Shooting song helps catch rapper

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Story Published: Nov 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM EDT

DUBLIN, Ga. (AP) - He shot a man twice and felt so good about it, police say, a Dublin rapper wrote a song describing the shooting and calling out the victim by name.

A judge sentenced 25-year-old Rico Wright to spend the next 20 years in prison after his victim mentioned the hip hop confession to police.

Twenty-eight-year-old Chad Blue told police he had known Wright before the September 2006 shooting, but that the men weren't
friendly.

He testified companions egged Wright on as he chased and shot his victim in the thigh and groin.

Later, Blue told police he recognized Wright's voice on a CD, rapping ``Chad Blue knows how I shoot.''

Wright was sentenced to 20 years for two counts of aggravated assault.

He will spend another 20 years on probation.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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