CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Science of the 5% variety meets "Do Or Die" Bed-Stuy violence as Maino joins Rakim Allah in Brooklyn on the set of their collabo "Walk These Streets" off of Mr. 7th Letter's latest sonic gem, "The Seventh Seal". Real recognize real.
A History Of Violence Sidebar: The impressive mural that Maino stands in front of in scenes from this video is the recently refurbished memorial to fallen Fort Greene hustler and legendary music industry strong arm tactician Benjamin "Killer Ben" O'Garro. Killer Ben (Along with a number of other similarly notorious Fort Greene, Brooklyn bangers such as the original 50 Cent and Puerto Rican Supreme Magnetic) was a long time friend of Rakim's as well as being a long time thorn in the side of vulnerable victims city wide.
Murdered @ a payphone on the corner of Myrtle Avenue in 1995 @ the young age of 26 (NOTE: Allegedly in retaliation for "leaning" on an associate of the Notorious B.I.G. ... although Killer Ben clearly had enough enemies to place blame elsewhere) in the years since his passing, the facts surrounding his short, ruthless life have morphed into mythological street lure interspersed with bits of truth. He did shoot a cop with a Tec-9. In 1990 his 3 year old brother was slain, inadvertently, when niggas came gunning for his brother Jerome "Mister" O'Garro and lit up the door to his family's apartment in the Walt Whitman Houses in Fort Greene. He may have once used a little boy to shield himself from a hail of gunfire. In any event, not for nothing, but, a lot of so called "tough guys" breathed a sigh of relief when this man bit the dust. Now, that's a true story.
A History Of Violence Sidebar: The impressive mural that Maino stands in front of in scenes from this video is the recently refurbished memorial to fallen Fort Greene hustler and legendary music industry strong arm tactician Benjamin "Killer Ben" O'Garro. Killer Ben (Along with a number of other similarly notorious Fort Greene, Brooklyn bangers such as the original 50 Cent and Puerto Rican Supreme Magnetic) was a long time friend of Rakim's as well as being a long time thorn in the side of vulnerable victims city wide.
Murdered @ a payphone on the corner of Myrtle Avenue in 1995 @ the young age of 26 (NOTE: Allegedly in retaliation for "leaning" on an associate of the Notorious B.I.G. ... although Killer Ben clearly had enough enemies to place blame elsewhere) in the years since his passing, the facts surrounding his short, ruthless life have morphed into mythological street lure interspersed with bits of truth. He did shoot a cop with a Tec-9. In 1990 his 3 year old brother was slain, inadvertently, when niggas came gunning for his brother Jerome "Mister" O'Garro and lit up the door to his family's apartment in the Walt Whitman Houses in Fort Greene. He may have once used a little boy to shield himself from a hail of gunfire. In any event, not for nothing, but, a lot of so called "tough guys" breathed a sigh of relief when this man bit the dust. Now, that's a true story.
Original Killer Ben Mural By The TATS Cru (Photo Taken Summer 2007)
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