Another image from my madcap week in the Dominican Republic many years ago with hip-hop band B.O.C.
A sample of their music is available here. And yes thats my photo on the cover, although it was hardly my favourite. The fourth guy wasn’t always around and was eventually kicked out of the band.
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4.19.09 / 6am
I heard that in true hip-hop style the fourth guy was actually murdered in a drive-by shooting ordered by latin record mogul Juan ”El Rey” Suarez. Is that true or was that just a rumour circulating around Rikers ?
4.19.09 / 7am
If I had a nickel for every rumor I heard in my 3 years at Rikers…
What is true, however, is that the guy in the red shirt (can’t remember his name) was found dead years later in NYC from a drug overdose.
4.24.09 / 3am
The gangsta rap lifestyle of gangs, greed, girls poolside, drugs, murder…my little joke wasn’t so far off I guess…In NYC I always got the impression that hard drugs were most prevalent among the Dominicans and the PR’s. I think they found the transition to life in NYC the hardest. Quite a culture shock to go from rural D.R. to the noise and clamour and winter cold and foreign language of NYC (or North End Montreal for that Matter)
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