Yo Gotti - Rapper Yo Gotti Cleared Of Riot Charge

The hip-hop star, real name Mario Mims, was left facing a felony charge of aggravated riot over accusations an argument with his friend OG Boo Dirt in November (10) sparked a brawl which escalated to a shooting and left six people injured.

Mims appeared at Memphis' Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday (19Jan11) and a judge dismissed the charge against him.

After the hearing, he spoke of his relief, telling Memphis' Fox 13, "Case dismissed, it's over. It's false allegations...

"For them to put it out there and run with it, of course it's a little damaging but like I said, I knew it was all going to come to this...

"I'm a entertainer (sic), I'm in entertainment. I understand it, I know it's like it's a protocol of going through it, going through the courts and getting to this point where it gets dismissed… and we're back to where we were at in the beginning."