Chicago rapper G Herbo’s career was starting to take off in 2017 when he released a video for his hit song “Man Now,” filmed at an exotic villa in Jamaica. Now, Herbo’s path appears to be headed to federal prison. And that Jamaican villa is Exhibit A.
The more serious wire fraud count carries up to 20 years in prison, but under federal sentencing guidelines Wright would likely face a term in the two- to three-year range, calculations that were still being worked out as of Friday.
Weeks later, Wright was arrested in Chicago after police pulled over a Cadillac Escalade the star lyricist had been riding in and allegedly found four guns in the car, including a black Glock 33 pistol in the center console that was “uncased, loaded, and immediately accessible,” according to the police report.
“Honestly I’m just trying to capitalize and build other people up,” Wright told the Tribune in a 2019 interview. “I’m a firm believer that life is what you make it. ... I been broke so many times. I was supposed to be dead. I was supposed to be in jail. But I’m still here.”But even as Wright’s fame rose, the relentless gun violence in Chicago, which he often raps about, continued to affect those close to him.
Strong bought and traded the illicit account information, which they referred to as “moves,” on the dark web, though there was no indication Wright was involved in that aspect of the scheme, the plea stated.In his plea agreement, Wright admitted that he “used the proceeds from these frauds to travel to various concert venues and to advance his career by posting photographs and/or videos of himself on the private jets, in the exotic cars and at the Jamaican villa.
Wright and five companions “posted photographs and videos from the private jet,” and Wright used footage from the plane in a music video for his song “Yerky’s,” the plea stated.
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