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Aspiring Rapper Update: Lawsuit Accuses Seattle CHOP ‘Warlord’ of Pimping Hoes

Just in case anyone forgot the relevant definition: Aspiring Rapper 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 […]

Aspiring Rapper Update: ‘C Blue’ Accused of Shooting NYPD Officer (Accidentally)

Yes, it’s time for another Aspiring Rapper Update: A rising 16-year-old rapper charged with shooting a New York City police officer could be freed on a $250,000 bond as soon as Friday using cash from a record label deal, sources told Fox News Digital. Camrin Williams – known as C Blue – signed with Interscope […]

Still Another Aspiring Rapper Update

Say hello to Kemandre King, 20, and Marlon King, 24, who are not aspiring rappers, so far as I know. Instead, they are associates of the late Desoni “Lil Theze” Gardner who, as we told you in November, made the mistake of attempting to carjack a retired police captain in Oakland, California. Ersie Joyner had […]

Aspiring Rapper Update: ‘5050 Chuck’ and Girlfriends Charged in Murder

Say hello to Charles Berltran, a/k/a “5050 Chuck,” 31, who is behind bars in Texas for the murder of Marisela Botello, 23. The Seattle woman had traveled to Dallas in October 2020 to visit a friend, then went out to a bar where police say she met Beltran. She went missing until March 2021, when […]

Aspiring Rapper Update: Mom Shocked by the Unexpected Death of ‘Lil Theze’

Say hello to Desoni “Lil Theze” Gardner, 20, and while you’re at it, you can also say good-bye, because Lil Theze was shot to death last month at a gas station in Oakland, California. According to Vibe magazine: Lil Theze was affiliated with Vallejo rap group, SOB x RBE, a group featured on the Black […]

Aspiring Rapper Update: The Promising Criminal Career of ‘JayDaYoungan’

Say hello to Javorius Tykies Scott, 23, a/k/a “JayDaYoungan,” a rapper who has more felony charges than hit records: Popular Louisiana rapper JayDaYoungan was arrested by federal agents Thursday, hours after posting bond in Washington Parish, where he was jailed for five days on counts of drug and weapon possession. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, […]

Aspiring Rapper Update

Readers may have forgotten Timothy Nathaniel Leeks, but last November, the 22-year-old was arrested in the fatal shooting of rapper Dayvon Bennett, a/k/a “King Von,” outside an Atlanta hookah bar. It’s been two months since our last Aspiring Rapper Update, and I know that many of our readership may have been disappointed in the dearth […]

Return of the Aspiring Rapper Update

A few headlines from recent months: Aspiring rapper fatally shot by 2 men on moped in Washington Heights: law enforcement source — WPIX-TV, Sept. 4, 2020 Aspiring rapper found dead in trunk of longtime friend — WJAX-TV, Oct. 27, 2020 San Antonio murder suspect is aspiring rapper also charged in deadly Austin shooting — KSAT-TV, […]

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