Rick Ross Cancels Concert Due To Gang Threats

    Gang threats have caused Maybach Music Group to cancel concert stops in Charlotte, North Carolina and Greensboro, North Carolina.

    The gang posted death threats after Rick Ross used a six-point star on the cover of The Black Bar Mitzvah, seemingly forgetting that the Star of David has been a symbol of the Jewish faith for literally hundreds of years.

    The group laying claim to the symbol, the aptly-named Gangster Disciples, warned Ross in a YouTube video about coming to North Carolina in a video released a month ago, reports the Charlotte Observer (spotted via HHNM).

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police were on alert for the event, but a decision was made to nix the show, which was set to feature Wale and Meek Mill.

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    403 thoughts on “Rick Ross Cancels Concert Due To Gang Threats

    1. as somebody that lives in the Charlotte area, this is hilarious… they’ve been playing ads every commercial break on Power 98 for this Rick Ross/MMG Christmas extravaganza shitshow, and Rozay can’t come through because of some threats. people are going to hate you wherever you go man, you can’t cut out one stop because of some haters, people everywhere hate your ass. you might as well cancel the whole tour.

      1. youre a complete moron if you cant seriously distinguish between a legitimate death threat and an internet hater

      2. @704

        The gang has put out a universal bounty on his head, every state that has Gangster Disciples has been ordered to extort him on site.

      3. Niggas listen to yourself. do you even know what the fuck ure talking about? this guy, like many rappers have been stealing people’s identity in order to make a profit from it. fraudulent fake gangsters that have never even tasted the life of a real g and u are defending this. Black people look a this clown and say his successful, when the real freeway rick ross spent all those years in jail because he did the shit this fuck boy is rapping about. gangs ain’t cool but at the same time people have lost brothers, kids, loved ones in gang wars and this guy is promoting it like his been there and now they put him on a treadmill and he’s running like a professional athlete. wake the fuck up.

    2. NIGGA BITCHED OUT CUS WE WANT NIGGA DEAD, THIS NIGGA IS FINNA GET SLAIN NIGGA WE DO NOT PLAY GAMES NIGGA WE WILL KILL THIS FAT NIGGA, BLOOD WILL BE SPILT NIGGA FUCK THIS NIGGA HE A DEAD MAN NIGGA

      NIGGAZ WANNA TEST US BUT WE GD KIN FOLK NIGGA WE WORLDWIDE MA NIGGAS FUCK ON NIGGA

      SQUAD UP N STRAP UP NIGGAS ROSS DEAD NIGGA

    3. Officer Ricky
      – ” I NEED BACKUP….CALL 911 AND TELL THEM RICKY NEEDS BACKUP. THEY WILL UNDERSTAND! “

    4. lol @ the stans. grow up. when it happend to pac yall didnt say anything. same shit happend to 50 cent. got stabbed and shot and didnt do anything.

    5. The thing is Rick Ross getting money.. Some people going to hate when ur getting money.

      I guess they rather be in a gang who could care less about them and be broke. And probably end up dead in a jail.

      The president> Another casket

      1. U are a retarded bitch nigga, that probably got robbed by every nigga in your hood for being a faggot. your talking shit about how rick ross is getting money and ure supporting this over weight lobster eating gremlin who does not give 2 shits about your existence. you need to stop sucking dick and pick up a book and read.

      2. Why don’t you learn how to formulate a sentence? Better yet.. Why don’t you get a real job and support a family?

        I bet you won’t get farther than McDonalds. I’ll have a number one with fries.. Bitch Nigga!

    6. Bitch move. Don’t talk about that life if you scared to live it.

      Plus, they going to be searching everyone that walks into that place.

      Fake rappers these days..smh

    7. thats what happens when u try to “act” like someyhing you not, shit catches up to you… fake ass studio gangster!

    8. P.U.S.S.Y

      Acts all hard all the time, lmao. Man if this doesn’t wreck the little cred he had, I don’t know what would.

      Grow a pair you fat ass.

    9. (AllHipHop News) Rapper Rick Ross has vowed to return to North Carolina to perform live after a pair of concert dates were cancelled.

      The dates were put to an abrupt halt, because of fears of gang violence at the venues.

      North Carolina, I wuz so excited to perform tomorro wit #MMG Ross said on Twitter. Promoters cancelled show but Ill be Back ASAP. #luv

      As previously reported, dates in Greensboro and Charlotte were ceased, but the rapper countered that he cancelled them.

      RELATED: Rick Ross Cancels North Carolina Concert Dates

      Local facets of the Gangster Disciples threatened the event with violence, causing the event planners to pull out.

      A new date has not yet been announced.

    10. LMFAO @ This Frontin Fake wannabe name bitin, D*%k Ridin wannabe OG Officer Ricky, All his steady frontin finally catchin up 2 his ass, Using the name rick ross when the real rick ross cant stand his b*tch ass, claiming he’s the biggest drug lord in the nation, punk a$$ C.O. haha ran in to sum real life or death beef tryn to act like he’s runin a real street gang…all that frontin gonna catch ur ass Officer Ricky…Sorry Fat Ass HipHopCop

    11. Officer Ricky used the six-point star of David on his cover and called the mixtape “The Black Bar Mitzvah” if anybody has to feel offended it would be the Jews.

      These GDs are just broke and asking for money, the cover OBVIOUSLY has nothing to do with them…

      1. NOOO!!! Understand 1 thing…..when you CLAIM you’re a gangster, REAL gangsters will CHECK you. That is how the rules of that world works. If you DON’T like the rules than DON’T participate in that world!

      2. When you have a dude that’s a known fraud calling himself Larry Hoover (one of the founders of the GDs), flashing the 6 point star (the symbol of the GDs), constantly waving black flags (GD color) and pretending he’s a G, well…eventually the dudes that’s really living that life take notice.

    12. When you walk around, and everything about you is fake, some people ignore you. But when your fakeness begins to offend people, that’s the true definition of having a “fuckin’ problem”

    13. How idiotic do you have to be to lay claim to a symbol that has been in existence for hundreds of years?It is the Jewish star of David for a mixtape called The Black Bar Mitzvah.If anything these morons got themselves more exposure and attention from the cops who will be investigating them more thoroughly now…We gotta do better people..The GD’s even forgot to add the E in their name…The GED’s…

      1. dawg the GD’s is like the biggest street gang in america so talk yuh shit off this pc and see how far that get u…and why u vouching for a fraud…is that you Ricky???????

