A little less than a week after rapper Bizzy Bone was attacked and robbed, a man has been identified by police as one of the alleged attackers.
Ironically, the alleged attacker, Marlo “Bow Wow” Jones, is an employee for Unity One an anti-gang organization whose mission is to focus on, “…building a better future and stronger community through education, empowerment, improving individual motivation, and creating lasting opportunities for all people” according to its Web site. Sources say Jones, a former member of the Grape Street Crips, was also working on gang reduction and retaliatory shooting prevention efforts prior to his arrest.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Jones and several others allegedly attacked Bizzy Bone as the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member was returning to his hotel room at the Universal Hilton in Los Angeles. Not only did the men choke and beat Bizzy Bone, but they also stole the rapper’s jewelry.
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“He was very useful and made himself a go-to person,” civil rights activist and attorney Connie L. Rice tells the Times. “[But] he was not a professional. He didn’t have the value system of a professional and the dedication of a professional.”
The LAPD is currently seeking out others who may have also been involved in the incident, and according to a statement issued by the LAPD two of the suspects are female.
Serving only as a contract employee for Unity One, Jones was immediately terminated from his position. Jones who was arrested on Friday, January 9 is being held on $1.1 million bail.
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Although Bizzy Bone is still a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, he was not featured on the group’s last studio album Strength and Loyalty [click to read]. Bizzy Bone has yet to comment on the incident.
