Rapper Fabolous Shot, Then Arrested In Early Morn Conflict

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Rapper Fabolous Shot, Then Arrested In Early Morn Conflict
By Remmie Fresh
Date: 10/17/2006 8:34 am

Rapper Fabolous was shot early this morning (Oct. 17) as he left Justin's, a popular New York eatery owned by Sean "Diddy" Combs.

A man with a gun approached the Brooklyn-bred rapper, whose real name is John Jackson, and shot him once in the thigh as he departed restaurant.

After he was wounded, the rapper and four others tried to rush to the hospital but were stopped by the police, who allegedly found a pair of firearms in the vehicle. All of the men were arrested, according to published reports.

At press time, he was in stable condition at a New York hospital. Police have yet to release a motive for the shooting against Fabolous.

The rapper recently taped a segment on VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, a program that airs tonight on the network.

The rapper's Def Jam album, tentatively titled From the Bottom to the Top, has been pushed back until February 2007.

Blitzkrieg

Crazy. I think if you're a rap artist your life expectency is like 25 haha...

Necro

Thats cause most are retarded, and actually still do what they rap about. Which is insane when you have money, and still act like a moron...

Necro

Also, Fabolous turned into a pussy with his girl songs. He's probably trying to gain street cred...

Necro

Fabolous Hit With Multiple Weapons Charges, Investigated In Robbery Of Boston Celtic
By Nolan Strong
Date: 10/18/2006 7:50 PM

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Fabolous and three men have been hit with multiple weapons charges, after an early morning shooting in a parking garage near Sean "Diddy" Combs' Justin's restaurant on Tuesday (Oct. 17).

Fabolous, born John Jackson, 28, Rascharm Davis, 29, Percell German, 23 and Kevin Bess, 18, were each charged with five counts of criminal possession of a weapon today (Oct. 18).

The charges stem from an incident early Tuesday morning, when an unknown assailant approached the rapper and shot him once in the thigh as he was leaving Justin's.

As the rapper was being rushed to the hospital, police stopped his 2005 Dodge Magnum for allegedly running a red-light.

The vehicle, which is registered to Ghetto Fabolous Inc., was being driven by Davis.

Police said they noticed Fabolous in the backseat, suffering from a gunshot wound.

A search of the rapper's SUV produced two guns, a .380 semiautomatic and a .40 caliber firearm, found inside a front compartment in the vehicle.

Both weapons were loaded and police said the serial numbers were scratched off the .380 semiautomatic firearm.

Fabolous was taken to Bellvue Hospital and treated for his wounds after the shooting, while the other three men were taken to a local police precinct.

Fabolous posted $15,000 bail and was released. According to reports, the rapper is due back in court on Friday (Oct. 27) to answer the charges.

Meanwhile, police are also investigating a possible connection between the shooting and the robbery of Boston Celtics guard Sebastian Telfair the same evening.

According to reports, a necklace worth at least $50,000, was ripped from Telfair's neck outside of the restaurant.

Telfair, who is also the cousin of New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, is also from Brooklyn NY.

Shortly after Telfair was robbed, Fabolous was shot. Yesterday, Telfair looked at four lineups with one that included Fabolous, but failed to identify the chain snatcher.

Police continue to investigate Fabolous' shooting.