Notorious B.I.G has been dead for eight years, but that hasn’t stopped trouble from blowing up wherever his name is mentioned.
Something as genteel as a Notorious B.I.G album launch party ended in mayhem early on Wednesday morning, with three people getting stabbed and another three getting shot. This is disorder on a scale we haven’t seen since the riots that took place when Scooch released their Four Sure album in 2000.
Wednesday night saw the launch of the latest ‘We don’t care that
you’re dead, we can still make some money out of you’ posthumous duets
album by Notorious B.I.G (CDs), entitled – uh – Duets. Duets was launched
with a party at the Exit club in Manhattan. It’s thought – though not
confirmed – that the producers of the album, P Diddy and B.I.G’s
mother, were in attendance. According to the BBC:
Police
said that at 0310 local time (0810GMT) patrol officers heard gunfire at
a parking garage near the club. Inside, they found three men with
gunshot wounds who were taken to the hospital in a stable condition.
Moments later, police received an emergency call reporting a stabbing
at the club. Officers found three victims – two men who were slashed in
the face and one man who was stabbed in the stomach.
No arrests have yet been made, and it’s not even clear whether or not the two incidents are related, but police are questioning the occupants of a car seen leaving the area.
Shootings? Stabbings? We’re sure the album isn’t that bad.
Read more:
Three People Stabbed At Rap Party – BBC
[story by Stuart Heritage]