Kevin Gates To Remain In Jail; ‘Really Really’ Rapper Sentenced To 30 Months

Rapper Kevin Gates and his wife Dreka may have been expecting the hip-hop artist to be home soon, but the rapper will have to remain in prison for 30 months.

Appearing in a Chicago court on Wednesday, Gates pled guilty to felony gun possession and was facing a maximum of 10 years in prison, TMZ reports. Speaking about the sentencing, the rapper’s lawyer, Herschel Rush, said they were “very pleased with the result of 30 months.”

Gates, who has been in jail since March 30, will now be transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections. The rapper’s latest sentence comes a month after he finished serving a five-month sentence in March. On the day of his original release, Gates was arrested on an outstanding warrant.

Earlier this month, the rapper’s wife tweeted her support for her husband, tweeting, “Although Kevin isn’t a free man yet, he will be soon!” Gates and Dreka were married in 2015 with the rapper calling it “the best thing in the world.”

During an interview with Spin, Gates said, “We do everything together. We work together, we own our company together. We like the same cars, we listen to the same music, we read a lot of the same literature, we’re interested in a lot of the same subject matter. She’ll come and get me and say, ‘Hey, let’s go to the strip club.’ I married my best friend that happens to be a girl.”

Dreka has yet to comment on the rapper’s latest sentence but in March asked fans to “please shift your thoughts, prayers, energy, etc towards the idea of Kevin being home and enjoying his life as a free man.”