Chocolate MC obtained a 10-year jail sentence after accepting a plea deal combining murder-for-hire, kidnapping and housebreaking prices.
Chocolate MC obtained a 10-year jail sentence Monday after accepting a plea settlement that consolidates prices from three separate felony instances in Miami-Dade County.
The Cuban Hip-Hop artist agreed to the deal that mixes sentences for soliciting murder-for-hire, kidnapping and housebreaking prices.
The 29-year-old rapper’s authorized troubles stem from his try and orchestrate revenge towards Damian Valdez-Galloso, who faces homicide prices within the October 2024 killing of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger.
El Taiger was discovered shot behind his head close to Jackson Memorial Hospital on October 3, 2024. The 37-year-old reggaeton artist died from his accidents one week later.
Prosecutors offered proof exhibiting Chocolate MC provided a $20,000 bounty for Valdez-Galloso’s demise whereas each males have been incarcerated. Courtroom data reveal Chocolate MC posted social media movies concentrating on his buddy’s alleged killer.
“Deliver me his head and I’ll pay you a reward,” Chocolate MC mentioned in a single video performed throughout his November 2025 trial. The prosecution argued this constituted clear solicitation of murder-for-hire.
Throughout testimony, Chocolate MC broke down whereas discussing El Taiger’s demise.
“If you happen to’re asking me to kill him about this, no, no, I don’t, however I’m not able to killing anybody,” he mentioned on the stand, in accordance with Native 10. The rapper claimed he expressed himself incorrectly within the threatening movies.
The plea settlement additionally addresses Chocolate MC’s December 2024 kidnapping case, the place prosecutors allege he kidnapped a fan at gunpoint in Opa-locka who merely needed {a photograph}.
Video proof confirmed the rapper forcing the sufferer right into a car earlier than driving to an undisclosed location. Moreover, Chocolate MC pleaded responsible to burglarizing a lodge room, although particular particulars of this incident stay sealed in court docket paperwork.
The mixed plea deal requires him to bear psychological well being and substance abuse evaluations whereas serving his sentence.
Miami-Dade Circuit Decide Teresa Pooler ordered Sierra Hernandez to take care of no contact with victims from all three instances throughout his incarceration and five-year probation interval.
In accordance with NBC 6, the rapper was instantly fingerprinted and escorted from the courtroom following Monday’s sentencing listening to.
Chocolate MC rose to prominence in Miami’s Cuban Hip-Hop scene via collaborations with artists like Gente de Zona and his solo tracks that gained thousands and thousands of YouTube views.
His music typically mirrored the struggles of Cuban immigrants adapting to life in South Florida.
Valdez-Galloso stays in custody awaiting trial for El Taiger’s homicide, with prosecutors searching for first-degree homicide prices.
