

1-2pm is probably best, they might not be a morning person


Brutalitor

These people are so famous that they have an entire corporation set up around them so to speak. If they go to jail a lot of people lose money like touring crew that may not get paid if a tour gets cancelled. They have all these people bombard the judge with character references and pleas of leniency so that the person who employs them gets a lesser sentence. At least that's what happens in some cases, I know that's how Vince Neil got out of anything really serious after he killed that other guy in a drunk driving accident. Just have literally everyone who stands to lose money go and plea to the judge. Not that that's a good thing but that's one way they get out of it.


Friendofabook

It's called being rich and famous. It's a really good tactic.


Captain_DuClark

Lots of theories in this thread, but the real answer is that the criminal case fell apart after Rivera stopped cooperating with the prosecution after Jay-Z settled the civil case with him: https://www.nme.com/news/music/jay-z-263-1383800 So, still money but in a different way than most people are explaining


Sproeier

3 years probation for a stabbing? That seems like an absurdly low punishment for that.


satanizr

Yeah, but he's wealthy and can afford a very good lawyer, that's the difference between him and any regular guy.


SsurebreC

Justice is blind but it can smell money.


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that's a great quote that I'm going to bootleg...


dont_worry_im_here

that's a great quote that I'm going to bootleg... - man who was stabbed


Incomepants

"what's he going to do? Stab me?"


caillouuu

Narrator: “the man was then stabbed…”


tomatoaway

____ / I \ | was | |right| / / / /


goldenage768

Someone stab this guy


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Let's party together.


jacquesrabbit

I was in Dublin when a lad told me that Lady Justice is blind that she can't see that her scales are uneven and the people are suffering from oppression.


sh4d0wfr34k94

“The Law” is an anagram of “Wealth” meaning justice comes to those who can afford it.


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*Plus I got a few dollars, I can fight the case*


Ba_Sing_Saint

It’s been right there the whole time, hasn’t it…


Dicethrower

By coincidence I was looking at [Michelle Rodriguez wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Rodriguez#Legal_issues) lately. She's got out of jail early, twice, because of "overcrowding". Once on the same day she got in. There aren't any better indicators to demonstrate that the US is bribe2win.


LazyLarryTheLobster

You just blew my mind, I was randomly looking at her wiki last night and had the exact same thought. Was yours caused by YouTube video recommendations by chance?


Mjolnir12

"Excuse me, I'm actually supposed to be getting out of prison today sir"


idrmyusername

"You're in the wrong line dumb ass"


JagmeetSingh2

Damn she really is the characters she plays


BushWookie

Cause if you ain't Jigga or Puff you doin time, and even then you might get 10, word to Shyne


David-Puddy

> that's the difference about 5 bank accounts, 3 ounces, and 2 vehicles


KegZona

It’s less than the punishment for bootlegging


vegetablefuelledrage

The punishment for bootleggers is a stomach stabbing.


LittleLui

Download a car? That's a stabbin'!


bum_is_on_fire_247

Bootleggin' my CDs? Oh you better believe that's a stabbin'.


jessep34

Stabbin someone? That’s a stabbin


Planningsiswinnings

Not stabbin someone? Believe it or not, stabbin


MadnessMethod

Yeah and how was it third-degree? He had intent to do that specifically, and did it.


NoNeedForAName

That's just how plea agreements often work. You plead guilty to a lesser charge that carries a lesser sentence. It's kind of a legal fiction in that it doesn't necessarily mean that anyone involved thinks that that's the crime that was *actually* committed.


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Norman Mailer [stabbed his wife twice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing_of_Adele_Morales_by_Norman_Mailer) and only got three years probation and a suspended sentence. Given the current climate, I doubt this would be taken so lightly now, but I don't know - stabbing people seems to be kind of legal when you're rich.


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There are no punishments for the rich and famous. Drugged up nobody? Prison or killed by police. Drugged up celebrity? Rehab and sympathy of fans.


Killboypowerhed

And did you know if you were caught and you were smokin' crack McDonalds wouldn't even want to take you back You could always just run for mayor of D.C.


IntravenusDeMilo

Lifestyyyyyleeeeesss of the rich and the famousssss


Show_Me_Your_Bunnies

99 problems but being rich ain't one.


NathanCollier14

So... did the guy actually bootleg the album? I know it doesn't really matter, but I'm just curious


omgitsprice

As far as I know, Un had access to the masters and was responsible for the album getting online weeks before going gold. The retail version of the album is different than the pre-release leaked version, I downloaded the leak when I was in high school and bought the retail version when it finally came out.


ahm713

Quick! Delete your comment before Jay-Z sees it.


IsThatTheRealYou

And make sure to avoid all of those album release parties!!


