There will still be a status hearing that day but attorneys are expected to pick a new date for the actual hearing. With the evidence in hand, Assistant State's Attorney Jullian Brevard said the prosecution would need additional time to review it and agreed to set a new date for Cozart's hearing, which was supposed to be Monday. Judge Carl Anthony Walker, who sits in juvenile court, sided with the prosecution. But the company fought it with a last-ditch plea on Thursday, citing the "absolute importance of Freedom of the Press." Prosecutors got a court order to obtain the Pitchfork video. “Many people have pointed out that this episode could be seen as trivializing gun violence, and we feel they have a good point." “The horror of the gun violence that has plagued our hometown is something we all take very seriously,” a company official said in a statement. Pitchfork removed the Cozart video from its website and issued what amounts to an apology in September. To stay out of jail he is supposed to stay away from guns and gangs. That, prosecutors have argued, amounts to a violation of Cozart's probation for pointing a gun at a Chicago cop. Producers interviewed the young rapper at a gun range in New York and reportedly filmed him with a rifle. The Chicago-based online music publication featured Cozart in its "Selector" series earlier this year.
That could keep the rap sensation - whose real name is Keith Cozart - out of juvenile detention for allegedly violating his probation.Ĭozart, 17, has Pitchfork Media to thank for fighting a court order to turn over key evidence in the case and resulting delays, including the latest, which had prosecutors requesting more time to review evidence. CHICAGO - When Englewood teen rapper Chief Keef's first record drops next week, he probably won't be in jail.Ĭook County prosecutors on Thursday agreed to postpone a hearing slated for the day before "Finally Rich" is set to hit stores.
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