9. Jay Z
It’s Shawn Carter’s world, we just live in it. Jay Z is worshiped as rap royalty, despite a recent run of mediocre records and has long since been one of the biggest – and richest – names in hip-hop. However, his earlier career was dogged by accusations of violence and aggravated assault.
Jay freely admits to stabbing his own brother as a 12-year-old drug dealer, but his hand was alleged to remain close to the shank after he hit the big time. In 1999, he was accused of using a ruckus within a club as cover to allow himself to stab record executive Lance ‘Un’ Rivera in the stomach. Jay had previously accused the hapless exec of leaking the new Jay Z album, Vol. 3…; he was bailed for $50,000 and denied all allegations.
While it cannot be proven that Jay committed the second stabbing, he’s on record for wounding his brother and admitted to having anger issues that needed addressing.
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