Rapper Royce ‘Royce
Da 5’9’ Montgomery has been sentenced to serve one year in jail for violating
his probation, stemming from a driving under the influence charge. Sources
close to Royce told AllHipHop.com that the rapper was arrested and charged with
DUI over the summer, in Oakland County, MI, the Detroit suburb where the rapper
resides."The
actual situation was the DUI, but because he lives in the suburbs, you know how
that goes," a source close to Royce told AllHipHop.com. "The probation
people recommended that he do 30 days, but the judge was like "no."
Normally the judge takes the probation people’s recommendations, but they sentenced
him to a year because they wanted him to think about it."Royce,
who is CEO of M.I.C. Records, was planning to release The Movement Mixtape
with Detroit’s DJ Butter and he was also working on a new album with DJ Premiere.According
to sources, Royce may still have the option to appeal the sentence, which his
immediate associates believe was harsh."He
may be able to appeal it," the source said. "I think they are really
making examples out of people. He didn’t even blow that much over. It wasn’t like
he was drunk and he hit someone – he was driving home at 4 in the morning. It’s
never like this in the city of Detroit, or in Wayne County." Representatives
for the rapper are asking fans to support the rapper, who leaves behind a family.
Free Royce t-shirts are currently being made for supporters.Fans
of Royce can write him in prison: Ryan
Montgomery # 294855 – W1PO
Box 436017Pontiac
MI. 48343