Melanie “Mello Buckzz” Doyle, the rapper whose River North album release party preceded the deadliest mass shooting in Chicago history, has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to illegally possessing a handgun found beneath her driver’s seat during a traffic stop.
Doyle, 25, resolved the gun case unusually quickly, pleading guilty on October 26, barely four months after her arrest. That is lightning-fast by Cook County standards, where similar gun possession cases often take about a year to resolve.
The quick plea also means Doyle had little opportunity to accumulate sentencing credit in the county jail while her case dragged through the courts. Instead, she was transferred to state prison to serve her sentence. Illinois Department of Corrections records show she arrived at Logan Correctional Center on Wednesday and, after receiving the state’s standard 50% sentence reduction, is expected to be released June 2…