Philadelphia emcee Tommy Hill was shot and killed outside of a bar during the weekend, according to several reports. Hill, a former member of R.A.M. Squad, began his career in the 1990s and was 36 at the time of his death. While several reports speculate that he was shot during a robbery, some reports indicate that other motives could have also contributed to the shooting.
Philadelphia’s Inquirer reported that while speculations have been made about this shooting, police officials would not discuss the case. According to the report, police officials would also not confirm if Hill, whose real name is John Wilson, was in fact the victim of the shooting.
The original account of the incident stated that Hill left the bar without paying his tab. When the bar manager and security went out to speak with him, masked men approached and robbed Hill before shooting him in the chest and lower body. Shots were reportedly exchanged between the manager, the security guards and the masked men, though no one else was injured. The victim was then taken to the hospital and placed in critical condition before passing away on Sunday morning.
Hill and his R.A.M. Squad partners sold records independently before being signed to Universal. They even had the chance to tour with Nelly. However, the group was later dropped.
Man thats not cool man. Everybody was on WSHH acting like this shit was a joke. Thats somebody life right there no matter what they did in life thats not the proper response. God damn. The real people thats fucking your community over is in high offices.
“The real people thats fucking your community over is in high offices.”
Really? I thought this may have had something to do with inner city crime. Guess it’s the politicians fault. Maybe someday, certain communities will start accepting responsibility for their actions(or inaction), and do something to stop it.
is’nt it why they call it the trap?, your right but has’nt the country been set in a way that will ensure certain groups or it’s citzen can’t ever make it With a system of policies set and thought over for hundreds of years that have blocked progress over a very long period
Whenever crimes happen, people love to associate it with larger injustices, in an attempt to categorize what occurs to understand, prevent, and often times, blame someone. This is especially true in minority ,inner city crime. And while there is always a bit of truth to the cause and effect of actions,at the end of the day, we are only responsible for our selves. God will judge us on our own individual lives and actions, not the community, or a group. We all need to take responsibility for our selves, and quit blaming others, as well as faulting others when we are not helping the problem, and may be a part of the problem.
dude was a drug dealer…killing his people! not corporations!
What do you think turned them into wild savages, and why these crimes happen. Is it hip hop, is it their bringing, how and what do you think all this lack of respect for self and human life stems from. Is it the Willie Lynch thing from slavery or was it brought over from Africa. Do you think we live in a racist society where ignorance has just been handed down through generations in the black community and it is just simply uncool to have an education and be smart
God ain’t got nothing to do with it, so keep you beliefs to yourself. He turned informant to keep himself out of jail for 40 years and threw people under the bus. Men of ALL colors will seek revenge if they feel they have been done unjustly so it has NOTHING to do with the Black community, rap music or that other shet y’all talking about.
Instead of speculating, his whole ordeal with this is public record IF you want the truth, yes you can GOOGLE it.
Damn, that’s messed up. i was just thinking of this dude literally the other day too. I grew up right down the street of the richard allen projects where they glorified back in the 90’s…R.I.P.
RAM Squad was the isht too out in Philly…
Yeah, I grew up a block away from that too, Northern Liberties and the surrounding hoods, Poplar, Old Kensington, everything’s changed but funny how things stay the same. Hill was sleeping on Philly. RAM was a real movement, actually Richard Allen is still there even tho it looks different. It was only a matter of time for Tommy Butta tho, seems like he invited it
“Quiet niggas will kill, loud niggas talk shit. Them be the ones that get killed.”
Nas
What song is that line from?
Shuts fucked up. R.I.P. son
Doc B did a set during the Lunch Time Buffet..Brings back memories…dude could have did his time and came out and made music…Easily one of the livest cats comming out the city post Steady B…Running his mouth got him set up and merked RIP but he should have fell back. He was a sitting duck at that bar…..Dont no shooting go on up there ….I smell set up…He brought that on himself though….
Never heard of this dude, but it’s fucked-up whenever a Brother loses his life prematurely over some bullshit. Rest in peace to the homie.
Puts life in perspective a little bit. All the back and forth doesn’t mean anything when you not around to hear it anymore.
The account of that story sounds a little murky, but you can’t escape death when you probably cheat it everyday.
Another snitch bites the dust…nigga must have it was sweet back up north.
Well he finally made it!
He’s on HHDX front page..
finally this snitch was stupid for even bein in philly afta snitchin on real nuggas
RIP MAN. Apparently though he snitched on dudes from North Philly. So why go back? Whatever the case Rest Easy Tommy Hill!
Why is it that every rapper that makes it on this site that is killed a no name rapper? (except for Proof)
Dude was the wave before Beans and Eve…came and had a young
Nelly on the team plus ran a multimillionaire dollar coke ring.
Also had more rhyming abilty in his finger than Proof. That is why he
up there…
yea! he shouldn’t have snitched or gone back! all well
*People shouldn’t be turning to violence like this. It doesn’t matter what he did. We’re better than this!! RIP
wow its really sad to here how he was killed street is real out here you knew he had snitched he was living atl couldnt come home attacking local philly rappers rolling with the mob then became a rat i feel sad for the family he had good ideas but should have work behind the scenes thats were the real money at he was smoked in a parking lot attempting run out on his tab
This man lived a very sad and broke lonely life without his family and freinds. all them videos bragging bout money and cars he didnt have now he is dead, sure many will say he brought it on himself he was never forgiven by the streets the very code he lived by and broke after he got arrested and sentence he rolled on some people and yes became a rat even his lawyer told him dont come back to PHILLY but Philly is all he knew .running out on a bar tab and then getting killed a tragic end to a sad life