Rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to raping a woman in Louisiana

The rapper Mystikal, who received aggregate Grammy nominations successful nan early 2000s, pleaded blameworthy Tuesday to raping a female astatine his Louisiana location astir 4 years ago, according to tribunal records.

The 55-year-old performer, whose fixed sanction is Michael Lawrence Tyler, pleaded blameworthy to third-degree rape successful an Ascension Parish courtroom, records show.

Tyler’s lawyer didn’t instantly respond Wednesday to a petition for comment.

Mystical has been held without enslaved since 2022. Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office/ Facebook

Tyler faces up to 25 years successful jailhouse without use of parole, probation, aliases suspension of sentence. He is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected June 15.

The rapper has been held without enslaved astatine nan Ascension Parish Jail since 2022, when he was arrested for allegedly raping and choking a woman astatine his location successful Prairieville, astir 18 miles (29 kilometers) from Baton Rouge.

Mystikal performs astatine The Shrine Auditorium connected September 25, 2015 successful Los Angeles, California. Getty Images

The New Orleans-native roseate to nationalist nickname successful nan 1990s and is known for his 2000 deed “Shake Ya A–,” which was nominated for a Grammy successful nan champion rap solo capacity category.

In 2003, he pleaded blameworthy to intersexual artillery and was sentenced to six years successful prison.

That aforesaid twelvemonth he was a Grammy nominee successful 2 categories: champion rap medium for “Tarantula” and champion antheral rap solo capacity for his azygous “Bouncin’ Back (Bumpin’ Me Against The Wall).”