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Chicago Rapper faces life for Bank Robbery

Chicago rapper Terrance Boykin, better known as Bump J [click to read], may face life in prison after admitting to a 2007 bank robbery in Oak Park, according to Fakeshoredrive.com [click here]. In the plea deal, signed in late June, Boykin confessed to participating in the heist, which netted over $108,000.

Although Boykin's deal would give him between 37 and 46 months in jail, his admission to threatening bank employees with a .45 caliber gun could land him in jail for life. A mandatory minimum of seven-years is also required for possessing a weapon during a violent crime. According to authorities, Boykin and an accomplice entered the bank on January 4, 2007 and after announcing a robbery, stole money from the bank vault. In November of 2008, Boykin was stopped and arrested at a routine traffic stop, an event that would eventually lead to his admission of guilt in the earlier bank robbery.

Boykin jumped onto the music scene with his Kanye West-produced track "Move Around," which earned him local notoriety and which became a song featured in McDonald's' nationally-aired commercials. Soon after he was signed by Atlantic Records and recorded several mixtapes including Chicagorilla with DJ Drama. At the time of the robbery, he was reportedly working on a new album.

Boykin is scheduled to be sentenced on September 1.

Hip Hop is life

In the mid 90s hip hop was at its golden era. With the abundance of music that came out, each region created its own style and brought a unique sense to the game. Now days it seems like everybody sounds the same. No one wants to step out of the box. So we're all stuck in the box using the same fx Kanye got famous for.