Mystikal is due earlier than a choose in Ascension Parish on Tuesday (November 18) because the New Orleans rapper’s high-stakes authorized saga moved ahead with fees that would lock him away for all times.

The 54-year-old performer is scheduled for a procedural listening to tied to a 2022 case involving accusations of first-degree rape, home abuse battery by strangulation and false imprisonment.

The rapper’s authorized crew and prosecutors will handle scheduling and evidence-related issues, although no trial date has been set. The case stays in pretrial standing, with proceedings anticipated to proceed within the coming months.

Mystikal has pleaded not responsible to all fees and has remained jailed with out bail since his arrest greater than two years in the past.

The incident occurred on Saturday, July 30, 2022, on the artist’s Prairieville house.

According to court docket paperwork, Mystikal thought the lady stole $100 in money from him, prompting him to punch, choke and pull the braids out of her hair. He then took her keys and cellular phone and stopped her from leaving the premises.

An altercation ensued and the rapper allegedly beat the woman, pushed her on the bed and then raped her. A search of his home turned up meth, Xanax, heroin, marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

If convicted of first-degree rape, Louisiana legislation mandates a life sentence with out parole. The home abuse cost, involving strangulation, provides one other layer of authorized threat on account of its enhanced classification underneath state statutes.

This shouldn’t be the primary time the rapper has been entangled in critical prison allegations.

In 2003, Tyler was convicted of sexual battery after assaulting his hairstylist and served six years in jail. He was launched in 2010 and is now a lifetime registered sex offender. In 2016, he was once more accused of kidnapping and sexual assault in Caddo Parish. That case was finally dropped by prosecutors.

Tyler’s present incarceration on the Ascension Parish Detention Center displays each the gravity of the fees and his standing as a repeat offender. Prosecutors argue he poses a public security menace, citing his prison historical past and the character of the accusations.

Once a chart-topping determine in Southern Hip-Hop, Tyler rose to fame within the early 2000s with hits like “Danger (Been So Long)” and “Shake Ya Ass.”

He was signed to Jive Records and later No Limit Records, collaborating with artists akin to Master P and Silkk the Shocker. His rapid-fire supply and high-energy performances made him a standout throughout Hip-Hop’s industrial growth.

However, his music profession has been repeatedly interrupted by authorized points. His 2003 conviction halted his momentum, and subsequent arrests have made any return to the highlight practically unimaginable.

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