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Entertainment & Sports

Nov. 23, 1999

Rap Artists Gets Felony Probation

Rap Artist Gets Felony Probation Rap artist Russell Jones pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court in what is apparently the first case filed under a state law that forbids convicted felons from possessing bullet-proof body armor.

Rap Artist Gets
Felony Probation
        Rap artist Russell Jones pleaded no contest Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court in what is apparently the first case filed under a state law that forbids convicted felons from possessing bullet-proof body armor.
        Jones, 29, a member of the popular rap group Wu-Tang Clan, also pleaded no contest to making terrorist th...

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