      2. NO YOUUUUU left the ‘E’ off cuz your name should be “GED”. Why does Ross get to claim all his (fake) gangster shit and the real ones have to smarten up. What goes for one should have to apply to ALL!!!

      3. And that means what exactly?You dudes wanna prop some dudes who kill kids extort,rob and murder and worship the dollar and shit on a rapper because he is fake?Newsflash people.It’s all fake.James Bond doesn’t kill people in real life,Call of Duty is just a video game and your fav rappers like Fiddy are not real.They are an image.If you’re gonna stop worshiping false idols then stop worshiping ALL false idols…

    14. you’re telling me noreaga didn’t take care of this for officer ricky? the real noreaga… he owes him a hundred favors right?

    15. im quite sure there’s a line where he Raps about being the Hardest, killing niggaz and being a real nigga!!!! what happened to those??

    16. SO if you showed up to one of these events got shoot,who’s fatal would it have been? Your I’m so hood, but I work a 9 to 5 and a 10 to 7 ass? Or the promoters? Hmm the Promoter’s!The cost for security would have been more than they would have made off the show anyways. And yes they would have needed more than normal security since the treat was made. So clearly there’s no need for them to take a lost them making money or on keeping your life safe! Wake UP!

    17. How pussy. Dude rap all that hard shit but when it gets down to the get down niggas is scared to the point they will miss out on getting money. Rappers is wack. Ross might have not needed that money but there was somebody who did that is now missing out.

    18. look i live in nc this im not a fan of officer ricky but hes always down here they werent selling as manny tickets as they would like so the promoters canceled the shows

    19. First off the GD’s and all gangs for that matter are really a cancer to soceitey. They have no idea what the six pointed star even means.

      But…I FUCKIN LOVE THIS STORY!!!

    20. Thats what happens when you sell too many fantasy’s and they start to reach reality for you. Ross makes the type of music that brings trouble but he doesn’t want none

    21. 9 out of 10 these rap niggas aint real.. I MEAN; NAS IS A QUEER, GAME WAS A STRIPPER, 2pac was a ballerina, 50 is a snitch.. what happened to hip hop, now every1 inside is fakeee!!!! IM THE ONLY REAL ONE WHO STILL ON TOP!!!

      BAWSE!!

      1. u niggas is funny man, u dont come out the pussy a G’ IT JUS DONT WORK LIKE DAT. All dem cats u named go hard bro. and they all realer than fake ass officer ricky… he the damn police. its some real niggaz that wont let his ass perform.

    22. Ain’t Sayin them NI99as In N.C. Ain’t Bangin like that but most of them false flaggin it’s A “Trend” In Some Areas,Plus them REDNECK HONKYS Ain’t havin that Shit here In N.C. They’ll throw your BLKA$$ Under the Jail. Ross from the 305 Dade County to be exact, Where they light years Ahead Of Us with Gang Activity U have them Haitians, oe Pound…, Plus I Know Meek from Philly were they gettin It In & Wale from D.C. All them Ni99as would have to do Is put Some “Killas On the Payroll” from there Locality ,Them DAMN Coppas Stop that Shit – the(Concert). N.C. Should be Called the “SHOW ME STATE”, Instead of Missouri,When It Comes to Somethings. Them Crackers, Still thinkin SLAVE Mentality .They Probably Issue Code Orange TERRORIST Alert for this Situation.STOP BANGIN & Lets Get this Money from Coast to coast.

      1. Crackers still thinkin SLAVE Mentality? So what mentality is that of a Black gang issuing public death threats to a Black music artist?????? At this day and age its NOT the white ppl you must fear…its your OWN KIND!!!!!

    23. I BET THEM NIGGAZ WOULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING ANYWAYS.
      PLUS THEY ARE CLEARLY DUMB ASS PEOPLE CUZ THEY FLIPPED OUT AT THE SIGHT OF THE 6 POINT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT AND REASONING FOR IT BEING THERE

      1. I don’t think it was dumb for them to flip out. they clearly know he is a poser and they read into the underlying message (they thought) he was trying to send……i actually think they would be dumb if they didn’t see the clear coincidence presented.

      2. the gangs going on youtube and exposing themselves? hahah that’s not the mafia, not organized crime . why would he be worried about so called “gangs”

    24. I’m not really a Ross fan but it’s pretty funny how some of you are acting like he should have shown up and put himself in danger. Keep on hating tho…

      1. Its not that he should have shown up. That would be ignorant because ONE bullet from the most pussy dude on earth will do the SAME damage as would a bullet from the most gangster guy. But he puts on this image that he is SOOOOOOOOO gangster when he is not. That is what is causing the problems. His mouth is writing a check that is fat ass cant cash!!

    25. that a video with ross in it in brooklyn at a concert when gun shots are going off. u think he would be afraid to perform in north carolina???!!??? with security??? lol

      1. hahahaaa….that’s a good one. A former C.O. that he is, I am sure he has tons of friends in the law enforcement.

    26. I dont like Ross as a person but hes a pretty good rapper. He just need to beef up his security with the likes of a JoJo Capone or some real niccaz to travel with him. JoJo is respected thru all hoods and hes real. Nobody deserves to be killed b’cuz hes disliked. When yo moms drop dead on x-max, or yo sis catch a stray bullet you all will feel a lil diff about wishing death on another man. Let the Fat Cop alone, and stop wishing death on this man.

      1. i totally agree with you on the killing parts. but this Fat faggot nigga needs to back up all his tough talk on those beats

        “fuck a blog cause one day we gone meet// imma spaz on you like im on E” – Rick Ross dont talk it if you really aint about dat life

    27. The beginning of the end has started for MMG. If I’m Wale or Meek, I would bounce as soon as my contract is up and go to better label deals. The MMG stock is starting to crash. Your fifteen seconds are up. Bring back Hip Hop.

      1. Those “gang-banging losers” as you so eloquently put it, would kill for $5 bruh…….them dudes are HUNGRY for real.

    28. I guess hes not about that life cause any real Gangster in a crowd full of g’s would feel right at home anywhere. They dont respect not one nigga in the mmg squad? thats bad.

