One thing that’s gratifying about hosting this blog is the little tidbits that people send me now and then (h/t Tatum). Like this story about former Georgia Tech stalwart Reuben Houston.
A former star defensive back who dealt with a drug case while playing for Georgia Tech is facing new charges.
Reuben Houston, who once starred in the gold and white of a Georgia Tech football uniform and now is an aspiring rapper, sat in a jailhouse hearing room wearing a Fulton County Jail inmate uniform.
Documents say Houston is charged with trafficking marijuana and also faces a pair of gun charges, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
When Houston appeared in court, the judge told him he is not authorized to set bond for his case.
Houston’s attorney, Manny Arora, says the studio where several pounds of marijuana were found had four other people in it. When asked exactly how much marijuana police found, Arora said, “The police say 11 pounds, but that’s with all the packaging on it. So once we actually get an actual weight I’m sure it will be a little bit less.”
That’s Chantastic. After all, this isn’t Houston’s first rodeo.
You have to hope this doesn’t interfere with life after football for him. He’s got so much going for him these days.
Entertainment lawyer Steve Sidman, who can boast a client list of multi-platinum artists across the musical spectrum, says Houston’s prospects as Rapper Rico Richie have just taken off.
“He has a single called ‘Poppin’ that is doing just that,” Sidman said. “My friend and client has enormous, almost limitless, prospects as a rapper.”
Well, of course. Doesn’t everyone who matriculated at Georgia Tech?
By the way, it was good to see that the AJ-C was all over this story, wasn’t it? Er… um… you mean the AJ-C wasn’t all over it?
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Hilarious! Maybe he can get a work release to perform at Tech’s homecoming.
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Paul Johnson has Not lost control of the AJ-C.
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It is strange that AJ-C squashes these stories for Tech and publishes similar UGA stories with glee. Doesn’t seem right.
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Consistent with their uneven-handed reporting on major news stories to promote their political agenda. Nothing surprising here, just move on along. The primary reason so many don’t care to pay for their take on anything. This paper was dead to many of us ling before the internet was around to blame.
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Whatever happened to Terrance Moore? That guy covered sports through Al Sharpton colored glasses…
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Now there is a pleasant memory. 🙂 Did see him briefly, until I could find the remote, on a late night local news sports thingy. I am sure he is still taking shots at UGA.
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“My friend and client has enormous, almost limitless, prospects as a rapper.”
Agree. He Poppin’ with street cred now.
Plus all that taxpayer-funded studio time and three squares. At Georgia Tech, you can do that!
http://onlineathens.com/stories/061904/new_20040619020.shtml#.Vaz6APmVAYo
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From Rico Ritchie to FulCo Bitchie.
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Well if he wants it to seem even less – use metric.
Eleven lbs = 4.98 kg of nature’s treatment for endogenous depression.
Or even better, ask Reggie Ball to count the numbers on the scale. If I remember correctly he gets lost between 3 and 4 and counts them twice.
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And yet they call us thUGA.
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I went to High School with this idiot, so in my circle he’s been a joke for a long time. Any time any of my old friends (or brother) that went to tech try to reference “Thuga” or how much smarter they are, I mention Reuben Houston.
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Although I am a 62 year old retired fat guy from central Georgia I pride myself on knowing the ins and outs of the rap industry! He has been arrested at least twice which gives him tremendous street cred at the time of a new song coming out. I see gold teeth in his near future.
BUT..Is he a brave enough rapper to go full out career shizzle! That would be arranging for a rival rapper from a different coast to wound him in a drive by shooting in front of The Varsity…Go Dawgs.
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Do you suppose Drug Dealer is one of those high paid jobs they always claim they get when they leave Tech?
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