J Prince Jr. appears to be in the clear. Reports circulating on X late Wednesday claim federal investigators do not believe the Rap-A-Lot heir had any involvement in the shooting of NBA Ben10, and that he is not expected to be arrested in connection with the case. The report has not been confirmed by the FBI or federal prosecutors.
The Houston music scion has spent months swatting the rumors away. Within days of the April 8 shooting at a Houston restaurant, online chatter placed J Prince Jr. near the events, chatter he forcefully denied as the story made nationwide rounds in April. No charges were ever filed against him.
The underlying case is grim. NBA Ben10, whose legal name is Ben Fields, was shot multiple times during what police describe as an attempted chain snatching outside a Houston restaurant on April 8, according to Sandra Rose, which covered the shooting as it unfolded. The shooter was later identified as Jeremy Christopher Ford, the Detroit rapper who performs as Allstar JR. Police say Ford stood over Fields and fired until his gun jammed. Federal documents filed later state hospital officials told investigators Fields, 26, has no feeling in his legs.
Ford was arrested April 23 on his way to a VladTV interview and charged in connection with the shooting. Then, on Sept. 10, the case grew. FBI Houston confirmed six arrests across Louisiana and Texas, with Ben10 himself among those taken into federal custody alongside five associates. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas has not announced the charges.
Where J Prince Jr. fits into all of this, according to the unconfirmed report, is nowhere. The scion is the son of Rap-A-Lot Records founder J Prince, the Houston legend whose label put Southern rap on the map in the late 1980s. The younger Prince has spent his career adjacent to that legacy, managing artists and building his own reputation in the city, and the April rumor mill dragged that name through a case he now reportedly will not be part of.
Rap has seen this pattern before, names getting attached to federal cases on hearsay. NBA YoungBoy and NBA Ben10 reunited in Jamaica last year after five years kept apart by court ordered restrictions, a reminder of how long legal trouble shadows this circle. Houston rapper Cartel Bo was arrested for alleged kidnapping in a separate case this spring, and Kenny Capone got arrested mid interview while shouting out locked up friends. The feds rarely comment while cases are open.
For now, the reported clean bill for J Prince Jr. remains a report. It surfaced through the My Mixtapez account on X and echoes what sources close to the Prince camp have said privately for months. Neither the FBI Houston field office nor the U.S. Attorney’s Office has responded publicly. The shooting case itself moves forward, with Ben10 in federal custody and Ford awaiting trial on attempted murder charges.
