Da Brat never went to college, but if she had, perhaps she’d been given a little tutoring in Anger Management. The 34-year-old rapper was sentenced to three years behind bars and 200 hours of community service after smashing a bottle of rum across the face of a woman at an Atlanta nightclub, scarring her for life.

According to an MTV report:

Rapper Da Brat was sentenced to three years behind bars, seven years of probation and 200 hours of community service Friday morning (August 22) for striking a woman in the face with a rum bottle. The October 2007 incident at an Atlanta-area nightclub left the victim's face permanently scarred.

 

According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gail Flake handed down the punishment, while about six members of the rapper's family quietly wept inside the courtroom. Da Brat (born Shawntae Harris) told her relatives "I love y'all" as she was led out of the courtroom by sheriff's deputies. "We love you too," they replied.

 

Harris had pleaded guilty to felony aggravated assault, a charge stemming from a serious physical altercation that happened last Halloween during a party at Jermaine Dupri's Studio 72 nightclub just outside Atlanta. According to reports, Da Brat got into a heated confrontation with one of the club's waitresses and was accused of striking the woman in the face with a bottle of rum, causing numerous cuts on her face.

Perhaps Da Brat is bitter at being relegated to appearing on Celebrity Fit Club and being featured on Kelly “That Other Destiny’s Child Girl” Rowland’s attempted solo album. Or maybe she’s still trying to prove herself after being voted off the Weakest Link and hiding from host Anne Robinson. Then again, who cares? Hasn't all press always been good press?