Atlanta-based rap producer Shawty Redd has been found not guilty of a murder charge related to his 2010 New Year’s Day arrest.
As we previously reported, Shawty Redd (born Demetrius Lee Stewart) was accused of shooting 35-year-old Damon A. Martin of Detroit during an argument at Stewart’s home in Hampton, located in Henry County.
Henry County District Attorney Tommy Floyd told the AP that Redd was cleared of the murder charge Thursday after judge Wade Crumbley determined that the producer acted in self-defense.
Redd has produced tracks for Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane and others. His breakthrough came when he produced Snoop Dogg’s 2007 hit single “Sexual Seduction.”
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