California Rapper 'Tiny Doo' Facing Life In Prison Over Gang Related Rap Lyrics!

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A rapper in California known as Tiny Doo is facing 

attempted murder charges because prosecutors  claim he 

benefitted in the music industry from crimes committed by 

other gang members. Tiny Doo, formally Brandon Duncan, 

appeared for a preliminary hearing in San Diego last week

with some of the 14 other gang members facing attempted 

murder charges for an alleged gang conspiracy involving 

nine local shootings since April 2013, a local ABC affiliate 

reported.

Prosecutors are invoking a state law put in place by voters 

in 2000 that has not been used until now. It allows for the 

prosecution of gang members if they benefit from crimes 

committed by other gang members, the station reported. Mr. 

Duncan has not been tied to the shootings and has no 

criminal record, but prosecutors argued that he benefited 

from the crimes because his gang gained in status, allowing 

him to sell more albums, the station reported.

“We’re not just talking about a CD of anything, of love 

songs. We’re talking about a CD [cover] … there is a 

revolver with bullets,” said Deputy District Attorney 

Anthony Campagna. A judge decided on Monday that Mr. 

Duncan will go to trial.

“It’s shocking,” his attorney Brian Watkins told the station. 

“He has no criminal record. Nothing in his lyrics say go out 

and commit a crime. Nothing in his lyrics reference these 

shootings, yet they are holding him liable for conspiracy. 

There are huge constitutional issues.”