A year-old man who police have identified as Kevin Reed of Compton, California, was hospitalized after a shooting outside the offices of New York radio station Hot 97 on Monday night. Although police have not confirmed many details, a source close to the investigation said the incident occurred at around the time 50 Cent was making an appearance at the radio station to announce that the Game had been booted from the G-Unit.
Police said Reed is expected to recover. According to the source, Game, who had been a guest on the station earlier in the evening, apparently returned to Hot 97's offices accompanied by an undisclosed number of men and tried to get into the building. At around the same time, 50 Cent's interview was audibly interrupted, some conferring occurred, and the interview ended abruptly. Game and company were not allowed into the building and subsequently began quarreling with a group of individuals who were leaving Hot The altercation led to Reed being shot at least once in the left leg.
He has been one of the biggest discoveries in Zimbabwean music circles this year, joining the likes of Van Choga and Poptain. The Game is better known by being one of the G-Unit members and one of Dr.
And as a veteran rapper with so much knowledge of the game, we are so sure our very own, Holy Ten is in right hands. NOTE : iHarare reported on the development based on the chats the publication got hold of.
No communication or confirmation has been made by Holy Ten, his manager or The Game regarding the news. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. From the baggy throwback jerseys to spinner G-Unit chains, they were a cultural staple.
They represented the hood in America and hip-hop in a bold way. Everywhere you looked, it seemed like someone would be talking about or playing some G-Unit songs. Tony Yayo was in prison at the time for most of this recording, so most of it was left to 50, Banks and Buck and the debut was a huge success as Beg for Mercy sold 5 million copies at this point. G-Unit was on top of the world and looking to expand.
So to have this upcoming rapper from Compton California emerging and backed by Dr Dre to also be a member of G-Unit was really an example of how dominant they were at the time.
With so much success coming from this G-Unit camp, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and The Game had each released their own solo albums and they each went platinum individually with each generating a charting rap single.
This type of unanimous dominance across one camp is very rare to see, so what went wrong? At the beginning of , tensions started rising between 50 Cent and The Game which eventually led to one of the biggest feuds in hip-hop history with a slew of diss tracks and even led to a shooting outside of the Hot 97 radio station while 50 Cent was giving an interview.
Though nobody was killed, it was still evident of how serious and to what extent this beef was getting to. It was so serious that a press conference was held between the two rappers to call them to order. Related: Popular rappers who had financial issues in their careers. In , it was announced by 50 that Young Buck was officially no longer a member of G-Unit, though he was still assigned to the label.
This led to Young Buck releasing a diss track titled the taped conversation where he addresses the whole thing. Primarily, while the focus of his music took a backseat, 50 started a number of business ventures including his lucrative vitamin water deal and starting the hit series Power in February of
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