GRETNA, La. (AP) - Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2002 shooting of a fan at a nightclub.

GRETNA, La. (AP) — Opening arguments are under way in the murder trial of Corey Miller, a New Orleans rapper known as C-Murder.

Rapper Corey Miller has been thrown a lifeline as he prepares for a retrial in his second degree murder case - a jailed pal of the star has confessed he was the one who shot and killed a teen in the 2002 incident.

Rapper Corey Miller will spend the next 10 years behind bars after pleading no contest to charges of second degree murder dating back to 2002. Miller, formerly known as C-Murder,

GRETNA, La. (AP) — Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has been booked back into jail in Louisiana after police said he broke the house-arrest rules imposed on him as he awaits trial.

Rapper C-Murder is appealing to a U.S. court to postpone his second murder trial because the judge presiding over his case is seeking re-election to the Judicial District Court post.

Rapper C-Murder has had his request to travel out of the state of Louisiana denied while he awaits a retrial on a second-degree murder charge.

R&B star Akon is adding author to his resume after signing a deal with rapper-turned-publisher C-Murder. The Lonely singer will release a book, Thug Politics, later this year through C-Murder's company TRU Publishing, following the success of rapper Jacki-O's title Grown And Gangsta, which went on sale last month.

Rapper C-Murder's retrial on a second-degree murder charge has been postponed until June. The 36-year-old, real name Corey Miller, was due to stand trial in New Orleans, Louisiana, in February for the shooting death of teenager Steve Thomas outside a local nightclub in 2002.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The rapper sometimes known as C-Murder will be tried a second time on a second-degree murder charge.