Shit Gets Real
“Chicago’s hip-hop community is in a war of words that has escalated into violence, with the shooting death of a teenage rapper,” Greg Kot writes for the Tribune.
“Tuesday was another night, another homicide in a year in which hundreds of Chicagoans have been gunned down; the murder rate for the year’s first half is up an alarming 38 percent over last year. This time the victim was Joseph Coleman (18-year-old rapper Lil Jojo). The bicycle-riding teen was slain by a drive-by shooter in his South Side Englewood neighborhood.
“His death starkly punctuated a gang-related war of words and music between Jojo and rapper Lil Reese, associated with the biggest new star in Chicago hip-hop, Chief Keef. Jojo recently released a song on-line, ‘3hunna K’ that mocked Reese, Keef and their ‘300 squad,’ which is associated with a street gang.
“Keef took to his Twitter account Wednesday to respond to Jojo’s death: ‘It’s sad cus … Jojo wanted to be just like us #LMAO”‘(Internet slang for ‘laughing my ass off’). Chicago police are reportedly investigating a possible connection between the comments and Jojo’s death.”
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Posted on September 6, 2012