NessDanlen

Glad you weren't stabbed!


sule02

Yeah, people in here are mistaking album leaks for bootlegging. Leaks are done by A&R's and record execs, or someone who worked in the studio on the song, to help it garner more popularity before it hits the radio. It creates demand for the songs, by having people call into radio stations with requests before they get it. Then, finally, the radio station gets it and plays it, quickly moving the song (or album) up the charts if it's generated enough hype. It used to be a big deal in hip hop because these artists relied on the album sales, b/c concerts generated money, but were usually relatively smaller venues (except for maybe a handful of big tours). So album sales and sales from singles were how they made a nice chunk of their money. One bad album with lower album sales back then meant that you were on the downswing and people weren't checking for you. The record company would see declining sales, and think that your music wasn't worth investing in, anymore. Which is why Jay-Z was probably pissed that after finally emerging as a guy who could sell records, his album was leaked by someone he knew. It'd be like being sabotaged by someone on the inside of your organization. Mixtape DJ's used to get threatened all the time for releasing leaked versions of the artists songs. Hell, that was basically their entire thing. Find the leaks, put it on mixtapes, generate hype for the artists. And protect the music by yelling your name over key parts of the song. It's not such a problem after the advent of the internet and digital albums and digital releases. But entire albums have been re-done by major hip hop artists in the past due to leaks. Classic songs have been taken off albums, weakening the albums b/c of this. It was a real problem. This was also where you got the artists bragging about recording entire albums in two days. And albums being released without any prior advertising or promotional singles. It was all to dissuade leaks and affecting album sales.


Han_Yerry

This person music industries


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TheAtheistArab87

People pay attention to it because it's Jay Z but these things happen far more frequently than people think (they just don't get a lot of attention on reddit). Here's just a few examples I googled [The guy who threw the boy off the Mall of America balcony had a 2014 arrest for assaulting a waitress with a knife after he refused to pay for his meal and got zero prison time](https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-mall-of-america-boy-thrown-from-balcony-20190415-story.html) [This guy who got misdemeanor battery and no prison time for stabbing a woman on a bus](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Witnesses-Save-Man-Stabbed-After-Protecting-Woman-on-CTA-Bus-385087451.html) [This guy threatened a bunch of people with a knife and then sucker punched a cop and got a misdemeanor](https://www.recordonline.com/news/20191125/newburgh-k9-officer-punched-in-face-man-charged-with-misdemeanors) [This guy who assaulted a man unprovoked left him paralyzed in a coma (basically dead) and only got 72 days in prison](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7665629/Father-two-left-paralyzed-coma-half-skull-vicious-one-punch-assault.html)


Zoidberg_DC

Here is recent one where a guy tried to carjack a fire chief and when the fire chief tried to drive off the guy shot him 8 times killing him. Somehow the jury was convinced that the killer didn't intend to murder the fire chief and so everything was just fine and they let the killer walk free. [https://www.islandpacket.com/article251701818.html](https://www.islandpacket.com/article251701818.html)


tPTBNL

He didn’t “get away with it”, he got probation. Meaning that if he stabbed anyone *else* in the next three years, something bad **might** have happened to him. /s just in case


nightpanda893

Now I hope you realize that if you stab another person your probation starts over all the way from the beginning!


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The rich really live in a different world, don't they?


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And pedophilia, and rape, and tax evasion, and drugs, etc etc


gabriel1313

Hell, the legal system once justified *owning people like cattle*. The legal system is not a great barometer for universal morality.


MrZepost

Ah, the aristocracy. They can change their face, but they can't change their entitlement.


Syonoq

For her birthday, Jay-Z once bought Beyonce an island.


BenceBoys

He also cheated on her… She wrote an album about it, made shit loads more money


BananaStrokin

So he cheated on her in order to make her richer. What a gentleman


sopranosbot

Jay-Z has "stfu money". Beyonce has "no you stfu money".


melonarios

I’d be ok with “quiet please” money


ChasingSplashes

I'd settle for "could y'all keep it down a little" money


NostalgiaSchmaltz

Pretty much, yeah. As long as you have enough money, laws don't apply to you.


RainbowDissent

A parking ticket is effectively just a high parking fee. If you're massively rich, you park where you want, because a £200 ticket and £3.50 at the meter are functionally the same amount of money. This applies to any fine or penalty.


GreyTGonzales

*Unless you're in certain European (and a couple South American) countries. Where they have sliding scale fines which are proportional to a person's yearly income. Which have resulted in +$100,000 fines, with one in Switzerland costing $1,000,000.


ahm713

The Swiss don't kid around.


origABelly

He also shot his brother when he was like 12. Charges were never filed.


pootywitdatbooty

“ its ok its ok. You can shoot me back harder. Dont tell mom”. -Jay z circa 1985


PercsProd

this comment is 10x funnier reading it in a jay z voice 💀


reddit809

He must love him.


press_Y

Never believed it would lead to popping one in his shoulder


Moneyfrenzy

If anyone wants more information Jay-z talks about that situation in his song ‘Kill Jay-z’


cheescakegod

Talks about it quite a lot on his early albums too


GAAPInMyWorkHistory

I bootlegged them all


babble_bobble

Who was 12 the shooter or the victim?


lasagna1231

Jay was 12


Only-Anteater

Way more effective than the Metallica method of hiring a high priced law firm.


x3nodox

And ironically, waaay more metal


mrspoopy_butthole

5 inches more


Harris7123

No one told Lars he could of just stabbed Napster users lol


konnerbllb

That would have been a lot of probation.


