SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) 鈥 A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that rapper Quando Rondo can no longer drive and must undergo drug testing if he wants to stay out of jail while awaiting trial on gang and drug charges.
The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name is Tyquian Terrel Bowman, appeared in a Savannah courtroom as prosecutors unsuccessfully asked the judge to revoke the $100,000 bail the rapper posted following his indictment last month.
Bowman crashed a car July 19, just a few weeks after bonding out of jail. Prosecutors said emergency responders at the scene of the crash administered Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses, to Bowman because he showed symptoms of an overdose.
Bowman had been ordered to refrain from using drugs as a condition of his bail.
Bowman鈥檚 attorney, Kimberly Copeland, told the judge Thursday that he wasn鈥檛 driving recklessly and that he had a prescription for some of the drugs he had taken, .
Chatham County Superior Court Judge Tammy Stokes said that Bowman can remain free before his trial as long as he follows the additional restrictions she imposed Thursday, news outlets reported.
鈥淵ou are a young man with a career in front of you,鈥 Stokes told Bowman. 鈥淎ll sorts of opportunities. But the bottom line is that it鈥檚 all on you.鈥
Bowman and 18 others were indicted last month by a Chatham County grand jury. Bowman was charged with four counts, including being a manager of an illegal street gang known as 鈥淩ollin鈥 60鈥檚.鈥 His other charges include conspiring with others to distribute marijuana and to buy pills of the opioid hydrocodone.
Prosecutors have said additional charges stemming from the car crash are pending.
As Quando Rondo, the rapper鈥檚 singles 鈥淚 Remember鈥 and 鈥淎BG鈥 led to a deal with Atlantic Records, which released his debut album, 鈥淨Pac,鈥 in 2020. His follow-up album, 鈥淩ecovery,鈥 came out in March.
