The Write Up: Rapper Da Brat Gets 3 Years Behind Bars Rapper Da Brat Gets 3 Years Behind Bars ================================================================================ thewriteup on 24 August, 2008 05:48:00 A DeKalb County judge sentenced rapper Da Brat to three years in prison Friday, August 22nd for striking a woman with a rum bottle at an Atlanta-area nightclub. Superior Court Judge Gail Flake also sentenced the rapper, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, to seven years probation and 200 hours of community service. The incident happened at a Halloween party at Studio 72 nightclub on Oct. 31 2007. Wow someone can go to prison for a bar fight and another get no jail time for having sex with underaged girls....what is this world coming to?