![]() ![]() You have Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Jersey in the house. KRS-One: We had no security at Nassau Coliseum. When I'm going to the first aid office, it's crowded, you know, full of people that had been stabbed and cut. Jones: And I didn't realize I was stabbed until a friend of mine tells me all of this blood is on my pants, and I turn around and lift my shirt up and blood just starts gushing out. Lee: This is Dean Jones flashing back to that night for a documentary produced by legendary hip-hop director Ralph McDaniels. And a final hurrah to summer, with everyone fresh to death in new fits and rockin' to the music, it was all of that, until it wasn't.ĭean Jones: One guy has saw me with my gold, and so he reached for my bracelet. It was a momentous moment for hip-hop, with some of the biggest names in rap on top of their game. Lee: That day, September 10th, 10,000 people packed into Long Island's Nassau Coliseum. ![]() We getting ready to go into Nassau Coliseum with the Dope Jam Tour is getting ready to get cooling effects (ph). ![]() I got a mega possie chillin' with me right now. And Yo! MTV Raps even pulled up with host Fab 5 Freddy.įab 5 Freddy: Yes. & Rakim and rap veterans like Kool Moe Dee and Doug E. Lee: In the summer of 1988, the Dope Jam Tour was the show to be at, with new stars like Eric B. But then the murder game started, so you was just seeing more death than you would normally see. But for many of raps core fans, back then, the ones who the music really spoke to were often living in neighborhoods where violence, police brutality, and poverty were features of everyday life.īolton: In the beginning, it was just kind of like stickup kids, you know, that type of thing. Lee: The violence wasn't because of hip-hop. I'm like, how is this all related to hip-hop music? There was somebody walking down the block and the car went by, they were playing rap music and the shootout happened. Ralph McDaniels: Oh, somebody got shot at a house party and they were playing rap music. Lee: Adding to the pressure, the media began associating hip-hop with the rise in crime. On another level, it's like, I hope nothing don't happen so the club don't get shut down and we can't perform next week. While on the run, he recorded a rap video that has been viewed 174 million times on YouTube.Bolton: You know, I hope nothing don'thappen so we don't get to perform. McIntyre was then admitted to a psychiatric hospital for a day before going to jail and eventually being transferred back to Tarrant County. Marshals fugitive task force on Wednesday testified about McIntyre's arrest at an apartment.Īfter his arrest, McIntyre claimed he had swallowed a bottle of pills and was taken to the hospital.ĭoctors determined he was fine but as he was about to be released, he claimed he was hearing voices, said George Gyure, a New Jersey investigator. He was captured a few months later in New Jersey.Ī member of a U.S. He was the focus of a nationwide manhunt after he released to home confinement, cut off his ankle monitor, and ran. If convicted of capital murder, McIntyre faces 40 years in prison. Prosecutors acknowledge he was not the triggerman but is guilty because he knew his co-defendants were armed and should have anticipated someone would be killed. Now 19, he has pleaded guilty to robbery but insists he is innocent of capital murder. "I waited for everyone to go inside and then I went in," he said. ![]() The girlfriend was arrested but because she was 15 at the time, her case was handled in juvenile court and the records are not publicly available.īeloate is now 20-years-old and working as a plumber.Īlso Wednesday, jurors watched a videotaped interview with McIntyre that police recorded soon after his arrest.Īt first he denied being involved in the robbery but later admitted being in the house. "Obviously I was set up and I knew it from that point on." "As soon as they hit the front door, and they came to my room, they (the girls) literally stepped out of the way and let them walk past," he said. Family Dollar recalls over-the-counter drugs, medical devices that were improperly stored ![]()
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