C Miller

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C-Murder/C-Miller

Background information
Birth name	Corey Miller
Born	March 9, 1971
Origin	New Orleans, Louisiana
Genre(s)	Gangsta Rap, New Orleans Rap
Years active	1998–present
Label(s)	Tru Records/Priority Records

C Miller (born Corey Miller on March 9, 1971) is an American rap artist from the infamous Calliope Projects in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prior to April 5, 2005, he used the stage name C-Murder. He appears on Ludacris' Release Therapy album on a song called "Do Your Time" (also featuring previously incarcerated rappers Pimp C and Beanie Sigel, he is credited as C-Murder. He is also featured on the N.W.O Wolfpac theme. He was at one time engaged to R&B singer Monica.

1 Career
2 Legal History
- 2.1 Albums
3 External links

[edit] Career

He is one of many rappers who rose to fame in the mid-to-late 1990s releasing records through his brother Master P's label, No Limit Records. He is a member of the group TRU.

[edit] Legal History

In early 2002, Corey Miller was arrested and charged with killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas with a single gunshot to the chest during a dispute in Harvey, Louisiana, outside now-defunct nightspot "Platinum Club." On October 1, 2003, Miller was found guilty of second-degree murder, which carries a mandatory life sentence.

Despite his incarceration, he has managed to release an entire album, “The Truest Shit I Ever Said,” and a music video that featured fellow New Orleans rapper B.G. was made without the knowledge of prison authorities, much to the chagrin of Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. Bail was initially denied in the case due to C-Murder's use of a cell phone smuggled into the jail which allegedly was used to coordinate threats to witnesses in the case. The Louisiana Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction and accepted his request for a new trial. Miller's attorney, Ron Rakosky, divulged that he hoped to have him out on bail as soon as March 13, 2006.

On March 16, 2006, C-Murder was released from prison on a $500,000 bond and placed under house arrest pending a retrial on a second-degree murder charge after the Louisiana Supreme Court tossed his conviction the week before. Recently, an article in a New Orleans newspaper stated that his house-arrest sentence was rescinded because the judge presiding over the case decided that it was too much of a burden on the Jefferson Parish Police Department.

C Miller was recently placed back on house arrest for violating the terms of his house-arrest because he was supposedly caught attending the premiere of the Spike Lee film When the Levees Broke. The judge then ordered him to remain on house-arrest until his retrial is completed. The trial is currently schedule for February 2007.