Former Roc-A-Fella
Records crooner Rell was one of three men arrested in a drug sting in Calhoun
County, South Carolina yesterday (Mar. 29). Rell,
born Wilbur Gerrell Gaddis, was arrested after Postal Service agents intercepted
a package containing 50 pounds of marijuana in Columbia, SC. Agents
allowed the package to be delivered to a home in Saint Matthews, SC, where police
arrested Rell and two associates.Rell,
30, originally hails from Bowman, SC, but listed a New Jersey residence at the
time of his arrest. All
three men were charged with conspiracy to traffic marijuana. Rell
was the first male R&B singer signed to Roc-A-Fella Records.He
first appeared in Jay-Z’s movie Streets Is Watching and contributed the
single "Love For Free" to the movie’s soundtrack. He
also appeared on "The Message" featuring Mary J. Blige, from Dr. Dre’s
album 2001.While
signed to Roc-A-Fella, Rell also recorded with artists like Kanye West, Consequence,
Young Gunz, Beanie Sigel and others.