Taxstone Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For 2016 Shooting

Rapper Taxstone Sentenced To 35 Years For Irving Plaza Shooting That Killed Troy Ave’s Bodyguard

Rapper and online hip-hop podcaster Taxstone was slapped with a 35-year prison sentence Tuesday for the infamous 2016 Irving Plaza shooting that left a rival musician’s bodyguard dead.

The Brooklyn-born rapper, whose real name is Daryl Campbell, was ordered to serve the sentence in state prison, followed by five years of post-release supervision for the killing of Ronald “Banga” McPhatter — the friend and bodyguard of his nemesis, rapper Troy Ave aka Roland Collins.

Daryl Campbell used a firearm to target his rival, which led to loss of a life and serious injuries to innocent bystanders,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement.

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“Gun violence cannot be used as a way to address conflict. The toll of guns continues to be staggeringly high and it is horrific that a night out at a concert ended tragically.”

Campbell continued to claim he was the innocent victim of a calculated hit at the hands of Collins, who prosecutors had a “longstanding feud” with the podcast leading up to the backstage bloodbath.

In a last-ditch effort, Campbell claimed “half the stuff that was told on the stand by Troy Ave — who was offered a shorter sentence for testimony — is a complete lie to protect himself from going to jail,” according to journalist Shawn Setaro.

A judge, however, said that Campbell was “obviously” engaged in “the procurement of false testimony.”