Rap star Ja Rule blasted the prosecution case last week and said the government was declaring 'war on hip hop'. She survived to give birth to a son.Ĭritics say that rap is riddled with criminals and glorifies drugs and violence - stars such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls and Jam Master Jay have met violent ends.īut defenders say the industry is being unfairly targeted. One witness has described how McGriff shot a girlfriend who refused to have an abortion. 50 Cent God Gave Me Style (studio) 50 Cent How We Do 50 Cent I Get Money (a cappella) 50 Cent In Da Club 50 Cent Many Men 50 Cent My Life My Life (Acapella) 50 Cent PIMP 50 Cent Wanksta (Acapella) 50 Cent Window Shopper 50 Cent Your Lifes On The Line (Acapella) 50 Cent and Eminem Patiently Waiting. McGriff's Supreme Team gang ran a drug network that took in $200,000 a day and was responsible for eight murders in 1987 alone. In what is likely to be the biggest hip-hop tour of the summer, Jay-Z and 50 Cent will team for the Roc the Mic trek of North American amphitheaters and arenas. The Lorenzos admit they knew McGriff, but claim they only used his reputation for 'street credibility'. McGriff, who has been convicted of heading a murderous street gang, is accused of funnelling up to $1million in drug money through Murder Inc. Irving Lorenzo even adopted the surname Gotti in homage to the infamous Mafia family.īut prosecutors believe there was more than just marketing of an artificial image. It boasted numerous high-profile artists and cultivated an edgy, violent image. The details emerged during the trial of rap moguls, brothers Christopher and Irving Lorenzo, whose Murder Inc label has become hugely controversial. McGriff allegedly related how the rapper had squirmed and tried to ward off the bullets with his hands. He then described how the gang said they had left 50 Cent for dead, bleeding heavily. 'Supreme said, 'I got him',' Ragin told the court.

But court testimony last week revealed that he was targeted by a three-man hit squad after he wrote a disparaging song about brutal drug lord Kenneth McGriff, aka Supreme.įormer McGriff gangsta Jon Ragin testified that McGriff and two other gang members met after the shooting. He always claimed the man who shot him was a low-level drug dealer who himself died three weeks later.

The shooting of 50 Cent - real name Curtis Jackson - in a Queens neighbourhood in May, 2000, and his seemingly miraculous survival has become rap folklore. Now one of the most notorious mysteries in the music industry has apparently been solved after the man who wanted the singer dead has been named during a New York court case. There is no bigger name in gangsta rap than 50 Cent, the former crack dealer who survived nine bullets to become one of the bestselling names in American music.

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