Posted on 09/20/2009 9:21:26 AM PDT by Kakaze
FARMVILLE, Va. — Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III rapped about the thrill of murder in songs he posted on the Internet. Police believe the fantasy lyrics became a gruesome reality in a small Virginia college town.
McCroskey, 20, was being held Sunday in the killings of four people who were found at a Longwood University professor's home near campus in Farmville, which is about 50 miles west of Richmond. McCroskey, of Castro Valley, Calif., faces charges of first-degree murder, robbery and grand larceny of an automobile, said Farmville police Capt. Wade Stimpson.
The aspiring rapper in the underground horrorcore genre, which sets violent lyrics to hip-hop beats, was arrested Saturday at a Richmond airport, where authorities believe he was trying to catch a flight back to California. Officers found McCroskey asleep in the baggage claim area.
A day earlier, authorities discovered the bodies in the home of Debra S. Kelley, an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice studies, school spokeswoman Gina Caldwell. Authorities have not released the names of those killed or said how they died.
McCroskey recorded songs that spoke of death, murder and mutilation under the name Syko Sam. His MySpace Web page said he has only been rapping for a few months but has been a fan for years of the horrorcore genre.
A friend who owns a small, independent record label that specializes in horrorcore confirmed the site and the songs were McCroskey's. Andres Shrim, who owns Serial Killin Records in New Mexico, said others shouldn't judge McCroskey by what they see on his Web site or hear in his music.
Describing McCroskey as a "great kid," Shrim said he has known him for at least two years, and he last saw him Sept. 12 at an all-day music festival in South Gate, Mich.
"You would never, ever imagine that kid even being a suspect," Shrim said. "If he is found to be guilty, I would be 100 percent shocked."
Shrim said even though horrorcore focuses on murder and other morbid subjects, performers and fans shouldn't be labeled violent.
"People get the impression we're these twisted, sick individuals and we don't have hearts and we just want to talk about murder and the devil," said Shrim, who performs himself under the name SickTanicK. "But we just want to express that other side of life."
I know it is sunday, but this can not go with out comment.
But isn’t rap music “great art”?/s
Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
Thanks
‘People get the impression we’re twisted, sick individuals’ — no, really? Wonder why. And we should just suspend our disbelief? Oh, I see — no thanks.
Can you also ping the list ......the record label is out of New Mexico.
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RAP is at least 3/4ths CRAP...maybe more
‘People get the impression we’re twisted, sick individuals’ — no, really? Wonder why. And we should just suspend our disbelief? Oh, I see — no thanks.
This is so sick and so sad.
I saw the words to one of the suspect's songs, and they were sick.
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