Monday, November 10, 2008

Jury finds promoter guilty of rap war slayings

BEIJING, July 22 (Chinese medianet) -- A Las Vegas jury found a San Francisco rap music promoter guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war.



Andre "Mac Minister" Dow faces life in prison after being convicted Monday of fir

Dow, 37, is a promoter who has appeared on rap albums, made headlines several years ago when he brawled with another rapper at a nationally televised Source Awards show.

Police called the Las Vegas slayings revenge for the November 2004 drive-by slaying in Kansas City of 34-year-old California rapper Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks.

Another aspiring rap promoter, 29-year-old Jason Mathis, also has been charged with murder and is awaiting trial.

(Agencies)

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