If you're a fan of rap music, I am sure you already know that a couple of weeks ago, Kevin Gates was sentenced to 180 days in jail for assaulting a woman at one of his concerts.

I disagree with this, and this is why.

First, what do we know about this incident?

Last year in Lakeland, Florida, Kevin Gates kicked a female fan because she kept grabbing him by the shorts while he was performing. That's pretty much it: she kept grabbing him by the shorts, he told her to stop, and she wouldn't stop. So when she did it again, he kicked her off of him.

Excessive? Yes.

Were there probably other options? Yes.

Was he within his legal rights? I think so.

Before I go any further, I just want to make it clear that I do not advocate hitting women nor do I support Kevin Gates' decision to pull an Anderson Silvia and kick that lady in her chest. I just simply believe he was within his legal rights to do so.

When it comes to self defense, deciding if someone was legally allowed to strike someone in order to protect themselves has tons of factors. It basically comes down to a jury deciding if they were in any imminent danger that was necessary to use force. A jury of women decided that Gates was not in danger and did not need to use force to protect himself.

I think that whether he was in danger or not is beside the point. This woman kept grabbing his shorts and trying to touch his genitals, which is sexual harassment as far as I'm concerned. So I think he had every right to kick her off of him. I firmly believe that if this was a male fan trying to grab a female artists inappropriately and she kicked him, he would be in jail and she would be praised for her courage. That's just what I think though.

But maybe I'm biased. Kevin Gates is awesome and I can't listen to 21 Savage's mix tapes for six months while I wait for Gates' release.