A rapper once signed to a Jay-Z-run label is headed to prison for a deadly attack on a New York City man he said he didn’t mean to harm.
Tru Life, born Robert Rosado, was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison. His lawyer said the 34-year-old rapper was “extraordinarily saddened” over the June 2009 death of Christopher Guerrero.
Tru Life pleaded guilty last month to gang assault. His 39-year-old brother, Marcus Rosado, pleaded guilty to manslaughter. He was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison.
Both Rosados say the 20-year-old Guerrero wasn’t their intended target in violence that followed an argument at a nightclub. Guerrero was stabbed.
Tru Life was signed for a time to Roc-La Familia, a Latin-oriented arm of Roc-A-Fella Records, a label Jay-Z co-founded.