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Taxstone Reacts After Being Sentenced To 35 Years For 2016 Shooting Death Of Troy Ave’s Bodyguard

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;taxstone&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;post&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&percnt;5B&percnt;5D&equals;list&lowbar;posts&amp&semi;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;b9wbj6&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODcwNDA0NjkuMTY4NzM3MDI3Nw&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NzM3MDI3NC4xLjAuMTY4NzM3MDI3NC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Taxstone<&sol;strong><&sol;a> apparently isn&&num;8217&semi;t stressing after being sentenced to 35 years in prison&period; The former <em>Tax Season<&sol;em> podcast host was sentenced Tuesday &lpar;June 20&rpar; for his involvement in the fatal shooting of <strong>Troy Ave&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> bodyguard&comma; Ronald &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Banga” McPhatter&comma; in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;taxstone-guilty-manslaughter-2016-irving-plaza-shooting&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;7pug20&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODcwNDA0NjkuMTY4NzM3MDI3Nw&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4yLjAuMTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Taxstone Found Guilty Of Manslaughter For Role In 2016 Irving Plaza Shooting<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Taxstone Remains Defiant After Getting 35 Years For 2016 Shooting&comma; Tweets &&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m Not Doing &lpar;All&rpar; 35&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The former podcaster somehow took to social media Tuesday evening to let fans know he will be a free man far sooner than that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just got 35 years for being victimized and reversing the situation&comma;” Taxstone tweeted&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The beauty in it all is&comma; I’m not doing 35&period; Be safe though&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671311116432031744" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He then tweeted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Do not protect yourself in NYC if someone attacks you just die if you don’t prefer jail&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671311574601019394" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the Brooklyn-bred podcaster blasted the Manhattan District Attorney for allegedly siding with Troy Ave&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671358368190017536" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before hopping off Twitter&comma; he went on to promise his &&num;8220&semi;appeal will be swift&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671359429864828929" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pitchfork&period;com&sol;news&sol;taxstone-sentenced-to-35-years-in-prison-for-irving-plaza-shooting&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Pitchfork<&sol;a>&comma; this pending action has also been confirmed by Taxstone&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Kenneth Montgomery&period; Additionally&comma; Montgomery called the sentencing of the former podcaster &&num;8220&semi;shameful&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;That sentence was shameful&&num;8230&semi;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Former Podcaster Was Equally As Defiant As He Left Courtroom&comma; Calls Ave&&num;8217&semi;s Testimony &&num;8220&semi;Complete Lies&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; journalist <strong>Shawn Setaro<&sol;strong> was at the hearing on Tuesday and reported the former podcaster was equally defiant as he left the courtroom&comma; calling half of what Troy Ave said on the stand &&num;8220&semi;complete lies&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Taxstone gave a defiant statement during the hearing&comma;” Setaro <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;SameOldShawn&sol;status&sol;1671242654212845568" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">tweeted<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His final words were&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Half the stuff that was told on the stand by Troy Ave is a complete lie to protect himself from going to jail&period;’ The judge was absolutely clear in stating his belief that during the trial&&num;8230&semi; Taxstone was &OpenCurlyQuote;obviously’ engaged in &OpenCurlyQuote;the procurement of false testimony&period;&&num;8217&semi;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671242654212845568" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1671248718656405504" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Shooting&colon; A Brief Recap Of The Night In Question<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The shooting stemmed from an apparent feud between Tax and rapper Troy Ave&period; Ave was wounded in the incident&comma; and his bodyguard&comma; Ronald &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Banga” McPhatter&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;taxstone-guilty-manslaughter-2016-irving-plaza-shooting&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;7pug20&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODcwNDA0NjkuMTY4NzM3MDI3Nw&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4yLjAuMTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">was killed<&sol;a> after sustaining a gunshot wound to the chest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two others were seriously wounded in the shooting&comma; <em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;em> previously reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shootings occurred during a T&period;I&period; concert at Irving Plaza in Manhattan in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Troy Ave was initially arrested for attempted murder in the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But those charges were later dropped after Taxstone’s DNA was found on the gun&&num;8217&semi;s trigger&period; Taxstone himself was then arrested and charged in connection to the crime&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you recall&comma; <em><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;em> reported in March that Taxstone <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;taxstone-guilty-manslaughter-2016-irving-plaza-shooting&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;7pug20&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;ODcwNDA0NjkuMTY4NzM3MDI3Nw&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4yLjAuMTY4NzM3MjU2Ni4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">was found guilty<&sol;a> of manslaughter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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