Chocolate MC, a Cuban rapper and Reggaeton artist, has been discovered responsible of initiating a murder-for-hire plot concentrating on the person accused of killing his shut pal, El Taiger.
Chocolate, actual title Yosvanis Sierra Hernández, 34, was convicted in Miami on Wednesday (Nov. 12) after a jury discovered him responsible of soliciting first-degree homicide and issuing written threats to kill or trigger bodily hurt, in accordance to AllHipHop.
Prosecutors alleged that Chocolate used Instagram to provide $20,000 and a 12 months’s provide of commissary to inmates at Miami-area prisons who would kill Damían Valdés-Galloso.
Valdés-Galloso is dealing with first-degree homicide costs for allegedly capturing and killing one other reggaeton artist, El Taiger—actual title José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar—in October 2024.
Per courtroom footage from native outlet WPLG, Chocolate broke down in tears he spoke about his friendship with El Taiger, which started once they had been youngsters.
“Maybe at one point I did not express myself the right way, or the way I should have,” the MC mentioned in Spanish. “But I’m not capable of killing anyone.”
His girlfriend, Yelena, reportedly mirrored the assertion as his responsible verdict was learn. “They said he’s guilty, but it’s an injustice,” she mentioned whereas crying. “He didn’t kill anyone. He’s not a killer.”
Prosecutors cited Chocolate’s track “Pincha Lo” (“Stab Him”) as a crucial piece of proof in the trial. The rapper now faces up to 15 years in jail.
Chocolate has been held at Metro West Detention Center since June, when he was accused of kidnapping and robbing a fan who requested for a photograph and was later held at gunpoint in the rapper’s automobile.
The MC beforehand confronted costs for sexual battery, armed kidnapping, battery, and grand theft, plus a separate home violence battery cost for allegedly combating and bruising his then-girlfriend.