      1. You are exactly right with that. Real talk. You think like a true gangster, so you must be one. Peace to the God. As a rapper, you feed off that crowd & they feed off of you. That what real gangsters do. They don’t die, they multiply. This says alot that MMG has to cancel. They don’t appeal to real gangsters. For example, Common has more appeal b/c he keeps it real. MMG is Hip Pop, at it’s finest. I can’t wait for 50’s album & Dr. Dre’s. Going to change the game altogether, where it makes, MMG done with & a memory. Rick Ross is featured rapper at his best, and nothing but a sucka, who bitched 50 not saying hi to him, at the BET awards back in 2009.

    29. haha officer ricky is finally showing he is scared. that fat ass should quit rap and go back to law enforcement before he gets his ass on fire at a concert HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

      1. And the problem with paying is that once you start.. YOU”LL ALWAYS BE PAYING NIGGAS. Anytime a nigga want to cop something new he’ll be like, “Damn… I need a new V. Rick Ross coming to town this week?”

        How about if niggas started charging you letting you walk down the block? You’d rock with that?

    30. Now ask the Real Noreaga to do you a favor now! What a joke. I dont see why the public like this Officer anyway!

    31. GO AHEAD RICKY FUCK AROUND BOI!!! I’m from Denver but I got a homie who resides in NC, THEY AINT FUCKIN PLAYIN YOU FRAUD……WHEN are people going to see this loser for what he is……..AN ACTOR. Not justifying gang violence, gang-banging or any of that. BUT the FACT OF THE MATTER is, these “MC’s” THINK they are about that kind of lifestyle (what they rap about) and then this shit REALLY happens and these guys fold and back out. Now, granite dude ain’t gunna put mad innocent people in jeoapardy I’m just trying to make a point here that Hip Hop (pop) is so full of fuckery its a joke. That’s what dude gets for disrespecting the people of God with that lowsy ass mixtape. N yea I sound like a hater but I could care less….people need to start saying shit for real.

    32. The promoters cancelled the show because they don’t want to get sued if these gang-members harm any of the concert goers.

      If you have prior knowledge that Gang activity could take place in your venue then you can be held liable if someone gets hurt.

      Many white-skinned people seem to be happy and pleased that this concert was cancelled but they will be very dissapointed to know that the MMG concert will continue in other cities around the country and they will be paid handsomely to perform.

      1. Oh please. In this social media world that we live in. This damages their reputation and I guarantee, it goes down hill from here. The word spreads via twitter & facebook and gradually & slowly about how lame these dudes really, and people become bored with MMG, if not alreayd, b/c music listeners realize, that Ross spews nothing but fake shyte and is really a fraud. So why keep listening to his music. Im telling you. Ross came in a fraud and he will exit a fraud. The most he will be, is a featured artist, with no clout. What a bust. Not one of his albums went platinum.

      2. The invisible white-skinned people on these blogs are hilarious.

        I think they envy the fact that Ross became a multi-millionaire by reciting street-poems over instrumental beats.

        These cluless recessive caucasoids think you ain’t qualified to rap about street ish and drugs if you grew up in Carol City during the Boobie Boys reign….I bet these same crackers will call Nas a fake/fraud when he raps from his Nas Esobar alter-ego but I bet they won’t call the white-skinned Emenim a fake/fraud when he raps about serial-killing and sexually-assaulting his own mother.

        Imagine their Emenim with racist-songs in his background being attacked with the same vehemence as Rick Ross. Just goes to show how these white-geeks who are obsessed with Black culture are ignorant and sick but protect their own.

    33. Ross can rap but I been saying all the dumb posturing like your real is stupid. Everyone in the hood doesn’t sell dope and shoot guns. All these rappers run around talking crazy when they know they ain’t about that life just to fit into a mold they don’t want to be. Not only does it stunt their careers but then they make less then the dudes who are themselves like Kanye or Andre 3000. Both them dudes got mo paper than Ross and ain’t nobody putting green lights on them. Why? Cause they are who they are. Stop trying to be tough or real tough guys will test you.

      1. Because those brothers are talented artists and what they do speaks for itself.
        From the depths of hip hop, the key has always been to be yourself and be original. That’s why those who aren’t don’t have any real staying power.

    34. He can take the high road and issue at an apology to the gang for using the six point star lol. I’m just saying, maybe they will take the heat off him.

    35. All you hear from these niggas is “this ain’t just music, we live this shit!”…as soon as they either end up in court or in the scope of some real gangsters, all you hear is “this is just music, it’s all just entertainment”. I won’t shed one tear for none of these niggas if they get dealt with. You can only whistle passed the graveyard so many times.

      1. agreed ross does talk to much for someone who clearly isnt a gangster, if he was a corrections officer odds are his objective was to become a police officer, to become a police officer you need to be an upstanding citizen, i have no doubts that this guy is a fraud rapper

    36. Ross I thought you were a boss? A gangsta? a drug dealer? you shoulda wasted these punks.

      oh wait that’s right you are none of the above.

      1. Being fake is one thing..which he is..but this move was not a fake move. Innocent people would get hurt if shit popped off, and him and his crew would be the ones paying for it. He’s the one that would get sued…

    37. This is why hip hop is dead… done for… disco… the music is garbage… same shit different person.. (for 2chainz to Kendrick Lamar) for yall dick riders.. this generation is dumb as hell… I’m rocking with another genre bruh! Fuck Hip hop

      1. if all you listen to is what they put in your face, you actually have very little control over “your” music taste. peep underground…and not aspiring minstrels. actual hip-hop exists, corporate sphere has actually twisted it to their tastes and expectations of what “black culture/hip-hop” is. it’s just like blackface. google “blackface minstrel show”

      2. This genre should have died a long time ago when biggie and tupac got killed, would have saved us all a lot of trouble.

    38. I think Ross has a good voice/style for hiphop, but I don’t respect any man who is in his late 30’s playing make believe with another established man’s name/lifestyle. Eventually that catches up with you. Anyone arguing “he getting money”. Would you be cool if another man stole your name/legacy and was making a profit off it? He was given his own identity to run with he just decided to be fake.

    39. Well, now that the show is cancelled I can go to Wing Stop and act a mo’ fukn’ foo on dem wingz! BAWSE!

    40. “Basically. You can only play gangster so many times until those real gangsters show up”

      You don’t know any real gangsters. Ross did the right thing. Not worth taking the chance of somebody getting hurt.

