FRANKLIN, Va. — Tashawnda Drayton, who goes by the alias 23 Brazy, was sentenced to serve 58 years on Tuesday.

Earlier this year, the rapper pleaded guilty second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in 2023, as well as other charges, court records state.

Drayton was sentenced to 93 years on numerous charges, including 40 years for second-degree murder. However, suspended time reduces the time she’ll serve to 58 years. She got 15 years suspended on her 20-year sentence for aggravated malicious wounding, and her 10-year sentences for attempted first-degree murder and discharging a firearm in or at an occupied building were both fully suspended.

Drayton was on the run for months after La'Marj Holden was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2023.

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