Soulja Slim
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James Tapp, Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003), better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper who achieved modest success on Master P's No Limit record label.
Death
On Thanksgiving Eve November 26, 2003, Slim was en route to a performance when an unknown gunman shot him three times in the face, and once in the chest, in front of his mother's home in the 8th Ward/Gentilly area.[1]
This would be the last of several violent encounters in Slim's life. The source said that a man was in the V.I.P. area of an unnamed club. Slim didn't recognize the man and apparently struck him, before being thrown out of the club.
22-year-old Garelle Smith from the St. Bernard Projects (7th Ward) is known as the potential hitman. Smith was arrested on December 30, 2003 and soon charged with Slim's murder.[2] The charges were subsequently dropped in February 2004.
On December 25 a man named Steven Kennedy was killed; police said that the murder was likely a revenge killing in response to Tapp's murder. Police charged Ivory "B-Stupid" Harris and Jerome Hampton for the crime.[3]
Discography
- 1994: Soulja fa Lyfe
- 1995: The Dark Side
- 1998: Give It 2 'Em Raw (Platinum)
- 2001: Streets Made Me (Gold)
- 2002: Years Later
- 2003: Years Later...A Few Months After
- 2005: Greatest Hitz
- 2005: Uptown Souljas (Mixtape) (with B.G.)
References
- ^ VIOLENCE THRIVES ON LACK OF JOBS, WEALTH OF DRUGS." The Times-Picayune.
- ^ "Soulja Slim's Killer Was Captured!". Hip Hop Elements. Retrieved 2005-10-30.
- ^ "Target of manhunt here wanted in New Orleans." Houston Chronicle.