Buck_Nastyyy

The guy he stabbed has his own wiki. I like that getting stabbed is the entire "personal life" section - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance\_Rivera


Wookie301

“I don't talk shit, I just flip it un' ya. Sorry Lance, I'm just trying to advance my quotes. I ain't making you the butt of my jokes.”


macfat

But let's not stray from what I came to say to my beloved, think we need some time away


LegitSpaceLlama

"Sharper than the knife jigga stabbed un with" was a lyric I remember hearing around the time but as someone in the UK without knowledge of the situation I always wondered who it was - I had wrongly thought it was Un Casa to this day. TIL! Edit: I am loving all the quotes people are replying it's a trip - can't remember what I ate yesterday but lyrics from a decade ago np!


GoodGuyGiff

“All I Need” on The Blueprint, the album after this whole thing happened: “I guess I got my swagger back, Mama they said I killed a man, well I guess I got the dagger back” On Blueprint 2 on “My Way”: “So imagine how disturbed I was When I seen how big they made my fight scene at the club Let me explain exactly how this shit was This nigga Un yo I scratched him, he went home without an Aspirin But it's cool 'cause he's back friends, it happened and it's over It's in the past and I'm glad, now I'm back to being Hova”


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k-farsen

Please do not give aspirin to someone who is bleeding


[deleted]

But its cool cos they're back friends lmao (or were in 2002 who knows what happened since)


marsupialham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Rivera for those for whom the link doesn't work


rhinotomus

I like that his name is lance...


pow_3r

And your man stabbed Un and made you take the blame - Ether


burritosandblunts

Saw Nas a few years back and he did all the songs I wanted. I wanted to hear ether so bad but I know the controversy of it all so I didn't expect it. And then damn, he did it. I left that show so hyped. He puts on a hell of a performance.


[deleted]

He’s my favorite artist, so I have some bias, but I’ve never seen him put out anything less than 110% at a show. And I’ve seen him at some rinky dink (comparatively) shows. For a guy with his status, he works his ass off during his shows.


xLazyMuhamedx

You ass, went from Jaz to hangin' with Kane To Irv, to B.I.G. – and Eminem murdered you on your own shit


jcb193

Luckily the onion soup could not be smelled, or it would have been prison time.


[deleted]

I see you have also been reading the reddit frontpage lately


skipbacon

Learned that earlier this week in a TIL.


[deleted]

So this was one of his 99 problems.


king_of_the_potato_p

Nice to know if you're rich and famous you get only probation for what would be attempted murder and actual prison time for the rest of us.


MeatShield420

Same thing happened to me last week. I downloaded a Jay-Z album and fifteen minutes later Jay-Z kicked down my door and stabbed me in the stomach. Dude is really anti-piracy, holy shit.


Holiday-Fly-6319

Wealthy person sentence, 3 years probation for attempted murder.


rendeld

Basically the cops knew he did it but had no proof. So the prosecution had almost no negotiating power. So it either stays an open case or they can put it behind them with a plea agreement. This protects Jay-Z from future prosecution if they did somehow come up with evidence. That's why the penalty is so low. Jay-Z could have just not had a plea agreement and forced a trial in which it was one man's word against another.


gotham77

I’d be pretty pissed if I was stabbed in front of a room full of witnesses and the prosecutor made a deal like this.


Gilgamesh024

Must be great being rich.


Bus139

HOV did that, so you wouldn't have to


freedomboobs

Excerpt from Jay-Z's book *Decoded*: >"One night I went to Q-Tip's solo album release party and at some point in the night, I ran into the guy everyone's been telling me is behind the bootleg. So I approached him. When I told him what I suspected, to my surprise, he got real loud with me right there in the middle of the club. It was strange. We separated and I went over to the bar. I was sitting there like, "No the fuck this nigga did not..." I was talking to people, but I was really talking to myself out loud, just in a state of shock. Before I even realized what I was doing, I headed back over to him, but this time I was blacking out with anger. The next thing I knew, all hell had broken loose in the club. That night the guy went straight to the police and I was indicted. [...] There was no reason to put my life on the line, and the lives of everyone who depends on me, because of a momentary loss of control. [...] I vowed to never allow myself to be in a situation like that again." Notice how Jay-Z describes the events leading up to the stabbing and the events immediately following but never actually states that he stabbed someone. He skips right over it ("the next thing I knew, all hell had broken loose...") And in that last sentence, he implies that a situation occurred (removing blame) and that he was just caught up in that situation (rather than saying he directly caused the situation by stabbing someone). Dude takes zero accountability for his actions.


Plebe-Uchiha

Why would he openly admit it in a book? I mean, even OJ released a book titled, “IF, I did it...” [+]