New Orleans rapper Mystikal transferred to Angola for 20-year sentence
TO SEE THE SHOWERS COME IN, BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE THE SUMMERTIME PATTERN WE’LL SEE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER METEOROLOGIST SCOTT KELLY JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ON THAT. THIS IS WHAT I PICTURE WHEN I THINK ABOUT LOUISIANA IN THE SUMMERTIME, RIGHT? MOST OF THE DAY, NOT ALL THAT SHABBY. CERTAINLY VERY HOT, VERY MUGGY. AND THEN THE AFTERNOON HOURS, WE GET THOSE DAYTIME HEATING POP UP THUNDERSTORMS. AND SOME OF THEM CAN BE ON THE STRONG SIDE. LET ME SHOW YOU THE LIVE DOPPLER RADAR AT THIS HOUR. OUR FIRST WARNING RADAR OUT OF CHALMETTE, SHOWCASING SOME STORMS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE SPICY SIDE. NOT ALL OF US ARE SEEING THEM. WE HAD ONE LONE THUNDERSTORM THAT POPPED UP RIGHT OVER MID-CITY MOVED THROUGH AREAS OF THE SEVENTH WARD AND NOW BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. SO THE STORMS FAIRLY SHORT LIVED TODAY. THEY’RE NOT REALLY LONG LASTING THUNDERSTORMS. ONE OF WHICH THOUGH HAS BEEN DRENCHING PARTS OF SAINT TAMMANY PARISH FOR THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR NOW, DRIFTING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND EAST ALONG I-12, NORTH OF LACOMBE, BUT WEAKENING AS IT BEGINS TO PUSH TOWARDS THE EAST ON THE SOUTH SHORE INTO PARTS OF SAINT BERNARD PARISH. MY FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING FROM MERAUX YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR THE THUNDER RUMBLING IN THE DISTANCE RIGHT NOW. A LONE THUNDERSTORM HAS POPPED UP BETWEEN VIOLET BRAITHWAITE AND BELLE CHASE, SO SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUE THERE THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. NOT EVERYONE WILL SEE THE STORMS, BUT A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THE UMBRELLA NEARBY. THROUGH ABOUT 8 P.M., YOU CAN SEE 8:00 ON THE DOT. STILL 1 OR 2 ISOLATED DOWNPOURS OUT THERE. BY 10:00. MOST OF THE RAIN COVERAGE IS GOING TO START TO DIMINISH. AND THEN WE KIND OF RINSE AND REPEAT THE FORECAST. TOMORROW. IT’S GOING TO BE QUIET IN THE MORNING, BUT AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW WITH DAYTIME HEATING, HERE WE ARE IN THE AFTERNOON. NOW, WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT TOMORROW IS THAT I THINK RAIN COVERAGE MAY DROP A LITTLE BIT. I’M CALLING FOR ABOUT 30 TO 40% COVERAGE. SO WE’LL CALL IT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN THE RAINFALL DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY. BY THURSDAY, A SIMILAR WEATHER FORECAST, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WITH SCATTERED STORMS BY FRIDAY. THAT’S WHEN THINGS MAY START TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. SOME MORE MOISTURE IS GOING TO START TO SURGE IN FROM THE NORTHERN GULF. AND I’VE GOT RAIN CHANCE AT ABOUT 50% BY FRIDAY. THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, YOU CAN SEE THE LAST WEATHER HEADLINE. WILL WE SEE INCREASING RAIN COVERAGE? I THINK THAT IT’S POSSIBLE. THE BIG WEATHER STORY, THOUGH, IS BOTH THE HEAT AND THE DAILY CHANCE FOR SCATTERED STORMS. HERE’S WHY I’M LOOKING AT THE WEEKEND. I LIKE TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL PRECIPITABLE WATER. IT’S A MOUTHFUL, AND THAT IS HOW MUCH MOISTURE WE’VE GOT IN THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. BY FRIDAY. NOTICE THE SHADES OF ORANGE AND RED ON THE MAP? THAT’S A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TROPICAL MOISTURE, SO THE AIR HOLDS MORE MOISTURE. AND THAT MEANS ANY RAINFALL THAT OCCURS MAY BE LONGER LASTING AND ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND A LOW END RISK FOR SOME FLOODING BY SUNDAY. NOTICE A LOT MORE RED ON THE MAP. THAT’S WHY I’VE GOT RAIN COVERAGE. BY THE TIME WE GET TO SUNDAY AT ABOUT 60 TO MAYBE EVEN 70%. SO MORE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SATURDAY HIT AND MISS IN THE AFTERNOON. BUT THEN AGAIN, HERE COMES THAT BOUNDARY THAT GETS A BIT CLOSER TO US ON SUNDAY. THAT COULD UPTICK THE RAIN COVERAGE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. KIND OF HIT AND MISS. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM VARIETY IN THE TROPICS. THE GOOD NEWS NO DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THE CARIBBEAN REMAINS VERY DRY AND HOSTILE FOR ANY FORMATION, AND YOUR WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER SEVEN DAY FORECAST.
New Orleans rapper Mystikal transferred to Angola for 20-year sentence
Updated: 4:46 PM CDT Jul 7, 2026
A New Orleans rapper has been transferred to Angola after he was convicted of rape. New Orleans rapper Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was transferred to Angola to serve a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to rape charges. Tyler was moved from the Ascension Parish Jail following his sentencing last month. The charges stem from his 2022 arrest in connection with an investigation involving a woman at his Prairieville home.
NEW ORLEANS —
A New Orleans rapper has been transferred to Angola after he was convicted of rape.
New Orleans rapper Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was transferred to Angola to serve a 20-year sentence after pleading guilty to rape charges.
Tyler was moved from the Ascension Parish Jail following his sentencing last month.
The charges stem from his 2022 arrest in connection with an investigation involving a woman at his Prairieville home.