US rap star Beanie Sigel, real name Dwight Grant, has been shot during an attempted robbery, but is thought to be in a good condition following treatment at the University Of Pennsylvania hospital. The attempted robbery, according to US police, was perpetrated by five men who held Sigel up by boxing him in with two cars, and subsequently shot the hip-hopper in the arm. Sigel drove himself to hospital following the incident.
Police said there was still some confusion about where the robbery actually took place, but detectives added: "He has cooperated, he's told us what happened. We don't know if they knew who he was. He was in a lot of pain but good spirits"
Sigel was, as previously reported, last year cleared of attempted murder in a second trial over a 2003 shooting, and was sentenced to two years' probation in January for committing assault, again back in 2003.