Blade Icewood
Blade Icewood (March 14, 1977 – April 19, 2005), born Darnell Quincy Lindsay, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Icewood was raised on the westside of Detroit in the vicinity of 7 Mile Road & Evergreen.[1] He was a member of the Street Lord'z rap group and is considered one of the most influential rappers in the Detroit underground rap genre. He was fatally shot on April 19, 2005, in gang related violence while at a car wash in the 7 Mile and Faust Rd area of westside Detroit.
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[edit] Street Lord'z/Chedda Boyz/DirtyGlove Entertainment (1998–2005)
Blade Icewood debuted as a local rapper in Detroit with the STREET Lord'z on their album, "Platinum Roleez Don’t Tic Toc." He performed with Yacht, Jesse James, O Dolla, Baby L, Juan, TJ Da Thug, G Rock, Fat Mike, Lil Kuz, Rook, Cashout, K-Doe aka K-Deezy, Chedda Boy Malik, Big J, Lady Blade, Dj Mark G, Chief Chedda, Gift Reynolds, Roy Boy, Ron Ron, and Starr Strukk rap group until his death in April 2005.[2]
[edit] Beef with Eastside Chedda Boyz
Conflict over the name Chedda Boyz began after the formation of the hardcore rap group, Eastside Chedda Boyz.[1] The second album released by the Street Lord'z, Platinum Masterpiece, boasted the subtitle, "Original Chedda Boyz," further deepening the conflict between the Street Lord'z and Eastside Chedda Boyz. On his solo album, Stackmaster, Icewood expressed frustration with the Eastside Chedda Boyz on a bonus DVD that came with the CD.[1] Icewood claims the name "Chedda Boyz" originated from the 7 Mile-Evergeen neighborhood on the west side of Detroit.
[edit] Shooting and paralysis
On September 20, 2004, Blade Icewood was shot in his house in Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was hit with 7 rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle after gunmen broke into his house. Following the shooting, an officer stated that Icewood had refused to assist investigators in his shooting. He was left paralyzed from the chest down, and using a wheelchair. Two days prior to his own shooting, a shooting outside of Candy Bar, A Woodward Avenue nightclub left Wipeout, a rival Eastside Detroit rapper dead. Many speculated the shootings were related. A diss song called "Ride On Me", which became a underground Detroit classic, suggests that Icewood knew the assailants.[3]
[edit] Death
On April 19, 2005, Icewood was shot while at a car wash on 7 Mile Road and Faust on the west side of Detroit. A gunman pulled up alongside Icewood's Range Rover and fired 17 rounds into the passenger's side killing Icewood. The location he was shot at was nearly a mile away from where he had hosted a nonviolence rally a year prior to his death.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Kimani, Khary. "Music: Murder rap". Metro Times. http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=6825. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ http://lastfm.spiegel.de/music/Street+Lord%27z/+wiki
- ^ "Community". Streethop.com. http://www.streethop.com/forum/street-corner/13070-street-lordz-member-blade-icewood-killed.html. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
