Lil Flip cleared of credit card fraud

Lil' Flip (real name Wesley Eric
Weston,Jr) has been cleared of credit card fraud, according to the Houston Chronicle.

A grand jury decided against indicting the rapper in the case, which saw him being accused him of purchasing airline tickets with a stolen credit card. Attorney Stanley Schneider said that his client was “extremely happy and feels vindicated."

Lil Flip...arrested for "Credit Card Abuse"

Lil’ Flip was arrested and charged with credit card abuse in Houston Saturday.

The artist, 26, whose real name is Wesley Weston, turned himself in around 2:30 p.m. at Harris County Courthouse 21 and was released on $2,000 bond.

“It has more to do with people around him, and not the man himself. The man is not a criminal; he’s never been in trouble. ” said community activist Quanell X, speaking on behalf of Weston.

Characterizing the incident as a “small, slight situation” the activist promised that the charges “will be worked out.”

Lil Flip, a Houston native, is due in court today

Lil Flip....The Return

It’s been three years since Lil’ Flip released his two-times platinum double album U Gotta Feel Me. After taking what he describes as a “break” from the industry, the Southside Houston native is finally ready to jump back in. Flip is gearing up to drop his fourth solo LP, I Need Mine, through a newly signed deal with Asylum and Warner Bros. Records. In addition to revamping his album, which the 25-year-old MC claims was leaked last year by his former label Sony, the Screwed Up Click vet has been busy promoting his liquor brand, Lucky Nites, and establishing his Clover G Records roster.
Although he’s got a lot to show for his time away, Lil’ Flip is still often criticized for taking a hiatus after his public feud with T.I. The two started beefing over who deserved the King of the South distinction and came to blows after T.I. dissed Flip on the radio in his hometown.

While Flipper maintains he was busy trying to get released from his thick ties with Sony, other public riffs with Paul Wall, Slim Thug, and his former manager Hump all seem to have gotten the best of him. In Flip’s time away from the game, Houston rap has managed to finally break through nationally. While he acknowledges H-Town’s commercial success, Flip insists it wouldn’t have been possible without the formula he helped pioneer on his first album, 2000’s The Leprechaun.