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A rap group in Florida was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after their music videos featured drug manufacturing, leading authorities to uncover their trafficking operation.
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Rappers jailed for at least 20 years after featuring drugs in their music videos

Jasmine Siddon
Last updated: March 4, 2025 8:46 am
Jasmine Siddon Published March 4, 2025
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A group of rappers have been sentenced to 20 years in prison after featuring drugs in their music videos.

Bag Tawk Entertainment (BTE) uploaded their clips onto YouTube where they have 624 subscribers.

Some of the videos were watched thousands of times.

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One member of the collective, Cortez Haugabook, who goes by the name Traffic, has been sentenced to 25 years and 10 months behind bars.

A rap group in Florida was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after their music videos featured drug manufacturing, leading authorities to uncover their trafficking operation.
BTE Traffic. (Jam Press/United States District Office)

His sentencing is for conspiracy to distribute 500g or more of meth and other drugs, as well as possession of 50g or more of meth and cocaine.

The group was operating as an organisation to distribute controlled substances, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.

Three other members of the group have also been charged with possession.

Gut, whose real name is Javontah Harris, and Skeet, whose real name is Kristian Brown, received 20 years in prison.

A rap group in Florida was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after their music videos featured drug manufacturing, leading authorities to uncover their trafficking operation.
BTE Gut. (Jam Press/United States District Office)

Torri McLaurin, who is known as T-Dub, was handed a 19-year and seven-month sentence.

A rap group in Florida was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison after their music videos featured drug manufacturing, leading authorities to uncover their trafficking operation.
BTE T-Dub. (Jam Press/United States District Office)

Haugabook was the final member to be sentenced.

He pleaded guilty to the charges on 6 March 2024, as reported by Need To Know.

BTE uploaded 11 different videos which featured various members of the group between 2020 and 2022.

Their last video was uploaded on 18 July 2022.

The Attorney’s Office said that their videos presented images of drug manufacturing.

The group, which was based in St Petersburg, Florida, also used lyrics which explored the creation and selling of narcotics.

Authorities caught wind of the videos online and executed search warrants at member’s homes.

Detectives said they found hundreds of grams of each drug, which included meth, cocaine and fentanyl, along with firearms and make-shift business cards.

Since the news, nothing has been shared on the group’s social media page.

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