http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/20824086/sacramento-kings-forward-zach-randolph-says-was-wrongfully-arrested

Sacramento Kings forward Zach Randolph said Monday he was “wrongfully arrested” on Aug. 9 at a Los Angeles housing project on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to sell. Randolph, who signed with the Kings in July after eight seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies, was charged with misdemeanor drug possession and resisting arrest, instead of the felony charge, and ultimately was sentenced earlier this month to 150 hours of community service. “I’m not speaking a lot about it,” Randolph told reporters Monday, “but I felt that I was wrongfully arrested. Things that was put out there wasn’t true….” When asked whether he expects a fine or suspension from the NBA, the power forward said, “No. I didn’t do anything wrong.” Court documents said Randolph, 36, possessed “more than 28.5 grams of marijuana or more than four grams of concentrated cannabis or both.” The two-time All-Star was also accused of resisting arrest and obstructing a Los Angeles police officer in the discharge of his or her duties. Police said that Randolph was one of three who ran off from a crowd of people drinking, smoking marijuana, blasting music and blocking streets. Randolph and another man ran inside a home and were arrested after a crowd of bystanders formed and attempted to block the officers, police said. After the arrests, the crowd grew and people began throwing bottles and rocks, police said. Five police cars and one sheriff’s vehicle ended up with smashed windows and slashed tires, but no officers were injured.

Commentary by Justin Igger

My gramamma be the woman that raised me. I love her like she my real momma. That’s why when I be telling the truf, I say “I put that on my gramamma.”

When I was just a young nigga in da hood, my gramamma use to tell me, “Boy, no matter how much money you make. You always gonna be a nigga.”

I didn’t know what she had meant back then. Cause I wasn’t very good at school and shit. But I always kept trying to figure it out.

And then I heard this nigga rappin one day on the sidewalk. He bust a rhyme and say, “the white man’s money can take a nigga up out the ghetto, but whitey can’t never take the ghetto out the nigga doe.”

I was like, that’s what my gramamma been tryin to tell me since I was a young nigga. Fo real.

I gave that street rappin nigga rest of my blunt stick. He was happy den a mug. It was that fire, too. Grape Ape and shit. I ain’t lyin. You can even axe him.

Anyway, point I’m tryin to make to y’all niggas is that this basketball player done made millions of dollars for shootin jump shots. And cause he a tall ass nigga. But he still keep it real. He still be in the projects smokin chronic with the thug ass niggas. Cause he’ll always be a thug ass nigga. No matter how much money the white man pay his ass to shoot jump shots. Or do slam dunks.

Same with me. When I make it big as a rapper, Imma always keep it real for all my niggas. And for all da hoes too. I put that on my gramamma.

So when y’all here me rappin on y’all radios one day, you can tell your homeboys, “that nigga a real nigga. Just like that nigga Gucci be.”

Matter of fact, that shit got me in the mood to hear my nigga Gucci freestyle. Fo real. He a real ass nigga. The world need more niggas like Gucci.