Famous Philadelphia rapper Dark Lo faces nearly a decade in prison for writing a threatening letter to a witness during AR-Ab’s drug trial.

A Philadelphia judge ultimately convicted rapper Dark Lo (real name Charles Salley) in a case that linked the rapper to gang violence and drug trafficking.

The federal court sentenced him to 7 years in prison, saying the eminent artist should have learned better.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, US District Judge Mark A. Kearney admitted that the rapper had too much to lose teetering in the music industry and the streets.

The artist apologized to the court for accusing a government witness that he could be “stabbed up” if he testified during the trial of his friend Abdul “AR-Ab in 2019.

The rapper sent a threatening letter to a team member named Donte “Taz” Stewart who collaborated with the government.

The letter threatened violence against the witness and his girlfriend.

Dark Lo appeared in court during the AR-Ab trial in 2019, the day Tez testified. The FBI seized the letter and arrested Dark Lo at his Delaware home.

Dark Lo said he didn’t want to scare anyone.

But it was reported that he released a rap song called “Allegations” which seemed to mean he “can’t wait to see” the one who opened his mouth to the police…

The judge, after reviewing all of this evidence, noted how he had turned his life of drug dealing into becoming a commercial rapper and said, “You are the word blacksmith. You chose these words. You know how to write words to create an effect.”

But he still sentenced Dark Lo to nearly a decade in prison for threatening a witness in the case. Dark Lo pleaded guilty to these charges earlier this year.