By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-17 15:59:49 | Updated at 2026-06-18 17:15:16
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Mystikal has officially been sentenced after pleading guilty to raping a woman in 2022 at his Prairieville, Louisiana home.
On Tuesday, the 55-year-old rapper, who is best known for making hit songs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape, according to WBRZ.
During the hearing, the victim asked the judge to give Mystikal - born Michael Lawrence Tyler - the 'maximum sentence' as she recalled being 'forcibly raped' by the musician.
She said she was also punched, choked and had her braids pulled out of her hair by Tyler during the horrific 2022 assault.
Tyler then had an opportunity to address the court. 'If I did that to [her], I deserve the max sentence,' he told the judge after initially trying to speak directly to the victim.
The judge then handed down Tyler's sentence, which was capped at 20 years due to a plea deal he took earlier this year.
Mystikal has officially been sentenced after pleading guilty to raping a woman in 2022 at his Prairieville, Louisiana home; seen in 2021
According to WBRZ, Tyler's attorney had attempted to withdraw the rapper's guilty plea just days before Tuesday's sentencing.
Tyler's lawyer argued that he did not have the time to 'fully consider the consequences' of a guilty plea before making the decision.
However, the motion was eventually dismissed.
Tyler pled guilty to a third-degree rape charge in March after also being accused of beating, choking, and robbing a woman inside his home in Ascension Parish in 2022.
Tyler had allegedly confiscated the victim's keys and her phone before preventing her from leaving.
Then when the woman realized some of her money was missing, he allegedly raped her.
Then Tyler allegedly allowed the victim to leave but forced her to transfer money to him via CashApp according to court records.
The rapper was arrested on July 30, 2022.
He was indicted for first-degree rape, simple criminal damage to property, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery, and false imprisonment in the assault. First-degree rape carries an automatic life sentence.
Tyler ended up pleading guilty to a downgraded rape charge in March 2026 as part of a deal that was struck with prosecutors.
Tyler had previously pled guilty in 2003 to sexual battery and extortion.
Tyler and two bodyguards had videotaped themselves engaging in sex acts with Tyler's hairstylist.
On Tuesday, the 55-year-old rapper, who is best known for making hit songs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape, according to WBRZ; seen in 2016
During the hearing, the victim asked the judge to give Mystikal - born Michael Lawrence Tyler - the 'maximum sentence' as she recalled being 'forcibly raped' by the musician, who was arrested in July 2022
'If I did that to [her], I deserve the max sentence,' he told the judge after initially trying to speak directly to the victim; seen in 2002
The prosecutor in that case, Sue Bernie, said in 2003 that the woman told investigators that Tyler accused her of stealing $80,000 of his checks and told her he would not go to police if she did something 'degrading'.
The woman denied stealing any money, Bernie said. A letter in court records before Tyler's sentencing said he paid the woman $350,000.
He served six years in prison for that conviction, which came the same year he was nominated for two Grammy Awards. He also received a nomination in 2001.
Tyler also had rape and kidnapping charges that prosecutors in Louisiana dropped in December 2020.
Those charges, brought in 2017, had kept Tyler jailed for nearly 18 months before he was released on $3 million bond.
Mystikal told the Associated Press in April 2021 that he used to be 'a nasty lil' rapper' but was now proud of lyrics he could imagine rapping to God.
