Posted on 02/12/2010 9:43:31 AM PST by Drew68
Gun play becomes Atlanta area rapper Waka Flocka Flame.
His most recent mix tape is called "Salute Me or Shoot Me, Vol. 2," and the "L" in his logo is shaped by an upright semi-automatic handgun.
And Tuesday evening, the 23-year-old rapper was recovering after being shot earlier in the day during an apparent robbery.
Born Juaqin Malphurs, the rapper was washing his car at the Bubble Bath Car Wash at 5220 Old National Highway around 1:30 p.m. when he was approached by an armed man demanding Malphurs' jewelry, police said.
"A scuffle broke out, then shots were fired," Fulton County police spokesman Sgt. Scott McBride said.
Malphurs was shot in the arm, and taken to a nearby hospital.
The suspect fled the scene, going south along Old National Highway, McBride said.
Malphurs is linked to hip hop star Gucci Mane's So Icy Entertainment, according to allhiphop.com.
On his MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/wakaflocka1017, Malphurs said he was taken under Gucci Mane's wing and redirected his life focus.
"Swear to God I liked drug dealers and basketball players when I was growing up," Malphurs said on his site. "You gotta make people believe in what you went through."
Gucci Mane reportedly gave Malphurs his hip hop name, Waka Flocka, alluding to the sound of cocking a semi-automatic pistol.
V-103 DJ Greg Steet spoke with Malphurs late Tuesday evening.
"He's doing well," Street said. "He's going to pull through."
Will Tuesday's shooting likely gives his fans more to believe in?
That remains to be seen.
But for now, police are looking for a black man, about 22 years old, with a tattoo of a dollar sign on his left cheek, and tattoos between eyebrows of two circles, three squares and two more circles, wearing a white tank-top, blue jeans and red underwear.
The investigation is ongoing.
“...police are looking for a black man, about 22 years old, with a tattoo of a dollar sign on his left cheek, and tattoos between eyebrows of two circles, three squares and two more circles, wearing a white tank-top, blue jeans and red underwear.”
“Now, normally one would ask, ‘How would they know what color underwear the man wore?’
Right. If it weren’t for the underwear, they’d never find the perp.; he’d just blend in with all the other yute out there with a tattoo of a dollar sign on his left cheek, and tattoos between eyebrows of two circles, three squares and two more circles, wearing a white tank-top, and blue jeans.
Some will see this as karma, others will see it as proof that God does have a sense of humor. Either way, they are right.
Like I had any to begin with.
Cracka PLEASE.
Playa hata.
Maybe he shoulda went with Gospel.
Hitler is gonna be pissed!
“police are looking for a black man, about 22 years old, with a tattoo of a dollar sign on his left cheek, and tattoos between eyebrows of two circles, three squares and two more circles, wearing a white tank-top, blue jeans and red underwear”
He can run but he can’t hide.
Maybe he mooned the rapper.
What is Kermit the Frog doing there?
Well, if his pants were down far enough to see his underwear, he might not be able to run either ...
Ten years ago, this would have guaranteed that his next album went platinum.
Oh, so that's where I know him from. It all makes sense now.
Actually, it makes zero sense that that sentence was even considered newsworthy enough to include in the story. What passes for journalism these days is acually infotainment cr@p!
On the surface, it's pretty funny. That's why I posted it.
Underneath, the details tell a much sadder story. Getting robbed at gunpoint of your gold Fozzie Bear necklace at 1:30 in the afternoon by a guy with dollar bill signs tattooed on his face is a pretty good indication that the age of American greatness is behind us.
It's obviously some kind of clever Illuminati or Freemason symbolism. Apparently, we are not included in this fine young man's inner circle of wise elders at the local lodge.
The symbolism of Kermit's sawed-off shotgun clearly denotes Mr. JabberWocky as occupying the 33rd level of shiftlessness.
Oh, au contraire, mon frere! Upon perusing his album cover, above, it becomes obvious that in this brave new world, the 2nd amendment extends even to frogs!
All hail this glorious day that amphibians are no longer suffer under the boot heel of oppression!
You miss the point: he obviously did earn a one-gun salute....
Keepin' it real.
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