Vybz Kartel was arrested Friday after a police investigation turned up a dead body and drugs.
On Friday afternoon, police detained the Jamaican dancehall artist in New Kingston, Jamaica, after they discovered a corpse in a St. Andrew House he allegedly frequents.
www.HipHopRX.com has learned that the body of an up and coming Brooklyn, New York native rapper, Kampane, was found in New Jersey early yesterday (Aug 16). Kampane, real name Rhian H. Stoute, 33, had at least one gunshot wound and his body was torched almost beyond recognition.
Reports say the remains of the aspiring hip hop artist were so charred that when he was found Tuesday morning in the sport utility vehicle which was parked on a New Jersey street, authorities could almost not identify him later.
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www.HipHopRX.com has learned that Garrelle Smith, 29, who was the murder suspect in the killing of rapper Soulja Slim was found dead on Saturday, August, 13 in the streets of New Orleans by police. According to NOLA, Smith died of gunshot wounds to the chest and head and has been tied to other crimes which fell through over the past decade.
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New Orleans Police Department is currently investigating a double homicide where former Cash Money Records’ femcee rapper Magnolia Shorty was shot to death along with an unidentified man, also killed.
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