{"id":107544,"date":"2016-09-22T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T20:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=107544"},"modified":"2016-09-22T13:07:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T21:07:22","slug":"aspiring-rapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=107544","title":{"rendered":"Aspiring Rapper"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is every black male shot by police &quot;trying to turn their life around&quot;???<br \/>What does that tell you about their choices prior to being shot? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xh712NZSY5\">pic.twitter.com\/xh712NZSY5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Paul Kersey (@sbpdl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sbpdl\/status\/779059255827718144\">September 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I did a Google search on &#8220;aspiring rapper&#8221; and found:<\/p>\n<p>First result. <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Aspiring%20Rapper\">Urban Dictionary<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>North American euphemism for a member of the urban criminal class. This unusual occupation is usually mentioned in conjunction with the subject either being slain or being taken into custody for a violent or property-related crime. A relative of the subject usually points out that the subjects demise or incarceration comes at an extremely inopportune moment, ocurring just as they subject was &#8220;turning they(sic) life around.&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>Special K Icey Eight had a checkered past, but his mother insisted he was a &#8220;good boy&#8221; who was just turning his life around, when the aspiring rapper was gunned down by a homeowner after breaking into the house via the kitchen window.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3548151\/Aspiring-rapper-killed-music-video-guns-turns-bloodbath-five-shot-one-killed-Chicago-park.html\">Second result<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Aspiring rapper killed after music video about guns turns into bloodbath, with five shot and one killed in Chicago park<br \/>\nAttack happened as rapper &#8216;Foreign Lyfe&#8217; was filming video in Foster Park<br \/>\nAspiring rapper Damond Dawson, aka &#8216;Thugga,&#8217; was killed<br \/>\nA girl, 19, was hit twice in the groin and three other men also wounded<br \/>\nForeign Lyfe&#8217;s song is titled &#8216;Two Techs and a 50 Shot,&#8217; a reference to guns<br \/>\nDawson&#8217;s aunt said he was a &#8216;a good guy&#8217; and not involved in gang life <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Third result. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/somerset\/index.ssf\/2016\/09\/retrial_begins_in_murder_of_aspiring_rapper_by_cro.html\">New trial begins for 2 charged in aspiring rapper&#8217;s death<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOMERVILLE &#8211; Opening arguments were heard Wednesday morning in Somerset County Superior Court before Judge Robert B. Reed in the retrial of two brothers charged in the 2013 fatal shooting of an aspiring rapper at a Franklin Township barber shop.<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, after six days of deliberations, the jury reached an impasse on murder charges against Zaire Cromedy, 23, of New Brunswick, and Antwan Cromedy, 31, of Bound Brook, in the Dec. 29, 2013, killing of New Brunswick resident Eric Andrews, Jr., 28, a hip-hop artist who performed under the moniker &#8220;E-9.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fourth result. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/One-Dead-in-Double-Shooting-at-Barbecue-Stand-in-Harbor-City-388728302.html\">Aspiring Rapper Dead After Double Shooting in Harbor City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dickerson&#8217;s family said she was an aspiring rapper who worked three jobs to support her music career.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other results:<\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/aspiring-rapper-kasper-knight-shoots-a-hole-through-his-cheek-to-try-and-generate-interest-in-his-a7154346.html\">Aspiring rapper Kasper Knight shoots a hole through his cheek to try and generate interest in his music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/clip\/12649294\/aspiring-rapper-mother-found-dead-inside-gwinnett-apartment\">Aspiring rapper, mother found dead inside Gwinnett apartment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* Record company president guilty in aspiring rapper&#8217;s death &#8211; KCTV5<\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/metro\/index.ssf\/2016\/07\/man_charged_in_murder_of_aspir.html\">Man charged in slaying of aspiring Cleveland rapper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/stuffblackpeopledontlike.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/shouldnt-aspiring-rapper-just-be.html\">Paul Kersey writes<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Shouldn&#8217;t &#8220;Aspiring Rapper&#8221; Just be &#8220;Expiring Rapper?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Michael Brown was an <a href=\"http:\/\/stlouis.cbslocal.com\/2014\/08\/20\/hip-hop-community-rallies-for-michael-brown-rappers-attend-ferguson-protests\/\">aspiring rapper<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">DeAndre Joshua, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/02\/us\/another-killing-in-ferguson-leaves-a-family-grappling-with-the-unknown.html?_r=0\">whose body was found in Ferguson on November 24, 2014<\/a>, was also an<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/tale-ferguson-deaths-anonymous-29900981\"> aspiring rapper<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">If you Google &#8220;Aspiring Rapper Killed,&#8221; you get more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/?gws_rd=ssl#q=aspiring+rapper+killed\">337,000 results<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Including this one. [<span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 21px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjla.com\/articles\/2015\/04\/police-arrest-suspect-in-fatal-shooting-of-aspiring-d-c-rapper-112889.html#ixzz3WMq6UIaf\">Man arrested in murder of aspiring D.C. rapper during music video filming<\/a>, WJLA.com, 4-3-15]:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 21px;\"><b>Prince George&#8217;s County Police have arrested a 21-year-old Northeast Washington man on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of an aspiring D.C. rapper.<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 21px;\"><b><\/b><\/span><b>Sources told ABC 7 News that Lafonzo Iracks was taken into custody in D.C. early Friday.<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><\/b><b>Twenty-one-year-old Keaway Lafonz Ivy, who went by the rap name Kealo, was shot and killed while filming a music video Wednesday night. Sources said Iracks was part of a group of people involved with the video.<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><\/b><b>Police officers found Ivy suffering from an a gunshot wound in the 400 block of Eastern Avenue in Seat Pleasant around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead on the scene.<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><b><\/b><b>Police had offered a $25,000 reward for information in the case. 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