DJ Drama Reflects On His 2007 Mixtape Raid: "I Really Got Hit Wit The RICO (And Won)"

July 13, 2022

At the time of Drama and Don Cannon's arrest, law enforcement confiscated over 80K CDs.

While Young Thug and Gunna's arrest for their involvement with a 56-count YSL gang indictment took the hip-hop community by surprise earlier this year, it's not the first time we've seen recording artists wrapped up in such a situation.

On Tuesday (July 12) Generation Now co-founder DJ Drama came across a tweet that took him back in time to 2007 when he and Don Cannon were hit with RICO charges in Georgia for allegedly selling counterfeit mixtapes after authorities raided their Atlanta studio in January of that year.



"DJ Drama really got locked up 'bout them mixtapes," the post reads, As HipHopDX notes, at the time, the feds were working with the RIAA to combat the severe piracy issues that were plaguing the music industry.

As it turns out, the night of their arrest was the only one that Drama and Cannon spent in jail, as they were able to beat the charges.

"I REALLY got hit wit the RICO (and won)" the 44-year-old quote tweeted the original post, flexing his freedom to his followers.

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