District Judge Jacqueline Taschner arraigned the 26-year-old Saturday night, setting bail at $10,000 with a 10 percent cash option. It doesn’t stop. Rapper. But - in the week it was revealed that there have been over 100 deaths from violent crime in the capital so far this year  - Ashley says the violence portrayed in the show is a grim reality for kids living in deprived areas up and down the country today. For some, it’s still not enough, Pa. will seek to waive liquor license fees for restaurants, bars through 2021 starting Jan. 1, Carpenter Technology revenue results down in 1Q 2021, Koziar's Christmas Village sets plans for 2020 opening, Workforce Board Lehigh Valley initiative aims to fill open jobs, Dave and Buster's will soon open in Whitehall Township, Easton adding winter market, outdoor skating rink to downtown area for holiday season, What the Tech? "Everyone in this world’s going to make mistakes, but the thing that’s going to stop you making them is understanding why you made them. At the same time the type of music we made was about the streets, our lives and our anxiety and putting that stuff out there gives people a reason to test you. "None of my friends really had their dad in their life so it didn’t affect me, but in hindsight, a lot of the stuff I did because I was angry, but I didn’t really know why I was angry. Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Ashley, a child actor who attended Sylvia Young Theatre School and appeared in Grange Hill, admits he suffered as a result of not having a positive male role model. "But seeing them achieve or seeing how similar they are - you’re watching your genes working in front of you, which it can be an amazing thing. I'm like, 'Yeah, seven,' and they're like, 'F*** off!' I encourage them to do that. In 2002, Ashley was arrested while carrying the loaded air pistol and sentenced to 18 months in prison. “For young boys like me, growing up in that environment, those things were normal and you never really felt too shocked by it – that’s the shame of it.”. When I was young, I would go to youth clubs after school, run by my teachers and there were places to go where you could talk things out or enjoy sport with kids from different areas so territorial barriers were broken down. Ashley is honest with his children about his past, and his brief spell in prison, and hopes they can learn from his mistakes. “There were a lot of muggings and the older guys in the area would get the younger boys to commit robberies or to mug old ladies and steal handbags. In hindsight that was completely the wrong thing to do. It seemed like that's the way that you got respect, which is a sad thing. "My dad was pretty much in jail for most of my life, but it wasn’t a thing for me because I saw a lot of black role models were going through the same experience. "I realised there’s cause and effect for everything. "Maybe the weapons of choice have changed, maybe the types of people have changed, but the actual acts of violence are pretty much the same. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Bethlehem police responded to the 600 block of Guetter Street shortly after 3 p.m. Saturday for a report of a woman who handed her 1-month-old son to a LANTA driver and walked away, according to court records. "That was about me trying to become a man but not having a point of reference, and then eventually finding the wrong reference - the wrong role models in my community and aspiring to be like them. "It’s an amazing thing to see the other side. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. ", Ashley Walters might only be 33 but he has seven children and another on the way, Ashley says he's always been honest with his children about the mistakes he's made, Ashley's own dad was in jail for most of his life, Ashley with some of his children and former partner Natalie Williams, Ashley met Anthony, a young dad who adopted his sister's children, Ashley chatted to transgender boxing manager Kellie Maloney, Ashley said he was most moved by dwarf Phil and his family, Subscribe to Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror newspapers, New E4 drama The Aliens is scary, violent, funny and action packed, Can Cuffs replace The Bill? "You know, we debate a lot in this household – there are a lot of court cases going on as we speak and people standing trial – but it’s something we do to it out together, and I think that works.". The return coincides with daily reports of stabbings in London and around the country, reports that kids are being used to sell drugs by ‘county lines’ gangs and that more and more children under 10 are carrying knives. Top Boy’s Ashley Walters reveals he was kidnapped as a child then ended up in prison after gang leaders put a gun to his baby’s head Kidnapped by gang who tried to force him to mug old ladies. Ashley’s return to Top Boy comes six years after Channel 4 dropped the series in 2013. “They feel that going to prison is a rite of passage. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Cheryl Ann Tweedy. Rapper. His own dad, he says, was in jail for most of his childhood, but his relationship with his father has made him more determined to be there for his kids. Ashley admits being a dad to seven can be challenging. “Afterwards I told my mum and she was devastated and obviously worried but I remember not being that concerned. "I just loved the fact that these kids being so young, I looked at them as having the maturity of a much older person, you know. “At the moment we're preaching and trying to tell kids what to do but this generation have grown up differently, they feel things differently and they want to consume things differently. Rapper. "You going to constantly learn until everyone’s in the grave. Being a dad to SEVEN children isn't easy. While Ashley is now a successful actor and a happily married dad, he says he doesn’t regret the mistakes he made: “It's made me the person I am today. Future. By 18, Ashley had embarked on a music career – joining the 30-strong So Solid Crew as rapper Asher D – but success brought more violence. 38 Year Olds. “I can only guide them to a certain extent but at the end of the day, they're exposed to everything, just like me and just like a lot of other kids,” he says. Now, whenever Ashley meets new people and tells them he has seven children, their reaction, he says, is almost always the same. Wolf announces new aid. Ashley – now a dad of eight and married to actress Danielle... Stoned … Ashley Walters Popularity . The 33-year-old Top Boy star, aka rapper Asher D, has two sons, a stepson and four daughters whose ages range from 16 to 22 months, to three different women. It is one thing to earn immense success in career, however, getting it right in personal relationships is the different transaction. The last straw came when the car he was in was stoned and a gun held to baby Shayon’s head, leaving him in fear of his own and his family’s life. But his experiences of growing up in South London have shaped the character of Dushane in the hard-hitting drama Top Boy, which returns for a long-awaited new series today. They weren't violent to me but they were intimidating and it felt like a thing that you had to do otherwise you might be beaten up or there would be a backlash. Police said they found Walters in the first block of West Broad Street. “I wasn’t in front of people having their fingers chopped off but you hear a lot of violent stories," he says. It is a terrifying portrayal of gang warfare on London streets, where kids are intimidated with violence and groomed into a life of drugs and knife and gun crime. Speaking exclusively to Sun Online, he says: “To those of us who grew up in these areas, it's not shocking, it's one of those things. These kids having the right attitude and going out there. Woman charged after allegedly abandoning infant son on LANTA bus, Driver told police that Whitehall Twp. The actor and rapper was speaking before the release of Top Dad, a series of short documentaries in which he meets other fathers in unconventional circumstances. He died of lung cancer but before that I took him to Canada with me to shoot the 50 Cent movie, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, and we discussed in those two weeks what we should have discussed throughout my life. In the series, Ashley meets a young dad who adopted his sister's children after she had a life-changing accident, as well as transgender boxing manager Kellie Maloney. Actor Ashley Walters knows this better than most. Much cooler with some sunshine, gradually giving way to clouds. "Since day one, I’ve always been honest about my life and the stuff I’ve done wrong. Now living in North London, Ashley says the daily violence is familiar to kids in the show who were all cast because they live on the Hackney estate where the series is filmed. Rapper. Error! Actor Ashley Walters knows this better than most. "You just have to be a positive influence when you’re around. "And these kids I met are really tough kids and have fought their way through it. More June 30 Birthdays. Ashley Walters Fans Also Viewed . I didn't actually rob anyone but once I was kidnapped by two older boys for half a day and they were trying to get me to steal or mug someone.