So… I’m familiar with the kind of consequences these actions have considering his felon status (not to mention: even T.I was looking at 10+ years for having firearms and being a convicted felon). I grew up in the hood… and I have a very ghetto family.
PLUS he was shooting at the police and leading them on a pursuit. You have to think about it: he’s a convicted felon with a firearm. However, 3 1/2 years isn’t that bad, either. In all honesty, it WOULD have been nice if he was able to get off with 1 year. He was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass, discharging a firearm near a public highway, and refusal to take a DUI test, in addition to two felony counts of attempting to elude an officer and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Lyfe led cops on a high-speed car chase in Smyrna, Georgia which ended after he crashed into a tree.
40 caliber gun right before hopping in his Corvette in an attempt to evade arrest. The argument escalated into an incident that saw Jennings firing shots from a. Jennings) was arrested back in October 2008 after he took Cobb County police on a high speed chase following a domestic altercation with the mother of his two children. “I did it… I know I gotta be punished for it and I just wanted the opportunity to apologize and that’s it,” Jennings said in the news clip. No word on when he will begin serving the time.Video of Lyfe Jennings’ final moments of freedom was published by local Atlanta news station WSBTV on Thursday (September 23), showing the singer emotionally apologizing in front of a judge, before being handed down a 3 1/2 year prison sentence. Jeff Johnson from BET spoke on his behalf as a character witness during sentencing. Jennings will hit the road in support of his reported final album, ‘I Still Believe,’ playing in clubs in major markets throughout the nation this fall. But, in reality, no matter how many breakups turn into make-ups, sooner or later we realize that this person is who they are and we need to let go. “How we try to hold on sometimes for the sake of holding on. “ is about all kinds of relationships,” says Lyfe.
He carries these experiences into the album. But I think God puts me through stuff and keeps me there so I can talk about it.” It’s tragic I think I have a horribly charmed life. The 13-disc track is what Lyfe considers a reflection of his “greatness.” Despite the personal and public trials in his life, Lyfe Jennings still believes in this love. Driving in excess of 70 miles per hour, Jennings was eventually stopped and refused to take a sobriety test.īooked at Cobb County Jail, the singer was charged with DUI test refusal, criminal trespassing, discharging a weapon near a street, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and fleeing or attempting to elude a police offer.Īfter being freed on $50,000 bond, Jennings released his fourth studio project, ‘I Still Believe,’ on August 31, 2010, the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Lyfe Change.’ The album is said to be his final offering. Jennings then fled the scene in his 2005 Corvette and according to his warrant allegedly refused to stop for officers when given audible and visual signs to do so. 40 caliber Glock in the street, according to police. Jennings reportedly kicked in the door of a house in Smyrna, Georgia, belonging to Jeff Kendrick, then fired rounds from a. In October 2008, the “Statistics” singer got into a heated confrontation with ex-girlfriend and mother of his children Joy Bounds. Amen from a man… Smile, its contagious:)” But one thing I am sure of is God gives and takes away in measure. I would like to think that I’ve changed lives by changing my own, tho I can’t be sure. I’ve lived a hundred lives in these 6 yrs so I not only won’t, I don’t have the right to complain. I didn’t sugarcoat a word didn’t hold back a single of my life from. All I can say in parting is that I have been honest with. I have had a fabulous career because of you.
“To everyone who gave me a chance I am forever in your debt. “This will be my last post,” Jennings wrote yesterday on his Twitter. R&B singer Lyfe Jennings was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars today (Sept 22) in an Atlanta court for a 2008 indictment.