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Bail was revoked for popular hip hop podcaster Daryl Campbell after prosecutors told a Manhattan federal court judge that they are convinced Campbell was behind last year’s fatal shooting at Irving Plaza — and that additional charges could be coming.

“The gun here was fired into the chest of the deceased by the defendant,” Manhattan federal prosecutor Haggen Scotten told judge Lewis Kaplan. “We think the evidence of that is actually fairly strong.”

Scotten said DNA evidence and witness testimony will show that Campbell — also known as Taxstone — pulled the fatal shot.

“We have testimony of witnesses,” Scotten said. “One, if credited, would show that he fired at least the shot that killed McPhatter,” Scotten said, referring to Ronald McPhatter, the the bodyguard and friend of Campbell’s alleged nemesis, Roland Collins.

Scotten said Campbell brought the gun to the club ahead of a T.I. concert on May 25th in anticipation of a confrontation with Collins, who goes by the name Troy Ave.

Campbell, 31, was arrested on Monday and charged with illegal gun possession.

Campbell has not yet pled to the gun charges but his lawyer, Kenneth Montgomery, said his client’s criminal days were long behind him.

New charges around McPhatter’s death may soon be added, Scotten told the judge.

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