Bobby Shmurda

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Bobby Shmurda won’t see freedom anytime soon. The embattled rapper’s trial on conspiracy, gun and drug charges has been pushed back until September.

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Bad news for Bobby Shmurda. It looks like he won’t be released from jail before the end of the year. The “Hot Boy” rapper was denied bond for the sixth time by a judge at a hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court on Thursday (Dec. 3).

Bobby Shmurda has been desperately trying to get out of jail since he was arrested last December on numerous drugs and weapons charges. But the embattled rapper has been denied bail on at least two separate occasions. Shmurda recently called into Hot 97 and explained his bail situation with radio personality Ebro Darden.

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Bobby Shmurda lost another chance to get out on bail as he faces an upcoming trial on drugs and weapons charges. A judge denied the Brooklyn rapper's bid for bail, which is set at $2 million, during a hearing in New York today (Oct. 5).