Monday 9 June 2008

Rapper The Game begins jail sentence

Rapper Jayceon Taylor aka 'The Game', turned himself in yesterday to begin his 60-day jail sentence for a firearm violation.
Twenty-eight-year-old Taylor surrendered to authorities at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, according to the Deputy of the Sheriff's Bureau, Oscar Butao.
On 11 February, the rapper was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court to serve 60 days in a county jail, 150 hours of community service and three years' probation.
He had been charged with possession of a firearm near a school and pleaded no contest to the felony, Butao said.