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Legendary Battle Rapper Tsu Surf Pleads Not Guilty In RICO Case While Friend Joe Budden Offers His Support

<p>Legendary batter rapper and accused gangbanger <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-drags-joe-budden-for-admitting-he-faked-putting-on-condoms-during-sex-on-recent-podcast-episode&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Tsu Surf<&sol;strong><&sol;a> has pleaded not guilty to RICO charges after being taken into police custody earlier this month over his alleged involvement in a series of crimes dating back several year&comma; while friend Joe Budden has come to his defense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 32-year-old was not present in court on Thursday when he entered the plea via teleconference in U&period;S&period; District Court in Newark&comma; according to <strong>Fox5NY<&sol;strong> reporter Lisa Evers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Rapper Remains Behind Bars As He Pleads Not Guilty To RICO Charges Via Teleconference<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Rahjon Cox &&num;8211&semi; the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s government name &&num;8211&semi; remains in custody at the Essex County Jail&period; AllHipHop reports that the New Jersey-born artist shared a tweet of his from before his October 13 arrest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I seen Monsters before&comma;&&num;8221&semi; it read&period; &&num;8220&semi;Free me&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Federal prosecutors accuse Tsu Surf of being an active member of the Rollin&&num;8217&semi; 60s Neighborhood Crips set known as the Silverbacc Gorillas &lpar;SBG&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1585625156826943488" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The men included in the RICO indictment stand accused of everything from murder to moving drugs&comma; theft and robbery&comma; all of which date back to 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Joe Sudden Comes To Tsu Surf&&num;8217&semi;s Defense&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Free Surf Until They Say It Backwards&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Fellow rapper-turned-podcast host Joe Budden has since spoke out about Surf&&num;8217&semi;s situations on a recent episode of his self-titled show&comma; and came to the defense of the embattled artist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At some point&comma; we’re going to have to address Surf&period; Free Surf until they say it backwards&comma;” the host said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Budden went on to say that he didn&&num;8217&semi;t get to speak to Surf before his arrest&comma; but that &&num;8220&semi;I love him of course&period; I support him&comma;&&num;8221&semi; before adding he would take care of his mother and family if need be&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"GcjZd6W-QUs" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t know how bad it is&comma; how severe it is&period; Unfortunately&comma; I did not get to speak to Surf right before he left&comma; but I love him of course&comma; I support him&period; Anything that he&comma; his mom&comma; his family needs from me&comma; I’m there&period; He already know&comma; that just goes unsaid for me&comma;” Budden added&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Legendary Battle Rapper Participated In 23 Official Rap Battles&comma; With 52 Million Views Total And 2&period;3 Million Views On Average<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to the website <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;versetracker&period;com&sol;rapper&sol;tsu-surf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Verse Tracker<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&comma; the legendary battle rapper participated in 23 recorded battle rap competitions&comma; as well as having nearly 52 million views total and an average of 2&period;3 million views on the battle rap directory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His most famous rap battles were against Geech Gotti&comma; which garnered 4&period;1 million views&comma; T-Top&comma; which managed 3&period;7 million views&comma; and and Rum Nitty with 2&period;1 million views&comma; amongst others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The artist has also put out several mixtapes to his name&comma; however his music career is likely on hold as he works to sort out these legal troubles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think&comma; Roomies&quest; Is it &&num;8220&semi;free Surf&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8217&semi;til it&&num;8217&semi;s backwards like Joe Sudden says&comma; or is he where he belongs&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"101124" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;legendary-battle-rapper-tsu-surf-pleads-not-guilty-in-rico-case-while-friend-joe-budden-offers-his-support&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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