Sherman Austin

Sherman Martin Austin (born 1984), is an underground rapper and anarchist from Compton, California. He was webmaster of the internet site RaisetheFist.com before his arrest. Austin was convicted under a plea agreement in 2002 and served a one year sentence in federal prison. Some academics and activists, including Zack De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine, protested the prosecution of Austin. Austin was released one month early in July 2004 with 3 years of probation which prohibits him from having...