      1. What about all that tough talk on all his records, where he talked about what he was gonna do to niggas? Ross is a phony for this.

      2. You don’t know shit about who anybody commenting on here knows, just like they don’t know shit about you.

        For somebody that’s supposedly a “Teflon Don” and this gangster shit is “Deeper Than Rap” with him…to get run out of a state entirely says a lot about how ‘gangster’ he really is.

      3. …..Yeah…he canceled a show. If shit popped off….he’s the one that would go to jail…he’ll be the one to get sued….I’m not saying he’s not soft, but there is justification in canceling the show.

      4. as much as i dislike ross this stuff happens snoop got run outta st louis, t-pain had to cancel a show in guyana, people with nothing to lose can do anything, i doubt ross cancelled the show if anyone did this it was the police, so stop shouting out ross for cancelling the show and stop calling him a puss, he probably didnt have a say in the matter

    41. “And Ross isn’t a real gangster & he isn’t a real rapper”

      It’s called entertainment. Just the fact Ross’s career “bugs” you this much is disturbing. Seek help ASAP.

      1. And you’re a dickriding stan who spends their entire life defending that doesn’t know him. You’re the one that needs help.

      2. Of course you wouldn’t know if it’s real of not. Many of us can tell you were never there, you wouldn’t know about rappers and gang extortion for protection in different states. Guess what? This has been going on for YEARS Quote-Man.

    42. Despite my misgivings on Rick Ross. The GDs are hella ignorant for this. The Jews had that symbol for not hundreds, THOUSANDS of years. Do they run up in synagogs checking Jewish people? No so they need to chill and kill other black people like they normally do. Let them see some black Israelites. They make the Nation of Islam seem tame.

      1. Umm… the star is the GDs symbol. They have a right to be pissed off. If anything, Rick Ross is the ignorant one for claiming a life he never lived.

    43. Look at this fake fat fuck, gargantuan cake ass walking mcdonals promo KFC lickin burger king king ass nigga. AH! That fake life is finally catching up with you uh?….Mount Everest nigga.

    44. Soo… the GD’s are pissed that Rick Ross stole the name of their chief..and is using his legacy as his entertainment persona (1). The black bar mitzvah uses the 6 point star [aka “of david” aka “solomon’s seal”…but the jews appropriated that too, see sacred geometry. that’s what the original GD’s used it for. the sacred meaning…didnt care a second abt what jews were doing]. and other than the title “black bar mitzvah” and using stereotyped jewish wealth as a standard of black success (which is highly fxcked up) ross doesnt do shxt with that term to honor or convert [like shyne at least did](2). This leads to three (3): if you put the name “Rick[y] Ross” next to a 6pt star…you are talking about Gangster Disciple History. Point. Blank. Period. Playing off of Drake’s culture & following and the HYFR video were just opportune.

      ROMAN COOPER, NEVER DISCREDIT ANOTHER CULTURE THAT YOU DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND.

      and i ain’t even a gang member. I’m black, from memphis, have/had fam in gangs, and I go to an elite college in the northeast [just to put things into perspective]. I know a little bit about this. I have enough sense to respect people by learning and understanding them.

      You assumed way to much. Check your facts.

      This type of journalism made me mad.

      1. I’m applauding you right now bro, very very well put and said. These guys at HHDX are STUPID when it comes to this and just confuse the hell out of this generation just like Mr. Ross is doing.

      2. This beef btw Ross and GD’s was about business. Ross never paid the GD’s for security. GD’s are not really mad about their insignia but add that to not being paid and they’re gonna put it all out in youtube videos like they’re being doing across the country. In one of those videos GD’s said 1 million. But, it could be only in that state.

        Ross…you are not the Boss anymore.

    45. Rick Ross should have never fronted like that. smh he needs to do somthin about it or he is gna be the laughing stack of all “hood” rappers

      1. Best believe he had 50 members of his entourage waiting off stage in case the threat was real. Don’t like he was Superman.

      2. did u not see that video from africa? someone snatched his chain and he jumped right into the crowd to get it

    46. when the grass is cut the snakes will show; phony ass cop finally gets exposed. he is ruining the next generation with glorifying a life he never lived. now these kids are living a fake life also

    47. Fuckin jews. Niggas entitled to their opinons and still these motherfuckers bitch about everything. Fuck them.

    48. My life is being even more exposed, my butt buddy gunplay got jumpd by G Unit at the BET awards they jackd his MMG chain, 50 and Eminem are taking over the charts again with “My Life”, now Promoters wont even book my shows cause they know I been frontin for wayyy too Long and now I got real problems for using real Gangsters names in my music, shit I guess bad karma’s catchn up to my fat ass!

    49. Cancel the concert cause broke azz niggas with guns wanna harm you over a jew star. Okay, does that make sense you niggas? White man/government rapes your mouth everyday with taxes and you wont do nothing. But, let a black man make some money and here you come. Hopefully all the GD’s meet at a house party and get sprayed and burn up in a fire. We’ll be better off then.

      1. The nigga below me is a GD coon. He wants Rick Ross money, but wont get off his lazy, neighborhood ruining, scared of whitey, cooning ass and go get a job.

      2. In life there’s consequences for your actions. If you pretend to be something your not, you can only lie for so long. And when the truth does come out no ones going to support that. Me being black as well as him has nothing to do with that. The self professed ‘bawse’ is learning that the hard way.

      3. Let’s get one thing straight, rick ross is fake. But if you are defending someone who fake, what does that make your life? A fucking joke that’s what it is son.

      4. You do realize that the Gangster Disciples are one of the biggest gangs in America. They’re far from broke.

    50. Damn rick looks like a Goat and a fat cow all mixed together and shit. He needs to forget about this gang shit, and shave for once or go to the gym…NIGGA do one of them. You can’t look like a tramp and be a fat piece of fake shit.

    51. Let me see which one I want on my block. A nigga that work, or a bunch of crack dealing gun-toting niggas wearing bandanas waiting on me to go to work so they can break in my house. Decisions decisions……

      1. You just described a suburban area with meth. Don’t forget whites have easier access to guns and prescription pills, not a coincidence oxycodone has started a heroin craze. You’re trying too hard to bash on n*ggas.

