NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a weapons charge against platinum-selling rapper Young Jeezy.
Orange County Superior Court Judge Robert C. Gannon granted the dismissal during a hearing Thursday morning in Newport Beach.
Deputy District Attorney Renee Jones said the dismissal was warranted due to new evidence but declined to elaborate.
The rapper was arrested in August and charged with possession of an AK-47 after authorities found the weapon while investigating the shooting death of a man backstage at a concert Jeezy co-headlined with Wiz Khalifa at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.
Authorities have said Jeezy was not a suspect in the shooting.
Jeezy and five others in his entourage pleaded not guilty to possession of an assault weapon.
The rapper was not present in court Thursday.
