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Nightclub apologizes after dead rapper's body displayed standing upright on stage
KOMO ^ | 4/06/22 | Zachary Rogers

Posted on 04/08/2022 7:25:21 PM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON (TND) - A rapper named Goonew, who was reportedly shot to death, attended his own memorial at a nightclub on Sunday.

The sight apparently caused quite the controversy, even more so when pictures of the event were spread around online.

Born Markelle Marrow, Goonew was killed on March 18 by an unknown assailant in District Heights, Maryland, according to police. He was 24 years old at the time of his death.

His body was reportedly released to a funeral home following an autopsy, but fans were shocked to see him standing on stage at his own memorial event on April 3.

The event was held at the "Bliss" nightclub in Washington D.C. and called "The Last Show." Goonew's body was reportedly propped upright on stage, wearing a crown, sneakers, jeans, and an Amiri hoodie.

According to popular hip hop magazine XXL, a rapper going by the name "Black Fortune" posted clips of Goonew's body on his Instagram account.

Apparently many event-goers were confused by Goonew's appearance, and some wondered if it was a wax figure instead of his actual dead body. Black Fortune cleared up that misconception.

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KEYWORDS: 2manyracists; amirihoodie; blackfortune; bling; bliss; body; dead; districtheights; districtofcolumbia; equity; gangsta; goonew; instagram; markellemarrow; maryland; music; propmeup; rapper; stage; thelastshow; weekendatbernies; xxl; zacharyrogers
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To: Libloather

Hey, these things happen. A small problem, this could happen to anybody..........


21 posted on 04/08/2022 7:43:04 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Well you would be surprised at the people doing the kinds of things.

https://nypost.com/2014/04/27/new-orleans-socialite-attends-her-own-wake/


22 posted on 04/08/2022 7:45:08 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Dilbert San Diego; All

Prop me up beside the jukebox if I die
Lord I wanna go to heaven but I don’t
want to go tonight
Fill my boots up with sand
Put a stiff drink in my hand...

country tune


23 posted on 04/08/2022 7:46:22 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Libloather

Posing the deceased like that or seated at a piano, a chair, on a motorcycle, etc. has been a “theme” at colored funerals for a while now. I don’t try to understand it.


24 posted on 04/08/2022 7:47:01 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Use it up, wear it out. Make it do or do without.)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
Sounds like a real Irish wake.

I may request the same when I croak.

25 posted on 04/08/2022 7:47:20 PM PDT by Mogger
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To: Libloather

Here’s a link to a few videos of him chillin’ at his funeral:

https://www.xxlmag.com/goonew-deceased-body-standing-upright-onstage-club-video/

It looks like his eyes are open.

OH LORD!


26 posted on 04/08/2022 7:51:23 PM PDT by bimboeruption (Trump = The best President since Washington. )
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Irish funeral we have the guy on the pool table and we celebrate his life? Not a big deal here
.


27 posted on 04/08/2022 7:51:35 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: Dilbert San Diego; All

Crude punk act G.G. Allin wanted to
commit suicide on stage
He died before that could happen,
of a drug overdose at a party as fellow
partygoers were unaware he was dying.
Wiki:
After walking the streets for almost an hour, Allin eventually went to Johnny Puke’s apartment. There, he and others continued to party and use drugs. Along with Johnny Puke, Allin ingested large amounts of heroin, on which he overdosed and slipped into an unconscious state. Sometime in the early morning of June 28, Allin died from the effects of his heroin overdose. Later that morning, Puke noticed that Allin still lay motionless in the same place where he had left him and posed for Polaroids with the corpse before calling for an ambulance. Allin was pronounced dead at the scene. He was two months short of his 37th birthday


28 posted on 04/08/2022 7:52:38 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Libloather

Actually, turns out he was a pretty good rapper — though doubt if very many on FR would like his product.

And, of course, Language Warning

Goonew - No Diss [Goonwick]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDAOZ6tIkQA&list=PLPRWtKgY2MOsLE_u4FSXbn3tsf1I6B7fc

Goonew - Head to Toe (Big 64 2) (prod. Sparkheem)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23gkA186now&list=PLloEsp0MNi_r4dMlEnT0QwPBUnx77veXO


29 posted on 04/08/2022 7:52:39 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Captain Peter Blood

Guess you never been to a TRUE IRISH funeral eh? I am a Brady and it is not out of the ordinary to have the deceased at his party......multiple other reasons to disparage an ethnic group ! Me Thinks.


30 posted on 04/08/2022 7:55:53 PM PDT by mythenjoseph
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To: Libloather

Bliss to be renamed Bernie’s…


31 posted on 04/08/2022 8:01:09 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Libloather
It was common, in days past, to pose the deceased in a living stance and photograph him with his loved ones.

My wife’s brother died when he was three or four. He was posed, standing, with his parents. I have the picture.

32 posted on 04/08/2022 8:05:15 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: mythenjoseph

I am with you on this. Saw the video, not much different then an old white guy I read about sitting in his favorite chair with his NFL team blanket and a beer. This has been common for decades. Not something I would have done with my parents they passed from cancer, but who cares if it brings closure to a family.


33 posted on 04/08/2022 8:09:13 PM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Just like Gary Cooper


34 posted on 04/08/2022 8:09:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: silent_jonny

First thing that came to mind.


35 posted on 04/08/2022 8:11:39 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Libloather

Sounds like the scene in the movie “Unforgiven”.


36 posted on 04/08/2022 8:12:00 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Libloather

He going to a dead mans party


37 posted on 04/08/2022 8:18:25 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Libloather

He going to a dead mans party


38 posted on 04/08/2022 8:18:37 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Libloather

Another aspiring rapper being a role model for the younger
hoods in the hood.
Best feel-good story of the month.


39 posted on 04/08/2022 8:18:40 PM PDT by Tupelo (“Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up” (Barack Obama))
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To: raccoonradio

Awesome tune.


40 posted on 04/08/2022 8:19:47 PM PDT by P.O.E.
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