Editing Mystikal (section)

==Personal life==
On his 24th birthday, Mystikal found his sister Michelle Tyler dead in her bedroom, having been stabbed and strangled. Her boyfriend at the time, Damion Neville, was charged with murder but later was acquitted due to a lack of evidence and a recanted confession.<ref name="auto"/>

===Sexual battery conviction and other legal issues===
On June 26, 2003, Mystikal pleaded guilty to [[sexual battery]] and [[extortion]] of his hairstylist. On January 15, 2004, Mystikal was sentenced to six years in state prison. The rapper and two bodyguards forced the woman to perform oral sex, and accused her of stealing $80,000 in checks. As part of a plea bargain, all three pleaded guilty. Mystikal initially claimed that the incident was consensual, but a videotape of the incident was later found at his home shortly after the charges were made. Negotiations during the trial held the videotape from being entered as evidence and Mystikal agreed to the plea bargain offered by the prosecution, avoiding the mandatory life sentence for sexual battery in [[Louisiana]] and expecting to receive probation. However, the case took a twist when the judge viewed the videotape at the sentencing, took into account Mystikal's two prior arrests (for drug and gun possession), and had him remanded into custody to begin serving a six-year sentence immediately. Mystikal's bodyguards, Leland Ellis and Vercy Carter, also pleaded guilty to sexual battery.<ref name="Rapper Mystikal sentenced to six years"/>

In August 2005, while incarcerated on the state sexual battery and extortion charges, Mystikal was charged federally with two [[misdemeanor]] counts of failing to file tax returns for 1998 and 1999. On January 12, 2006, he was convicted in [[United States district court|federal court]] of the tax offenses, but was allowed to serve the one-year federal sentence concurrent with his six-year state sentence.<ref name="AHH Stray News: 50 Cent Sued, Mystikal, Ms Dynamite, Dilated Peoples">{{cite web | url = http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5274 | access-date = September 23, 2006 | author = Nolan Strong |author2=Christine S. Kim | title = AHH Stray News: 50 Cent Sued, Mystikal, Ms. Dynamite, Dilated Peoples | website = AllHipHop.com | date = January 20, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060426181627/http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5274 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = April 26, 2006}}</ref> Mystikal was incarcerated at Louisiana's [[Elayn Hunt Correctional Center]]. On January 19, 2006, Mystikal was denied parole at a parole board hearing.<ref name="AHH Stray News: 50 Cent Sued, Mystikal, Ms. Dynamite, Dilated Peoples">{{cite web | url = http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5274 | access-date = September 23, 2006 | author = Nolan Strong |author2=Christine S. Kim | title = AHH Stray News: 50 Cent Sued, Mystikal, Ms. Dynamite, Dilated Peoples | website = AllHipHop.com | date = January 20, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060426181627/http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5274 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = April 26, 2006}}</ref> On January 11, 2007, Mystikal was released from custody on the federal misdemeanor tax convictions (as his one-year sentence had expired), but he remained in custody on the six-year sentence for the Louisiana state felony convictions. The news of his release caused confusion among fans who heard the news and mistakenly thought he had been released on parole.<ref name="Mystikal Still Incarcerated, Reps Clarify 'Released' Status">{{cite web | url = http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2007/01/26/18131944.aspx | access-date = May 23, 2010|author = Nolan Strong|title = Mystikal Still Incarcerated, Reps Clarify 'Released' Status|website = AllHipHop.com|date = January 26, 2007}}</ref> He was released January 14, 2010.<ref name="mtv.com">{{cite web|last=Reid |first=Shaheem |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629820/20100115/mystikal.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119084427/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1629820/20100115/mystikal.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2010 |title=Mystikal Released From Prison - Music, Celebrity, Artist News |publisher=MTV |date=January 15, 2010 |access-date=April 4, 2012}}</ref> After his release, Mystikal was registered as a sex offender.<!-- Do not add Louisiana offender registry as a source. Per WP:BLPPRIMARY, "Do not use public records that include personal details, such as date of birth, home value, traffic citations, vehicle registrations, and home or business addresses." -->

On February 22, 2012, Mystikal was arrested again following a dispute with his domestic partner and was later given a misdemeanor charge of domestic abuse battery. He was detained for nine days and then released on bail. On April 16, he was given a three-month jail sentence for violating the terms of his probation he was given following his release from prison in January 2010. He was given credit for the nine days already served, reducing his confinement to 81 days. He began serving his sentence on May 14 at the East [[Baton Rouge]] Parish Jail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/celebrities/index.ssf/2012/04/rapper_mystikal_headed_back_to.html|title=Rapper Mystikal headed back to jail for probation violation|publisher=Nola.com|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=May 29, 2012}}</ref> During his incarceration, he appeared in court to be heard on the domestic battery charges as well as for a hearing to determine child support payments for his two youngest children. Mystikal was released from jail in August 2012.

On August 21, 2017, Mystikal turned himself into the [[Caddo Parish]] Sheriff's Department after a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was subsequently charged with rape.<ref name="turnselfin">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7934319/rapper-mystikal-arrested-turns-in-rape-charge|title=Mystikal Turns Himself In on Rape Charge|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> He was held at the Caddo Correctional Center on a $3 million bond<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/2018/08/30/new-evidence-rape-case-against-mystikal-delays-bond-hearing/|title=New evidence in rape case against Mystikal delays bond hearing|last1=Cameron|first1=Stacey|publisher=[[KSLA]]|date=August 30, 2018|access-date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> until February 14, 2019, when he was able to post bond.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/louisiana-rapper-mystikal-free-on-3m-bond-in-rape-case-2448475|title=Mystikal free on $3 million bond in rape case|last=Krol|first=Charlotte|date=February 15, 2019|website=[[NME]]|access-date=March 23, 2019}}</ref>