    52. HAHAH how can you be as old as rick is, and still be playing the whole ‘iam hard persona’thing. MAN! This whole scenario is a joke.

    53. Not surprised. Not in the least. I’m from the Chi and a lot of the GD’s here didn’t appreciate that cover either…regardless of what it really stood for.

    54. Not that I’m defending Rick Ross or give a shit about him but you gotta be a fuckin’ idiot to think this has something to do with him being soft. You think random fans wanna attend a show where there’s a good chance some shit’s about to pop off? Him being a pussy or not, it’s a dollars and cents decision.

      1. BUT again it all ties back to Ross is fake persona to why the promoters had to cancel the show. This time he went to far in his little make belief gangster images and shit hit the fan.

      2. Did he use the star to make a reference to GD though? If it’s The Black Bar Mitzvah, I just thought it’s random ass Jewish reference. It seems like GDs just think it’s them.

    55. Ayo Ross riding that star, but he gone pay us for that!!!!! We broke azz shyt!!! We setting up that Gangster Disciple checking account, he finna cut that check, we gone deposit that shyt, earn some interest, then we aint got to wear the same fucking shyt everyday! Hopefully he’ll sign me too, I’m his #1 fan!!!

      1. Too bad you won’t ever say of this to his face. If you saw him you’d probably beg for a picture, then offer to shine his Maybach.

    56. “It’s being in a gang called the Disciples high on crack, toting a machine gun”-Prince…I wonder why the GD’s never went after him.

      1. You’re reaching bro. Ross went a little too far for publicity and didn’t think it through. It worked with BMF, not this one.

    57. what the fuck has a bar mitzvah gotta do with some bum ass niggaz, why dont the GD’S beef with Jews if its their star

    58. Damn nigga did you forget your not really a Gangster you just play on on t.v. Nigga you better drop an apology, no one will think less of you than we already think, actually would be smart to drop an apology, we know your no gangster so you have nothing to prove. You’re a businessman and this is bad for business.

    59. I thought he was a BAWSE, Bosses don’t cancel shows due to gang threats, Real Bosses feed the gangs. Ross is no Boss and now he’s in fear that he might get his Balloon popped. See Kids what happens when you really don’t live that life you breathe on Wax???

    60. Star of David + Black bar mitzvah = GD ??????????

      Someone has their math wrong.
      GD’s are just thirtsy and needing some type of excuse.
      This is the Jews’s beef not GD. Who’s next? The Crips? Or some compnay that uses that star as their logo? LOL.

    61. You can only lie about being a gangsta for so long Officer Ricky. Shit has to catch up to you sometime……I mean, YOU LITERALLY STOLE A MANS IDENTITY & NAME. Everybody knows the real gangsta is FREEWAY RICK ROSS……not this fat fuck.

    62. Actually your article should read” Forgetting that the 6 point of David has been a symbol certain gangs for years”..

    63. “Everybody knows the real gangsta is FREEWAY RICK ROSS”

      You mean the jealous, broke guy who can’t find anyone to give him money?

    64. “that person up there is the person Quote-Man WISHES he could be on these threads”

      Put simply… I’m Lebron. You’re Matt Barnes. Try not to stare too much.

    65. INDUSTRY IS FULL OF FAKE NIGGAS NOWADAYS……Im looking at you French, and Ross…….and Weezy??? You turned into a FUCKING SKATEBOARDER. did anybody hear him screaming on NO WORRIES? GTFOH

    66. FUC THEM PUSSY ASS WANNABE GANGSTAS LIVIN IN THEIR MAMAS CRIB..ROZAY FAR FROM BEING SCARED OF THEM PREMADONNAS..THEIR VIDEOS ARE PURE COMEDY THEM NIGGAS BE FLIPPIN BURGERS AFTER SHOOTIN THEM VIDEOS LMFAO…U THINK ROZAY GOT NO PROTECTION?! HE GOT BLOOD TIES IN DADE COUNTY UP TO TIJUANA..NIGGA BE CANCELIN HIS TOUR CUZ THE PROMOTERS ARE ON SOME CHEAP ASS SHIT.. DONT WANNA PAY HIM FOR WHAT ROZAY IS WORTH..BUT THEN AGAIN U AINT IN THE INDUSTRY SO YALL DONT KNO SHIT

      1. Look at this bitch ass nigga YESSIR thinking he knows everything. You a cocksucking, lying ass bitch. Ross ain’t no gangsta, he has no gangsta ties, and he cancelled the show because he’s scared of getting popped by some real gangstas, courtesy of the Gangster Disciples.

      2. What’s with these retards thinking that Rick Ross is a gangsta? For god’s sake, HE’S A EX-COP. He ain’t got ties with no gang members; he got ties in law enforcement. Get your facts straight. Ain’t no bloods in the South.

    67. 9 out of 10 these rap niggas aint real.. I MEAN; NAS IS A QUEER, GAME WAS A STRIPPER, 2pac was a ballerina, 50 is a snitch.. what happened to hip hop, now every1 inside is fakeee!!!! IM THE ONLY REAL ONE WHO STILL ON TOP!!!

      BAWSE!!

    68. most of these rappers aint real niggas. Word, Nas bankrupt never was a drug runner, Lil Wayne aint no blood, Jeezy aint no BMF, 50 a snitch, Game a stripper, 2pac a ballerina. None of these niggas real you guys. If they was all real they all be dead now. Like it or not Ross is the new biggie.

      BAWSE!!!!!

    69. The promoters have to cancel their shows if they have preconcieved knowledge that a shootout could happen. They’re not allowed to put the crowd in a potentialy unreasonable amount of danger. It’s a liablity issue, they’ll get sued. So all of the promoters cancelled their MMG shows.

      Rick Ross was probably ready to perform, with a lot of paid shooters around him.

      1. Ya cause Rick Ross is such a bad ass, being a cop his whole life you know.. This is just one example of a “fake thug” like Ross, trying to act like he runs streets and catching up to him. Let it be known I said “ONE EXAMPLE”..

    70. The promoters have to cancel their shows if they have preconcieved knowledge that a shootout could happen. They’re not allowed to put the crowd in a potentialy unreasonable amount of danger. It’s a liablity issue, they’ll get sued. So all of the promoters cancelled their MMG shows.

      Rick Ross was probably ready to perform, with a lot of paid shooters around him.

