Hip-Hop Vs The FEDsby Isis Wisdom
We all know that Clifford Harris AKA (T.I.) got arrested by the feds the day of the BET hip-hop awards. What we don't know is what led up to him making a poor decision that will possibly jeopardize his future. Approximately 2 weeks after T.I. got arrested the AJC newspaper reported that BAD BOY Souths President Block from Block Entertainment highly recomended the body guard to T.I. and Grand Hustle months before his arrest. The body guard has been working for T.I. since July. Reported sources say that the bodyguard suggested to T.I. that he should purchase the guns to protect his family. T.I. a felon knew that he himself could not purchase those guns. The law states that if you are a convicted felon you can not carry any firearms or weapons for that matter. And not only that, anybody that you have around you also can not carry guns or weapons. So why would the bodyguard suggest to tip that he needs guns to protect his family? Approximately two months prior to tip being arrested the same body guard approached Young Joc about purchasing guns to protect his family. Back in the spring Joc had a home invasion with his wife in the house hiding in the closet. That never made headline news but that same bodyguard suggested that he purchase the weapons.
Joc made the comment "why would I purchase guns I make happy music". Aside from the fact that BAD BOYS distribution is through Atlantic records and the only platinum selling artist on Atlantic is T.I. It would make one wonder. If you take hard look at the record sales coming from BAD BOY Joc sold a measely 65,000 units in the first week. Gorilla Zoe only sold a measely 35,000 units in the first week of sales and we ain't even going to talk about Boys in the Hood. And thats not the only internal problems that Block is having at the moment. His royalties have been frozen by the CEO of Mastermind Music the label that Young Joc is signed to due to block not honoring the 50/50 deal between them on Jocs first album. No royalties have been cut and there has been several settlement offers made to the CEO of Master Mind Music Chino Dollar but he refuses to settle.
It would appear that hip-hop police has been planted in the hip-hop community for quite sometime now. So much so that somebody forwarded me the states info about who they were looking at in the top 10 watch list and this information was sent to the state by the feds. For the record the so called reason for this is because they are trying to connect some hip-hop artist with increased gang related activity thats taking place in our inner cities. Yeah right...These are the names that were forwarded to me. 1.Shawty Lo from D4L, 2. Baby, 3. Lil Wayne. The emphasis on them is the fact that baby refers to himself as a 5 star general with the Bloods. 4.Young Jeezy and the whole CTE Camp including Hella Flo. I don't think I need to speak on why they have him listed. 5. David Banner, He's talking to much lol 6. 50 cent who knows, 7. T.I., 8. DJ Drama guilty by association, 9. Alpha Mega, There were a few names that were blogged out I don't know why.
If the report is accurate their main focus seems to be in the south. With the exception of 50. The constitution states it's unconstitutional to have a excessive bond for a non violent crime. That is a federal law. So why did TIP have to pay [three] (3) million dollars to get out of jail? Remember they only caught him with guns they never said he shot anybody or he was attempting to do so. He allegedly was just purchasing guns. That is a non violent crime, why are they making him pay for a officer to be in his home? Why is he paying to have a monitor on his ankle? And why is he paying for every criminal back ground check for anybody that comes to his home. It would appear that somebody is not happy about all the money that hip-hop is making right now. And now the goal is to hit the pockets of the most successful people in the entertainment industry of color. Remember the Enron scandal? Then every major corporate company was getting hit for white collard crimes including Martha Stewart. It appears that there seems to be a cycle of people that they choose to hit. Look at Michael Vick and how they crucified him you would have thought that man killed a human being the way they sensationlised his situation.
Note: From what I have been checking out so far Baby's credibility in the street as a 5 star general is really not recognized in the streets. So could it be that this is another marketing scheme for him to sell records in the entertainment industry? If so then you may want to change up your marketing plan because as of right now Dope Boy Music is dead. And hip-hop police is real keep talking about how much dope your selling and how many people you have shot and killed in your records if you want to. But the feds is watching and waiting.
Republished courtesy of Word On the Streets and Isis
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