‘I’m just trying to rebuild everything’: Bay Area rapper A-Wax speaks on lessons learned, future plans after misdemeanor plea deal in gun case

In a plea deal, county prosecutors have agreed to drop felony gun charges against Bay Area rapper A-Wax in exchange for a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor accessory charge that stemmed from a 2020 raid on his Pittsburg recording studio.

A-Wax, whose real name is Aaron Doppie, said in an interview with the Bay Area News Group that the charge he pleaded was “basically admitting I didn’t have adequate security at my studio” and that an unidentified person brought a gun there. Doppie has for years denied that either of the guns found during the police raid belonged to him. His attorney told this news organization that a DNA test from one of the weapons excluded Doppie as a contributor, while no DNA was found on the other one.

“Honestly I didn’t want to take any charge for it. I didn’t do anything wrong so I just wanted to let the evidence see itself through,” Doppie said in a May interview at his recording studio. “But at the end of the day … it’s easier for me to focus on my career versus having to jump through those hoops all day. it would have been costly financially.”

Doppie’s attorney, Kellin Cooper, said his client “he would probably go to trial and get a not guilty verdict in about 10 minutes” but that he “appreciated in our COVID era this probably wouldn’t be the best use of judicial resources.”Doppie’s rap career has spanned decades and included more than 20 album releases. His songs have received millions of streams online, and his lyrics have even referenced the gun case while the charges were still pending.

“I want to shed light on that, I’m sure a lot of people where I’m from have been in similar situations where they’re completely innocent and accused of a bunch of BS,” Doppie said. “Just because the police are accusing people of stuff doesn’t meet they’re guilty, but some people just believe everything the cops say.”

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