    71. You know what this shit reminds me of? The movie CB4. A rapper talking about the gangsta life, yet he never lived it. Then it all catches up to him. Rick Ross is the real life MC Gusto.

    72. Man, I swear these blog sites gonna get somebody murk’d. The blog sites keep reporting the gd’s, and thats why they keep talking. The blog sites keep reminding 50 how terrible he is, thats why he do girly shit like tweetin all day 24/7. The radio was tyrna get Game and 50 to beef over a few simple lines on “My Life”. If the media and bloggers dont quit they gonna ruin these artist or get them murk’d. Stop posting gd’s, Ross vs 50, French vs 50, Game vs Shyne, how far 50 has fell off etc and the shit will die down. BTW, “Shyne does sound terrible”!

    73. “You’re just reaching for excuses, quote-man”

      If quote man is the best you got then maybe you should seriously think about jumping off the nearest bridge.

    74. “Pac was a real dude, though. And he never lied about his past”

      Lol You talk like you chopped it up with him on weekends.

    75. Rick Ross is a joke. Quit defending him like he was really gonna go put on a show after receiving death threats. lol That’s what he gets for lying in his rap songs. Rick Ross is not a gangster and neither are most of the rappers that claim to be. There’s a few though but I don’t want to get into that right now.

    76. NICE ONE ROZAY.BIG MAN STUFF.ROZAY WAS PROBABLY SCARED OF WHAT HE WOULD DO TO THOSE INTERNET DISCIPLES.HE DID THEM A FAVOUR.ROZAY WAS GONNA USE HIS CHOPPER…BODY COUNTS-PROBABLY WWOULD HV CAUGHT A MURDER CHARGE,BUT LIKE A BAWSE!!! ROZAY LET EM LIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY.AINT NO POINT CATCHING A CASE WHEN U THE HOTTEST MC IN THE GAME.MMG FOR LIFE.ROOOOOZAAAAY!!!!

    77. I see a lot of white-skinned people celebrating the fact that NC promoters cancelled two MMG concerts but the fact remains that MMG just did a month long tour without any incidents and will continue to tour wherever promoters are unafraid to book them.

      I guess this can be seen as a victory for pale-face MMG haters but MMG is winning within this industry with Gold albums, Grammy nominations, headline tours, endorsements, and fan support so a Peckawood blogger shouldn’t wave their pink Pom-poms to hard.

      1. Who the hell do you think is buying this Uncle tom’s albums??..If your favorite rapper is popular, chances are you can thank a white kid.

    78. LOL @ Dominate Genes shitting on the Cracker-Kids, you know them white boys gonna respond with some type of homosexual remark about “cocks” and “pricks like Emenim would LOLOL.
      These fag white-boys got that homo-Emenim shtick down pat!

      1. Oh, look. Another Rick Ross dickrider. One thing i notice about you Ross stans is that you always bring up race and call every MMG hater white. I’m black and i dislike MMG. And another thing; white people like MMG, as well.

    79. Well Im black and I don’t fuck with Rick Ross. White people are the ones who support him actually, look at his shows.

      1. I just got to see these dudes in San Jose and it was hood as hell, as I white person I was most deff in the minority that night. I’m not a big MMG fan but they put on one hell of a good show.

    80. Dude I’m white and I’m not a friggin dickrider or a cockMunch, but Ross Stan’s are all on his cock like
      cum guzzlers and choads trying to swallow his load like a bunch of pricks.

      I’m pissed that this fat Black cop dissed Emenim and Kreeayshawn like a fucktard and a butthole so I hope those Black gang dudes kill him because I hate that shitbird and all his shlong slurping Stan’s.

    81. I’m Black too and Ricc Lawse is a shitHead who smells like poop and that Black turd is just mad because Em is the Goat and his multi’s and rhyme-schemes are more awesome than anything Officer Rickey has ever written, that fat prick-head isn’t qualified to rap about drugs because he grew up in the white suburbs and was never around that lifestyle like V-Nasty was.

      1. So you support Ross because he signs white artists? I’d be looking at their skill first. Obiously you dance to MJ’s “Black or White” in your mommys thong panties, hahaha.

        Rick Ross sucks. I don’t want to see his fucking titties anymore. No one does. His music sucks. It’s only because suckas like you that you would buy a pile of dog shit with a “Mayback Music” logo implanted in it.

        G-G-G-G-G-Unit

      2. “Obiously you dance to MJ’s “Black or White” in your mommys thong panties,”

        Comments like this one are exactly why I even fool with hip hop blogs. That is funny as a mofo.

    82. My mothers neighbour is working part time and averaging $7000 a month. I’m a single mum and just got my first paycheck for $6546! I still can’t believe it. I tried it out cause I got really desperate and now I couldn’t be happier.
      Heres what I do..WWW.youtubeGoogle.qr.net/jO6k/watch?v=ca56lqIZXqE

    83. My mothers neighbour is working part time and averaging $7000 a month. I’m a single mum and just got my first paycheck for $6546! I still can’t believe it. I tried it out cause I got really desperate and now I couldn’t be happier.
      Heres what I do..WWW.wsj.qr.net/jO6k/watch?v=ca56lqIZXqE

    84. ay ross if your people kill the last zion
      its gonna start a war
      no one wins in war
      spare all our mothers the pain
      long live zion

    85. The promoters have to cancel their shows if they have preconcieved knowledge that a shootout could happen. They’re not allowed to put the crowd in a potentialy unreasonable amount of danger. It’s a liablity issue, they’ll get sued. So all of the promoters had to cancel their MMG shows.
      Rick Ross was probably ready to perform, with a lot of paid shooters around him.

    86. lol fuck that pussy nigga. shiit talking mah fucka… what is with the rap game these days?? shit rappers and they all soft as fuck.. well we know whats wrong with it but fuuuckk!! miss when it was real niggaz

    87. The promoters have to cancel their shows if they have preconcieved knowledge that a shootout could happen. They’re not allowed to put the crowd in a potentialy unreasonable amount of danger. It’s a liablity issue, they’ll get sued. So all of the promoters had to cancel their MMG shows.

      Rick Ross was probably ready to perform, with a lot of paid shooters around him.

      1. Paid Shooters do exist in this wold. Your obviously not familiar with street life. It’s very different from your internet life.

