Category: True Crime

Atlanta Rapper Yung Mazi Shot & Killed In Atlanta

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Yung Mazi – Photo Credit: Billboard Magazine

Aspiring rapper Jabril Abdur-Rahman, aka “Yung Mazi” was shot and killed leaving Urban Pie Pizza in the Kirkwood area of Atlanta over the weekend.

“Mazi,” the son of a former Dekalb County school teacher, practiced the Islamic faith, and had survived 2 previous shootings, one of which he was shot over 10 times. Following a previous assassination attempt, one of the bullets struck him in the head, and he had to learn to walk and talk again.

The 31-year old father and associate of New Orleans rapper, Kevin Gates, was known throughout Atlanta for his flashy flamboyant “hot boy” persona.

True to dope boy fashion he made no qualms about his love for his cars, jewelry and money and often flashed his ill gotten  riches on social media while taunting his “haters” and presumed enemies.

On the day of his murder, he posted a live video of him and his young daughter at an Atlanta area mall. This would be the last IG live post he made.

According to people inside the restaurant, Mazi was ambushed and shot in the face and chest at least 9 times while walking to his white Mercedes Benz at roughly 9pm on Sunday night. He was carrying a box of pizza.

As I said when Bankroll Fresh was murdered, the streets know exactly who killed Yung Mazi.

As of now the internet streets have not identified the shooter but I have ran across a few comments sections that finger another Atlanta rapper as putting a “hit” out on Yung Mazi. He had quite the reputation in the streets as a “finesser” and the commentor suggested that his finessing had ran its course. Since there is no solid evidence and we don’t dry snitch, I will keep that information to myself until more facts are confirmed.

Fortunately and unfortuntely, we live in the social media fame seeking world of clout so don’t be surprised if the the shooter eventually came out and admitted to the killing.

Check out the full story on Fox 5 Atlanta.

So sad to see another young brother succumb to black on black street violence. I am sure his family is deeply wounded. It’s always the families that suffer the hardest.

Friends of Mazi’s said that he was a deeply conflicted young man mourning the loss of two of his siblings. He had previously lost his younger brother in a tragic car accident as well as his sister in what appeared to be some sort of hate crime. He regularly expressed his grief ridden pain on social media, even boldly stating at times that his desire was to die so that he could “be with his sister and brother again.”

In one video he begged shooters not to shoot him in the legs and “aim for something else” if they really wanted to do him a favor.

Tell your shooters to start aiming for some sh-t that’s going to kill somebody. My legs are tired of this shit!

Tragic.

His obituary was posted online. Click here and here to view.

There’s an old saying that unfortunately continues to ring painfully true no matter how heavy you are in the streets:

“You live by the gun, You die by the gun”

WATCH: Is Haiti Prison The Most Evil In The World? 

This eye opening documentary goes deep inside the trenches of Haiti’s biggest prison. 

Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the Caribbean and the world, is plagued with extreme crime and poverty.

The film highlights the severe overcrowding and uncontionably inhumane conditions that inmates are forced to live in inside the prison. It also exposes the brazen corruption within the Haitian judicial system.

This place makes Pelican Bay or Rikers Island look like a 5 star resort in comparison. I don’t doubt that US prisoners have it hard behind bars but inevitably nothing compares to the struggle in foreign prisons. Mainly because they have absolutely no regulations or regard for human life.

It’s impossible to fathom anyone living under such diabolical conditions.

Atlanta Pastor Arrested On Capitol Hill For Protesting The Obamacare Repeal Proposal

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Photo Credit: Steven D. Martin/National Council of Churches

The Rev. Raphael G. Warnock  has been released after being arrested, along with other pastors, during a protest against the proposed budget and efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

A photo shows Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, being placed  in handcuffs by Capitol police.

Warnock’s spokeswoman said he and others were singing and praying in the rotunda Russell Senate Office building as they were arrested. He said his arrest “was a small price to pay” when he considers others who suffer.

She said he was held for three hours, booked, paid a fine and was released.

In his statement he said:

“As a pastor, I believe that the national budget is not just a fiscal document, but a moral document. It reflects what we believe and who we are for one another. And if this mean spirited budget were an EKG, it would indicate that America has a heart condition. The government is taking student aid, job training and medicine from those who need it most in order to give a tax cut to those who need it least. We came to Washington as voices of healing and justice. America is better than this. That’s our message.”

Warnock and the Rev. Cynthia L. Hale, senior pastor of Ray of Hope Christian Church were among a group of pastors who went to Washington to highlight the cuts in President Donald Trump’s budget that would adversely affect black communities, including proposed decreases in funding for education and civil rights programs.

Likewise, Trump  proposed zeroing our federal support for legal aid, which the White House said would put more control in local hands.

Hale said during a press conference in front of the Capitol:

“I have no doubt that even if the Republicans cannot repeal and replace (Obamacare), they will make every effort through the budget process to slash Medicare and leave millions without health care. I stand here today with my sisters and brothers to remind Congress that we as a nation have a moral obligation to ensure that every American’s life and health are safeguarded and protected so in the words of the Prophet Micah, ‘justice might roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

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There are bad reasons for going to jail and there are good reasons for going to jail. This would be a good reason for going to jail. I commend these preachers for what they are representing and especially for putting themselves in harm’s way to help many others.

Republicans and Donald Trump in particular, have long been trying to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Donald Trump who is obsessed with Obama and undoing his legacy is personally hell bent on repealing what he calls the “failing” Obamacare, yet Republicans admit that they not come up with a plan b, c or d to replace it. This means the devastation of lost healthcare coverage for millions of Americans. It’s immoral.

According to QZ.com, here are just a couple of downsides to repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), especially with no replacement.

  • About 14 million fewer people would be insured by Medicaid, and 18 million fewer would have non-group coverage, for an increase of 32 million uninsured. But the CBO estimated eight million more would have employment-based coverage if the act were repealed. The net effect would be 24 million fewer people insured from 2016 to 2025.
  • Premiums in the “non-group” market, or those purchased directly through the marketplaces or from insurers, would rise 20 to 25% in the first year that the ACA was eliminated, according to a later CBO analysis (pdf), and double by 2026. The net effect is premiums could rise 100% for some users by 2026. 

 

Welcome to America where the rich get richer and the poor just keep on getting poorer. By the end of the Trump circus presidency, there probably won’t be much of a middle class left. The thought is terrifying.

John Legend, who often uses his social media platform to speak out against Trump and his unjustly political shenanigans, replied with the following:

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