Thats what somebody posted...

posted from raskasscentral.com

EXCLUSIVE NEWS: On June 30th, the Court System handed John Austin (Ras Kass) a 3 year sentence to be served in the California State
Penitentiary. He actually has to serve a certain amount based on what "strike" he was handed. If this is a First Strike, he has to only serve 50%
of the handed sentence with 2-4 months already accredited to the sentence because of his time in the Las Vegas and Los Angeles jail systems.
If this is considered a Second Strike, then Ras Kass will have to serve 85% of the handed sentence. Either way, Ras's management is predicting
that Ras Kass will be released around this time in the Summer of 2004.

To continue to give support for Ras Kass and the Free Ras Kass Movement, I have been in contact with Chino XL. He has agreed to offer any type
of support needed to support Ras Kass in these struggling times. This will be an open invitation for any and all Hip Hop Artists who want to contribute
to a track or project to support the movement. More information to follow once all projects and connections are made and organized.

And something that I did not add to the News: I might be working with Ras's peeps to get in contact with Wendy Goldstein and try to just directly ask her and Capitol Records about what can we do on behalf of Ras to get him out of the contract. He is only still being held on because of his latest insults to the company which they took personally. So if we can offer some form of apology , and an agreement, I think that we can get him out of the contract...NO Lawyers, NO BS, just man to (wo)man convo, and hoepfully I can actually talk to her directly MYSELF. I will let everyone know how this goes. Peace.

Damn...that's bad news for Ras.

Damn..true shouldnt have done it but on a selfish note...


...maybe no more rass music for a while!  

Anyone with Ras's alcohol problem does not need jail, they need help. I should know, I grew up around alcoholics and drug addicts my whole life. When a problem gets as bad as I read Ras Kass's in XXL, they need help. Having an addiction does not make you less of a person. Hell Bill Clinton smoked weed, I saw on a TV rerun back in 1992 that he said he wish he would have just said yes, he smoked weed... lol, instead of his politically correct statement I didn't inhale. President George W Bush admitted he used to do crack, and now he is president. The addiction does not make the person bad, and judgement over the addiction does not either. An addiction is a personal problem, that a person needs help to get out of. Ras is an alcoholic, he needs a place to dry himself out. After all, in California, drug addicts no longer go to jail, they go to rehab. Though alcoholics don't, yet there are more alcoholics than drug addicts. Addiction is addiction, and people must realize that before jumping on someone. It impairs judgement, and makes a person do things they normally wouldn't do. I like Ras as an artist, but I ain't saying this because I like him, but because I've seen many people villianized because of their addiction. They cannot help it, and all of his friends that noticed it, they should have got him hel along time ago, because an addict is the last person to know they are an addict.

Damm, thas kinda real...

But at the same time, if Ras really did kill someone from drunk driving, even though I never heard that one, he deserves some sort of punishment, and he also needs rehab. If somebody drunk drivin killed your mom or brother or whoever, u wouldn't be like "I am sad as hell but let him off because he has an addiction that he can't help" you would be like fuck him, he should go to jail for life just because he took somebody else's life.
I'd prefer an alcoholic to be in jail than to just be out on the street because they won't get alcohol in jail and because they won't be able to drive around drunk.

First to R-Tistic, I never heard of the killing before, which is why I didn't respond to it. If it is true, then yes jail time is needed, and lots of it, no matter who it is, because that's ending anothers life. But the justice system acted like it did, if it is true which i doubt because it's still manslaughter and a minimun of 6 years in jail even with good behavior.

As for mixing business with his situation. He seemed like a desprate person, knowing that his album which he put his heart in will never come out. Desprate people do desprate things. Simple as that. Was it a wise move, hell no, would I do it, no. But right now, Ras isn't exactly a very good judgement person right now. He needs help, and the state of California is usually good at that. So i hope him the best, and a change of friends if they are not willin to help him. Shit, I bet when he gets paid of a record, they are the first ones to his house to bum some money, but when Ras needs real friends, they are there getting drunk with him.

his shit is mad overrated anyway.

We should ask Warren G to make a beat with Dre for the Free Ras Kass song with Chino and others .