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Rap Mogul Set For Trial in Laundering Case
ABC News ^ | 11-14-05 | WestVirginiaRebel

Posted on 11/14/2005 10:37:05 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel

NEW YORK-When a brash disc jockey named Irving Lorenzo decided to call himself "Irv Gotti" and start a music label called Murder Inc. in the late 1990s, he said it was all about selling records. Records by stars like Ashanti and Ja rule sold in the millions, turning Lorenzo into a rap mogul.

The problem, according to federal authorities, was that his gangster persona wasn't mere hype.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: gangstamorons; rapcrap
Well, I guess he was just keeping it real fo' shizzle, yo.
1 posted on 11/14/2005 10:37:06 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
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Well this is certainly going to be good for his career.


2 posted on 11/14/2005 10:58:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

I am a nightmare walkin', psychopath talkin', king-o-da-jungle I'ma gangsta stalkin'....


3 posted on 11/14/2005 11:04:53 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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Maybe he can call Flava Flav as an expert witness.

4 posted on 11/14/2005 11:50:29 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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