Big30 has been deemed a flight risk by prosecutors over the rapper’s pending record label contract.
According to a Rolling Loud report published on Wednesday (April 15), prosecutors filed a motion with the District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas Division) on Monday (April 13), requesting to reverse the Tennessee judge’s decision to release Big30 on $100,000 bail. Prosecutors say Big30, whose real name is Rodney Lamont Wright Jr., is a potential flight risk because of his pending seven-figure record deal with Connect Music Group.
At an April 6 hearing in Tennessee, NLess Entertainment senior vice president Kemario Brown testified that Big30 is finalizing a seven-figure, two-album deal (including one album and an option) with Connect Music Group. Brown also mentioned that under the agreement, the Memphis rapper will have approximately 145 days from the date of signing to deliver a full album. Defense attorneys argued that Big30’s compliance with its contractual obligations would keep him within jurisdiction and available for trial.
Prosecutors argued, however, that the money in the proposed Big30 deal would give him access to resources that would help him escape more easily, making him a flight risk.
Additionally, in court documents shared by Dallas reporter Bryson Paul, who covered the Pooh Shiesty robbery, prosecutors cited Big30’s kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap charges, as well as his possession of multiple firearms during his March 30 arrest and his ties to the Grape Street Crips, as sufficient reasons to hold him prisoner until trial.
Prosecutors’ submissions will be reviewed by Texas District Court Judge Ed Kinkeade, who will rule on whether the Tennessee district judge’s bail ruling stands or whether Big30 must remain in federal custody.
The Big30 case comes after a Texas federal judge last week sentenced Pooh Shiesty to prison on kidnapping charges for the Jan. 10 armed robbery and kidnapping of multiple men, one of whom is believed to be Gucci Mane.
Vinnie, Big30 and seven other men could face life in prison if convicted of the crimes they are charged with.
