Cool C, who was given the death penalty for killing a police officer in 1996, has been given a date for his execution.
Cool C has spent the last 18 years in prison following a 1996 murder conviction. The Philadelphia rap legend was given the death penalty when he was found guilty for the murder of of police officer Lauretha Vaird in a robbery attempt assisted by Steady B, a fellow member of his rap group, C.E.B.
The rapper was initially scheduled to be given a lethal injection on March 9, 2006, but the governor of Pensylvania granted a delay on the execution. Cool C has now been issued a new date. His execution will now take place on January 8th 2015.
Cool C was best known for his Juice Crew diss track, and "The Glamorous Life" as a solo artist.
____ Some will tell you that they love you but they've got an ulterior motive - Oh what a shame They will tell you that they need you but they've got an ulterior motive - Personal gain
1. "Is 'icon' the most loosely used word in the lexicon today? I say yes." In response to Reply # 0
Dude did a diss track of a bigger crew and I think CEB had one "big" single.
Obviously they were not counting "endless" bank either. He killed a lady with two kids over a robbery they fucked up. That's totally fucked. I am not for capital punishment but this one won't keep me up at night.
And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
PoppaGeorge Member since Nov 07th 2004 10384 posts
Sun Nov-23-14 10:20 PM
3. "dammit... I was just talking about his case to my daughter today" In response to Reply # 0
we were talking about death row and how people can sit there for 20-30 years. It was related to some tv show she's been watching lately which shows people on death row and how they always have some last ditch effort to get off or a stay or something. Anyways I brought up Cool C's case and how he got a stay of execution at damned near the last minute just to show her that it does happen in real life too.
10. "Krs-One actually put in work in the production of that whole Steady " In response to Reply # 9
B album.
i wanted to be a Hilltop Hustler so bad back in the late 80's....I ain't even know what they were or what that meant...but I wanted to be part of that whole crew.
and then when 3xDope came out---I *HAD* to be in the crew.
Then Tat-Money left Steady and became the Dj for Kwame and I knew something wasn't kosher.
12. ""Original Stylin'" is one of the best hip-hop albums I own..." In response to Reply # 10
>i wanted to be a Hilltop Hustler so bad back in the late >80's....I ain't even know what they were or what that >meant...but I wanted to be part of that whole crew.
A neighborhood adjacent to mine was literally up this big ass hill. And the cats in that neighborhood called themselves the Hilltop Hustlers. I already looked up to them because they used to kick it all the time and always had girls. But the fact that they called themselves the Hilltop Hustlers really made me want to be one of them (I was maybe 14).
>and then when 3xDope came out---I *HAD* to be in the crew.
21. "All classics. But that "No Words" remix was the worst thing ever." In response to Reply # 13
>but i can tell you that in my lifetime, i have weaved "if i >can't be first, save second for third..." into a conversation. > > > > >*** >I'm tryna be better off, not better than...
18. "word. proto-emoticon for muhfuckas making bad ass choices, " In response to Reply # 11
maybe.
i mean, locally, cool c and steady was famous. on some lady b shit.
but it ain't like jeff or schoolly d killed a cop.
ppl be doing a lot to make these links go 'click'.
and likewise, ppl taking up the case like we should all be sad about this (i guess because he was in a rap group)? that was the consequences to some dumb ass actions they did.
i got a general disdain for capital punishment, just because the whole shit is so capricious. but i don't be feeling specifically bad for motherfuckers that's guilty (unless they were legitimately retarded or something).
========================================= I'm an advocate for working smarter, not harder. If you just focus on working hard you end up making someone else rich and not having much to show for it. (c) mad
16. "Does Philadelphia still check for Steady B?" In response to Reply # 0
I thought the dude was so dope back then. Philly was really putting in work back then, with Sted, Schoolly D, 3xDope, Will and Jeff. It was the first city outside of New York to really go hard with the rap thing.
The robbery made no sense at all. I didn't understand why they didn't just stick with the music.
Steady, Warren McGlone, doesn't look even remotely like a tough guy. A chubby, short, fat dude with glasses. And I used to wonder would he survive in the Pennsylvania prison system.
__________________ Laces out like the bookings, just the way that Run did it
25. "RE: pretty ephemeral thing i mean like 87-91 type shit" In response to Reply # 24
>like in the mid 2000s wasn't nobody throwing it on at a jam >for nostalgia.
Yeah, but how much of that has to do with the fact that he was convicted of murder? If he wasn't serving life, and Cool C wasn't going to be put to death, I would imagine their tracks get more run of the "nostalgia" circuit.
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