    88. “Mitzvah; Mitzvot: (lit. commandment); one of the Torahs 613 Divine commandments; a good deed or religious precept; according to Chassidut, the word mitzvah stems from the root tzavta, attachment, the mitzvah creating a bond between G-d who commands and man who performs.”

    89. Joseph nagduah:

      I swear these blog sites gonna get somebody murk’d. The blog sites keep reporting the gd’s, and thats why they keep talking. The blog sites keep reminding 50 how terrible he is, thats why he do girly shit like tweetin all day 24/7. The radio was tyrna get Game and 50 to beef over a few simple lines on “My Life”. If the media and bloggers dont quit they gonna ruin these artist or get them murk’d. Stop posting gd’s, Ross vs 50, French vs 50, Game vs Shyne, how far 50 has fell off etc and the shit will die down. BTW, “Shyne does sound terrible”!

    90. Joseph nagduah:

      I believe these blog sites gonna get somebody murk’d. The blog sites keep reporting the gd’s, and thats why they keep talking. The blog sites keep reminding 50 how terrible he is, thats why he do girly shit like tweetin all day 24/7. The radio was tyrna get Game and 50 to beef over a few simple lines on “My Life”. If the media and bloggers dont quit they gonna ruin these artist or get them murk’d. Stop posting gd’s, Ross vs 50, French vs 50, Game vs Shyne, how far 50 has fell off etc and the shit will die down. BTW, “Shyne does sound terrible”!

    91. I believe these blog sites gonna get somebody murk’d. The blog sites keep reporting the gd’s, and thats why they keep talking. The blog sites keep reminding 50 how horrible he is, thats why he do girly shit like tweetin all day 24/7. The radio was tyrna get Game and 50 to beef over a few simple lines on “My Life”. If the media and bloggers dont quit they gonna ruin these artist or get them murk’d. Stop posting gd’s, Ross vs 50, French vs 50, Game vs Shyne, how far 50 has fell off etc and the shit will die down. BTW, “Shyne does sound terrible”!

    92. HAHAHAHHHA Rick Ross. fakes never get along with the reals thas why he cant do shows out there I KNOW he aint comin to chicago dey shot at chief keef n he real. let this phony come around n its bang time

      1. SMH PUFFY SAID THAT SAME SHIT.. THEN HE REALIZED THE COMMENT AND NOW ONLY GOES BY SEAN COMBS SMH… DONT EVER MENTION THAT LEGEND NAME WITH THIS DUDE.. ROOZAY PICS NICE BEATS TO GET OUR ATTENTION, BIGGIE SPOKE REAL SHIT AND MADE US FEEL IT.. HOW DARE U.. MUST BE A YOUNGSTA

    93. AND THIS IS Y, HIP HOP IS DEAD..HIP HOP IS SUPPOSE THE TRUTH NOT NO LIFE U WANT TO CLAIM TO GET RICH.. WHEN I HEAR MUSIK I WANT TO FEEL THAT SHIT..ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO LISTEN TO MCS THAT LIVING THAT LIFE. ROSS AINT LIVIN THE LIFE HE CLAIMS..HALF THESE MCS DONT..WEEZY A BLOOD? WHEN THAT HAPPEN? WHEN MACK 1O WAS SIGN FOR THAT ONE ALBUM? YOU WANT TO TRY AND LIVE THAT LIFE, THAN YOU WILL DEAL WITH IT IN REALITY… SAD SITUATION FOR ROOZAY..CUZ ITS FUKIN WITH HIS MONEY NOW…

    94. I think Ross IS the new Biggie he’s big like him, has a similar voice, flow and lyrical content. Just a modern day version with more tattoos.

    95. WHAT ABOUT ALL YOUR “CHOPPERS” RICKY??? I THOUGHT YOU HAD “CHOPPERS”? WHY WOULD YOU BE SO SCARED IF YOU HAD “CHOPPERS”?? COULD’NT YOU JUST POP THESE GANGSTAS MELONS WITH YOUR “CHOPPERS”?? SMH RICKY, STARTING TO THINK YOU HAVE BEEN LYING TO YOUR FANS ABOUT HAVING “CHOPPERS”. LYING IS NOT COOL RICKY.. OR MAYBE YOU REALLY DO HAVE “CHOPPERS” BUT YOU’RE JUST LYING ABOUT USING THEM. WHY WOULD YOU HAVE “CHOPPERS” AND NOT USE THEM FOR THERE INTENDED PURPOSE, MELON BUSTING?? DAMN RICKY…

    96. 1.) if rick ross was a big trapstar he would not be shook of dese guys 2.) i thought ricky was a copper i swear he used to deal wid dese gang situations everyday?

      either way u cut it, ricky ross is very moist

    97. Big & Pac were soldiers who were not frightened to enter enemy territory, even if they dead, i still respect they bravery…the group name, ‘Bravehearts’ is more suitable for Big & Pac than those fake ass Nas’ poodles

    98. Lmao them disciples got their foot on that nigga’s neck. 100 black coffins my ass. What the fuck did ross say or do to have this type of heat?

    99. I think officer william roberts will be sitting down with the FBI very soon and his problem with the GD’s will go away.

    100. this ‘6 point ‘ sign is a fxckin JEWISH sign, bar mitzvah ? see the link, its not a GD invention dammit !!, as black people, we can be so fxckin ignorant, lazy and stupid, someone is making something of himself and all they do is try to spoil his success, its not about any stooopid respect, all ofyou ‘GDs’ should get a fxckin job , maybe read a book once in a while so you are not stupid men shouting chants on the road while other black men are trying to help their families and communities by actually being something, if you GDs are so pissed, why dont you invade Israel ? hahaha foolish Niggas

    101. Star of David + Black Bar Mitzvah = Gansta Deciples ???????

      No… It equals Jewish people. You guys are retards.

      The GD’s seem really thirsty.

    102. You have to look at it from both sides. If someone was hurt at the event, Ross and his team could be held liable for their injuries (or property damage). It’s not worth is to expose yourself to that type of liability.

    103. You clown @$# people on here clowning that man but remember Ross gets paid up front for those shows, so it don’t matter whether the GD’s threatens his life or not. This is why people look down on the black community because some of you’ll are ignorant as hell and as soon as some one gets killed then I guess you @$# holes hollering about street credibility. I’m from the streetz of Duval and was in a street gang but that s#!t ain’t cool the older you get. All of you clown @$# ni@@az on here need to grow up. Half of you clowns on here are just internet thugz.

