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Tashawnda Drayton, who goes by the alias 23 Brazy, will be sentenced on Tuesday — the rapper pleaded guilty second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in 2023, according to the Southampton County circuit court clerk.

Drayton was on the run for months after La'Marj Holden was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2023. Four people, including Drayton, showed up at a man's house in the 300 block of Artis Street, according to Franklin police. Officials say there was an argument between the man and Drayton, ending with Drayton shooting him. Both the man and La'Marj were taken to the hospital, according to police — the man was treated and released, but La'Marj died from his injuries in the

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