A rapper signed to troubled rap star DMX's record label has been arrested on a series of drug and weapons charges.
Yung Berg - real name Christian Ward - has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of marihuana and menacing following a police investigation on Saturday (09Aug08).
According to reports, Ward got into a dispute with a limousine driver in New York at the weekend, prompting a call to authorities.
A reference tells famous person website TMZ.com the driver reported a dispute with five passengers and when police investigated the complaints, they charged Berg.
Ward's hip-hop boss DMX pleaded not hangdog to felony charges of theft and identity larceny last month (Jul08) - the up-to-the-minute in a string of legal troubles for the star, which includes arrests for speeding, suspected drug possession and animal cruelty this year (08) alone.
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