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Florida rapper who dared critics to confront him shot dead minutes later
The Toronto Sun ^ | July 26 2022 | Brad Hunter

Posted on 07/26/2022 9:22:13 AM PDT by xp38

Florida rapper Rollie Bands took great exception to people criticizing his beats. In fact, he took to Instagram on Friday, inviting the naysayers to confront him at his Tampa Bay-area apartment complex.

Minutes after posting his challenge on the social media site, he was shot dead.

According to HipHopDX, Bands wrote on his Instagram story: “A lot of these n*****s know where I live at fr. I sleep in peace. If a n***a want smoke I’m at my crib in 5 minutes.”

And five minutes after the posting, Bands was shot once in the parking lot of his apartment building. He died not long after being rushed to a trauma centre.

The suspects — who detectives believe knew and specifically targeted the rapper — fled the scene in a vehicle. There were no suspect descriptions available.

“At this time, the shooting does not appear random, as the suspects and victim are possibly known to each other,” the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said in the report.

It’s believed the rapper is survived by a daughter, whom he described as “the only person I live for.”


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: bldm; bradhunter; florida; floridaman; goodriddance; hillsboroughcounty; hiphopdx; instagram; justchillin; rapper; rollie; rolliebands; tampa
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Sounds like he's just chillin'...

41 posted on 07/26/2022 9:49:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: xp38

Opps?


42 posted on 07/26/2022 9:50:59 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Scarlett156
"Every so often, someone does try to attack, but it’s almost always a little kid."

That's when those karate lessons come in handy:


43 posted on 07/26/2022 9:52:19 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: xp38

He’ll be still voting Democrat, from now on.


44 posted on 07/26/2022 9:54:45 AM PDT by traditional2 (lets go B*and*n)
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To: xp38

The world is slightly better today.


45 posted on 07/26/2022 9:55:00 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: occamrzr06

just pining for the fjords

🤣🤣🤣🤣


46 posted on 07/26/2022 9:56:02 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: xp38

or there’s just alot of them to report


47 posted on 07/26/2022 9:56:55 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: xp38

This is so senseless. After reading some of the comments, it almost seems like the Famo wars of Lesotho are spreading worldwide and to include rap. I read they had spread to other parts of South Africa, but ... smh.

“But in 2004, after one Famo musician allegedly shot another, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs. And over the last two decades scores of Famo artists and hundreds of other people connected with the music - producers, fans, DJs, musicians’ family members - have been gunned down.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-61097386


48 posted on 07/26/2022 10:01:43 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: xp38

For every dead rapper, there’s ten more aspiring to take his place.


49 posted on 07/26/2022 10:02:07 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,606,323 users on Truth Social)
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To: Magnum44

If this keeps up, that ‘hood will turn into a rap desert.


50 posted on 07/26/2022 10:02:51 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ . . . - - - . . . "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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To: spacejunkie2001

Well in this case it’s almost cliche. Here is how HipHopDX started their report.

.TAMPA, FL – Aspiring Tampa, Florida rapper Rollie Bands was reportedly shot and killed over the weekend minutes after challenging his enemies to meet him at his apartment. According to Fox 13, Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office deputies said officers were investigating a murder at IQ Apartments on Bruce B Downs Boulevard on Friday (July 22).

Aspiring no more....and they could rename the street Rollie B Downs Boulevard and his crib Low IQ Apartments.


51 posted on 07/26/2022 10:03:34 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Being shot in the parking lot is always painful


52 posted on 07/26/2022 10:05:17 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: xp38

No description? I’ll take a wild guess and say it was a black guy.


53 posted on 07/26/2022 10:09:59 AM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: Nifster

It’s the worst of all places!


54 posted on 07/26/2022 10:11:08 AM PDT by BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan (If in doubt, it's probably sarcasm)
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To: BuchananBrigadeTrumpFan

And no privacy. Nosy parkers all over the place.


55 posted on 07/26/2022 10:14:01 AM PDT by xp38
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To: KarlInOhio

At least Sedgwick has a county in Kansas named for him. I don’t think this late rapper will be so honored.


56 posted on 07/26/2022 10:18:05 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: xp38

Darwin Award candidate.


57 posted on 07/26/2022 10:20:39 AM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: xp38

Umar was named the second Caliph in 634. He promised the people to rule honestly:

“O people, if anyone from among you finds any fault in me, he should rectify it.”

A man stood up and said, “If we find any crookedness in you, we will rectify it with our swords.”

Umar was rectified in 644.

Looks like Florida Man didn’t wait as long to rectify rapper Rollie Bands.


58 posted on 07/26/2022 10:24:44 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: sappy

“Your proposal is acceptable.”


59 posted on 07/26/2022 10:26:49 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Bob434

I don’t think so.


60 posted on 07/26/2022 10:28:00 AM PDT by stevio
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