“We are also monitoring social media to see if this beef was instantaneous last night, or it was an ongoing beef that precipitated this entire event”.
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The artist, whose real name is Roland Collins, was seen on surveillance footage firing a gun at Irving Plaza in Manhattan, according to police.
That prompted an angry response from McPhatter’s relatives and a city lawmaker, who derided the comments as insensitive and divisive.
Collins goes by the stage name Troy Ave. The shooting is still under investigation, the police source said. His brother, Shanduke McPhatter, runs an anti-violence nonprofit called Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes. He hasn’t returned a message. Both are listed in stable condition, police said. I say that because I watched how my son would always bend over backwards to help him. They’ve not made any arrests.
TI was yet to perform when the firing happened, and the artiste’s representatives are yet to comment.
Despite their crews’ longstanding dispute, Maino and Uncle Murda teamed up in 2014 to film a tribute to Eric Garner titled “Hands Up”. They say no weapons have been recovered. Collins was taken to New York University Hospital, where he was treated and later arrested. God bless”, he wrote on Thursday, along with a photo that said, “My heart is heavy today. As was previously reported, the “She Belongs to the Game” rapper’s reps confirmed to XXL that he was shot in the leg during the incident.
“It’s unfortunate the gangster rap world is still an issue we’re dealing with – the gangster lifestyle, if you will”, Bratton added. Police are searching for the gunman.
T.I. had not yet taken the stage when gunfire broke out at the venue. Although the promoters have paid a $55,000 retainer fee for his performance, they now want a refund.
The melee ended in the death of a member of his entourage, 33-year-old Ronald McPhatter.
Chattanooga, Tenn. – A gunman named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez entered two military facilities on July 16 and killed four Marines and injured others, before he was killed. He walked to New York University hospital, authorities said. Juliet Vahos, a fan at the concert, told Rolling Stone she heard what sounded like two shots being fired but that people around her were saying “It’s just a fight”. Police say several were injured in a deadly shooting inside the concert venue, where hip-hop artist T…
According to Us Weekly, the Brooklyn-based rapper and friend of T.I. inadvertently shot himself in the leg and opened fire on three others ahead of T.I.’s show at Irving Plaza in the Union Square neighborhood of Manhattan. It was not immediately known who had access to that area.
Witnesses said security getting into the concert was lax.
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Police say a 33-year-old man was shot in the stomach.
