Posted on 04/21/2005 10:45:28 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Rapper Blade Icewood killed in Detroit drive-by shooting
4/20/2005, 11:41 p.m. ET
The Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Rap performer Blade Icewood has been killed in a drive-by shooting, seven months after another gun attack left him paralyzed from the chest down.
Icewood, 27, whose legal name was Darnell Lyndsey, was in a wheelchair inside his Range Rover on Tuesday night when a shooter pulled along side in a vehicle and fired, Detroit police say. Icewood was dead at the scene.
Police have no suspects, the Detroit Free Press said Thursday.
The shooting was within a mile of the site where Icewood hosted a nonviolence rally last year.
The subjects of Icewood's hard-core raps include drugs, money, sex, guns, gangsters and premature death.
On one number, he raps about picking out a casket. On another, he talks about his possible death: "You'll never catch me. And if a hater just happen to stretch me, my funeral line, two miles long, all stretchies."
Icewood was nominated in three categories in this Saturday's third annual Detroit Hip Hop awards, including album of the year.
This month, Icewood had planned to release his third CD, titled "Blood, Sweat and Tears." Part of it was going to deal with the September shooting, said Nicole Shakoor, a manager at Platinum Records in Detroit.
In September, gunmen forced their way into an Oak Park apartment and opened fire. Icewood was critically hurt with multiple wounds. Oak Park police Sgt. Mike Pinkerton said Wednesday that no one was ever arrested for that shooting and said Icewood had refused to help investigators.
You sure run your mouth a lot, son. It's not a very smart thing to do.
The only branch of entertainment that's self-criticing.
Oh hell yeah, just watch all his "albums" go platinum now! There will be specials on MTV/BET, he'll be featured at the next "fill in the blank" awards show...and his family will be fighting over the royalties for the next ten years.
The real tragedy is that soon many will have no room left for subsequent tattoos of fallen rap heroes. ;^)
When at first you don't succeed . . . . . .
...now where's that remote?...and hmmm...fingernails need clipping...
what on earth was this dood rappin?
Add your own..."
"And tonight's forecast, dark... with scattered periods of light toward morning... Now, back to you RF..."
Mr. Lyndsey's rap handle has since posthumously been changed to "Mr. Lucky".
Hello, good afternoon, and welcome to FR stupidpeopledrivemecrazy.
His illiterate little sister's been sending freepmails with the screenname "blade_lilsis"
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