First Imus and now this.

NYC prosecutors are going after b-boys RETROACTIVLY w/ CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE.

LEGAL GREAZINESS!

Relying on computer evidence seized from his Manhattan home last October, the district attorneys in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens have charged Mr. Ket under his real name, Alain Maridue?a, with 14 criminal counts, including trespass, criminal mischief and making graffiti. If convicted, he could potentially face decades in prison and huge financial penalties.

These cats are really try to make a name off of proscuting HH related folks. Man. Listen.

The case could pose an important test for prosecutors and the police, since Mr. Maridue?a was never caught in the act and has no previous criminal record in New York City. Instead, the government?s case appears to be based largely on what prosecutors say is the unmistakable detail of his graffiti signature ? his ?KET? tag ? and the fact that the tag is visible on photographs of illegal subway graffiti that were entered into Mr. Maridue?a?s home computer only hours after identical work was discovered on subway cars.

I forwarded this to Minnesota this weekend and he respond

this shyt is DEEP..criminalization of public art andexpression...what aboutbillboards?..the public isn'tconsulted as to whether we want big/@ss liquor adsin our neighborhoods or mcdonalds, etc...they just put their shyt upand we haveto deal w/it...why not graf?..they are self-promoting vs capitalismoriented'advertising'--cats just want to be seen/heard?..why is it onlyokay when corporations that have more rights than brn/blk ppl do it?...F****UUUUUUUUUUCK THAT SON.
Mr. Maridue?a, 36, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. He maintained in an interview thathe was nowhere near the subway trains or stations that were vandalized, and said he believed he wasbeing singled out because of his professional ties to Marc Ecko, the designer, who has championed graffiti as an art form and has tangled with Hall over graffiti.

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Hip Hop 0. Corporations 1.

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Tags: Arrest, Can hip hop live?, Graffitti, Ket