Snoop Dogg Calls For Peace In Hip Hop After Death Of Drakeo The Ruler

Snoop was scheduled to perform at the same concert the night of the stabbing.

Snoop Dogg is calling for peace in hip hop after the fatal stabbing of L.A. rapper Drakeo The Ruler this past Saturday (Dec. 19).

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Snoop Dogg, who was scheduled to perform at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival where the incident took place, seems to have had enough, sharing a long message to his 65.7 million followers on Instagram that the violence has got to stop.

"I'm not with anything negative and as one of the many performers, I was there to spread positive vibes only to my city of LA," Snoop Dogg said in his post. "My prayers go out to anyone affected by tragedy. Please take care, love one another and stay safe ya'll. I'M PRAYING FOR PEACE IN HIP HOP," he added.

BET previously reported that West Coast rapper Drakeo the Ruler, born Darrell Caldwell, was fatally stabbed during an altercation backstage at a Los Angeles music festival where he was scheduled to perform. This comes shortly after rapper Young Dolph, born Adolph “Young Dolph” Thornton Jr., was fatally shot at a cookie store in Memphis in November.

They add to a long list of hip-hop performers who have passed due to violence, from NipseyHussle, Pop Smoke and XXXTentacion, to King Von, FBG Duck, Mo3 and Slim 400 all within the last decade.

 Snoop isn’t the only one fed up either. Pittsburgh rapper Wiz Khalifa and New York veteran rapper, Jim Jones have come out calling for peace as they, too, are tired of seeing their peers gunned down.

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Hopefully, Snoop, who has lived through the infamous West Coast vs East Coast beef that saw hip hop titans 2Pac and Biggie gunned down, has words that will resonate with his contemporaries.

Suge Knight Reportedly Sells Life Rights, Inks Biopic Deal

 

Knight is currently incarcerated at San Diego’s RJ Donovan Correctional Facility after crashing his car into Heayweight Records co-founder Terry Carter and filmmaker Cle Sloan in 2015—killing the former and severely injuring the latter. While he pleaded no contest to the charges against him, he will not be eligible for parole until July 2037.  His notoriety has seen him be portrayed over the years in numerous films, including Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story, Notorious, Straight Outta Compton, Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le and All Eyez on Me, along with the USA Network series Unsolved. He also was at the center of the 2018 Showtime documentary American Dream/American Knightmare, directed by Antoine Fuqua.

“During the golden era of rap and hip hop, all roads led through Suge Knight,” said Whitney. “That era helped define a new brand of music and culture that changed the world.”

“Over the last 30 years, there has been so much talk about Compton, me, the inner cities, and Death Row – A lot of talk. Even when it comes to making my movie there has been so many imposters saying they have my rights, or they got the deal – that was, and is, all talk,” said Knight. “I jumped off the porch in my neighborhood at a young age but never forgot where I came from. Most people try to ride for the hills, I made it and tried to bring as many people to the hills with me and feel that I was successful at it.”

Added Knight, “I met a guy named Mike Klein that was with Ruthless. David Kenner was on the phone with Michael Harris and they took a meeting with Jerry Heller and during process of taking that meeting they were trying to sell Dre back to Ruthless behind my back. Mike Klein told me about it and I respect him for it – We became friends. So when it came time to do a real movie and tell the truth about it he introduced me to Steve Whitney. Now, Steve, Mike, and I, and the woman that has my back, are making this movie. Taking it to the next level!”

Whitney has focused thus far in his career on bringing true life stories to the screen—including One Chance, a film about Britain’ s Got Talent winner Paul Potts, starring James Corden, which he exec produced with Simon Cowell. Additional credits include The Haunting in Connecticut with Virginia Madsen and the remake of The Amityville Horror with Ryan Reynolds.

Cassavetes is an actor, writer, director and producer who recently wrapped production on God Is a Bullet—a crime drama he wrote and directed, starring Jamie Foxx. His past credits include The Notebook, John Q and Blow. Thorne is a writer and producer whose credits include Tragedy Girls and After Exile.

Cassavetes is represented by WME, LBI Entertainment and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. Thorne is repped by CAA and Ramo Law.