    104. You clown ass people on here clowning that man but remember Ross gets paid up front for those shows, so it don’t matter whether the GD’s threatens his life or not. This is why people look down on the black community because some of you’ll are ignorant as hell and as soon as some one gets killed then I guess you ass holes hollering about street credibility. I’m from the streetz of Duval and was in a street gang but that shit ain’t cool the older you get. All of you clown ass niggaz on here need to grow up. Half of you clowns on here are just internet thugz.

    105. Clown ass people on here clowning that man but remember he gets paid up front for those shows, so it don’t matter whether the GD’s threatens his life or not. This is why people look down on the black community because some of you’ll are ignorant as hell and as soon as some one gets killed then I guess you ass holes hollering about street credibility. I’m from the streetz of Duval and was in a street gang but that shit ain’t cool the older you get. All of you clown ass niggaz on here need to grow up. Half of you clowns on here are just internet thugz.

    106. You clown a– people on here clowning that man but remember Ross gets paid up front for those shows, so it don’t matter whether the GD’s threatens his life or not. This is why people look down on the black community because some of you’ll are ignorant as he– and as soon as some one gets killed then I guess you a– holes hollering about street credibility. I’m from the streetz and was in a street gang but that sh– ain’t cool the older you get. All of you clown a– nigg– on here need to grow up. Half of you clowns on here are just internet thugz.

      1. Lmao you wasn’t in no gang. You censoring your own fucking words on the internet, what kind a grown ass man does that ? gtfo and stop being a pussy.

      2. LLLLLLLMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      3. Nigga kill that I was in the streets shit. Don’t nobody want to hear that shit. The fact is, is this dude is not real, he’s a fraud ass nigga. He not what he say he is, so when gangsta shit happens to him I dont feel sorry for him. He says he’s a gangsta so let him deal with the gangstas. If you are from the streets, how are you supporting a fraud ass nigga? You must not be from the streets and you are the fraud get the fuck out of here!

    107. Does Rick Ross even know what a Bar Mitzvah is? Rick Ross is just a biter and all of you buy into it. “This Generations Biggie”, “Tupac Back”, “Maybach Music Group”. No originality at all. He’s supposed to be this hardcore drug pushing gangster and he’s getting run out of 2 shows. When will people realize how fake this guy is?

    108. ‘Seemingly forgetting that the Star of David has been a symbol of the Jewish faith for literally hundreds of years.’

      The tape is called Black Bar Mitzvah, obviously he didn’t FORGET about Jewish culture, you fucking idiots.

    109. The Only ways that could save this fraud’s career is to sign one of the GD’s to maybach music and show respect finally to larry hoover for christ sakes, otherwise it’s over for him.

    110. rick ross’ main target demographic is immigrant east indian dudes.. I see it everyday, Ballin ass hindus (their parents cash) bumpin rick ross in their parent bought rides. Just saying..

    111. rick ross is ja rule’s homie, these GD faggots runnin up and threatenin Ross ain’t gonna pass unpunished. Ja Rule will blast on these bitches

      1. JA RULE did chart

        ROZAY did it huge in 2012…SELF MADE 2 JUMPSTARTED HIP HOP….MEEK MILL going SILVER proved it!..TDC_C..*smile

      1. IT WAS SOOOOOO FUNNY seeing JA RULE chart in 2012

        YALL really HATE DRAKE that much….

        LIL B’s movement was the huge story….being “UNSIGNED”..and improving his “rap skillz”…

        it always comes down to

        JA RULE..DRAKE AN LIL B

        however…

        SBT..NIKKI MINAJ….and now CHIEF KEEF….made lots of $$$ off the haters..MERRY X-MAS 2012..TDC_C..*smile

      1. england’s full of bitch ass pussies, the US got hardcore cold motherfuckers livin in the mufukin ghetto ass slums n shit, poverty here aint no joke, sellin shit to pregnant bitches, shootin kids, snortin crushed prescription shit, gettin killed, gettin raped, killin yo self, aint no games u bitch ass british turd!!! id like to see u live in the south bronx shit for a month, u prolly get yo throat slit, hahaha

    112. Someone educated actually respond to the FACT that the GD’s use a Jewish symbol…..

      Even if this thing with Ross has nothing to do with the symbol…lets say it IS about money……

      How does one of the most widely known gangs in the U.S use the symbol of Jewish people and no one on this site think that shit is crazy?

      Then step back and think about what if this IS about the symbol as well?????

      Yeah Ross is fake as shit…..deserves for real gangstas to test him and blah blah blah……but do “WE” have anything “WE” have built on our own we can lay claim to?

      Niggas even said Bill Cosby was lame for speaking real talk LMAO!!!!!

    113. Is this the same niggia that kill like 5 niggas in one song, and he is scare of threats from a gang, are you kidding me.

    114. The GD’s is beef’n with Rick Ross because he said “Larry Hoover” name in one of his songs, its a violation to do so. If anybody knows anything about the GD’s, they know what I’m talking about. Its not about the “6 point-star”, to say “Hoover” name you catch a violation; death or the pumpkin-head.

    115. Haha Rick Ross gonna have to holla at Ca$his and turn out GD. That’s the only way or sign a GD to his label.

    116. Hosea 8:7 Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind

      The false idols can’t fall fast enough. When The Game went on trial, he begged the court to stop the prosecutor from referring to him as a Blood…even though The Game had been claiming Blood at every opportunity. These fools want to claim lifestyles temporarily, not understanding that they are permanent.

      I don’t wish death on another man, especially for a bunch of goofy songs. But Ross backed up on the wrong people. He needs to just own it. This will follow MMG everywhere.

      When KRS-One did “Love’s Gonna Get’cha” and “Illegal Business”, it was abundantly clear that he was teaching a lesson about the love of money and the effects of drugs. Same with Jimmy.
      These rappers have no lessons, no parables absolutely nothing to teach. Let them deal with the traps they set for others.

    117. “Why would someone support a fraud poisoning the kids and teaching them how to be a fraud too”

      I had no idea Rick Ross was teaching kids how to be a C/O.

    118. haha he cancelled the Greensboro show because the only Popeyes Chicken in Greensboro is in the middle of nowhere and he didnt wanna be that far away from them in case of a fat man emergency

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