Blind rapper skips out on sentencing; arrest warrant issued

EVERETT — When the blind rapper showed up late he claimed he got lost in the courthouse.

The judge cut him a break and ordered Wayne Frisby, aka Mac Wayne, to come back in a month to be sentenced for his latest round of crimes. Frisby was warned to be on time, no excuses.

Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Joseph Wilson, shaking his head, signed a warrant for Frisby’s arrest last week.

The convict’s lawyer was there. So was his mom. The Everett man was a no-show.

Defense attorney Gurjit Pandher looked in another courtroom before confirming that he didn’t know where his client was. Frisby wasn’t answering his phone, even when his mom called.

“He is legally blind and relies on other people to assist him,” Pandher tried.

Wilson signed a no-bail warrant, meaning once Frisby is picked up he won’t have the chance to bail out.

Frisby pleaded guilty in November to gun and drug charges. He is facing a prison sentence whenever he ends up in front of a judge.

This isn’t the first time Frisby has been on the lam. He skipped town in 2013 when he was facing a robbery charge. He even released a single taunting cops to catch him.

Frisby beat the robbery charge after the woman who first reported it recanted her story. He later did a short stint in jail for a drug conviction. He had been found with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine while being booked into the Snohomish County Jail in connection with a bizarre robbery in Marysville.

He ran afoul of the law again last year when Everett police caught him with a .40-caliber Glock pistol in a backpack. The convicted felon is banned from having any guns.

A month after that arrest he was found in the parking lot of the Tulalip Resort Casino with a bag of heroin in his pocket and two pair of brass knuckles.

Frisby has described himself as “the undisputed Ray Charles of rap, 100 percent blind and 100 percent raw.” The rapper advertises that “a gunshot to the head took his sight and in the same instant gave him the ability to see whole songs in his mind.”

He’s released videos that include cameo appearances by a Snohomish County Superior Court judge and a public defender.

Diana Hefley: 425-339-3463, hefley@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @dianahefley

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