JAILED RAPPER HAS 90 DAYS ADDED TO TERM

Sacramento rapper C-BO, who was to be released from jail today, had 90 days
added to his sentence after testing positive for marijuana while serving
two weeks for parole violations.

Shawn Thomas, 26, the ``gangsta'' rapper who records under the name C-BO,
was ordered back to jail 2 1/2 weeks ago because of lyrics on his new
album, ``. . . Til My Casket Drops,'' which violated an unusual parole
condition.

State parole authorities contended that the record promoted the gang
lifestyle and therefore violated the special condition imposed in June when
C-BO was released from Soledad State Prison after serving his second
stretch behind bars.

He originally went to prison on a 1994 conviction for willful discharge of
a firearm in a negligent manner. He was paroled in late 1995.

In April 1996 he was arrested in Cincinnati on parole violations that
involved marijuana and firearms.

After serving more than 14 months at Soledad, he was released last June
under the special parole agreement that restricted the content of his
music.

Thomas will serve the 90 days at Deuel Vocational Institute in Tracy.

)1998 San Francisco Chronicle