Former Kanye West collaborator and co-writer Che “Rhymefest” Smith has been tirelessly working as an activist for his desolated Chicago community for nearly a decade straight. In 2010, he officially entered the political spectrum, running for the city’s 20th ward alderman and he currently has his hand in several various organizations that focus on mentoring youth, as well as securing jobs for those actively looking.
So one can only imagine his pain when he revealed he was the victim of a robbery earlier this morning in the same Southside neighborhood he dedicates his efforts to uplift. Although he escaped with his life and only was shorted $3 in cash, the 39-year-old “Jesus Walks” co-writer told his followers how he was “fuckin’ hurt” over the entire situation.
“To the young brother that put the gun to my head this morning & took my wallet. You don’t know how you just damaged your community,” he tweeted out to the unidentified thief before adding, “When you look in my [wallet] & see the name Che Smith on the ID. DM me, yes contact me apologize and talk to me like a brother.”
“You were gonna shoot me in the face for a wallet, I had the power to give you a job!” he continued.
As of press time, it appears that ‘Fest is having issues getting the police to see things from his point of view.
Rhymefest’s plight to save the urban war zone dubbed with unsavory nicknames such as “Chiraq” or “Gunland” has been a familiar one and unfortunately, an uphill battle. Earlier in the week, the Chicago rap community and gun violence aligned yet again when rapper King Yella was shot while in the process of recording a live music video for what he claimed to be a peaceful song in the name of “Black Lives Matter.” And just last night (August 26), newly crowned Chicago Bull Dwyane Wade also took to Twitter to reveal he too was a victim of the senseless gun violence in the Windy City.
His first cousin — identified as mother of four, 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge — was murdered as she pushed a child in a stroller as she went to register one of her kids for school.
Chicago police told NBC Chicago that shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Calumet when two males approached another male and opened fire, hitting Aldridge in the process.
As thousands of fans mourned along with Wade and his family, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump decided to use Aldridge’s death as a campaigning opportunity to get African American voters to rally behind him.
Naturally, it didn’t go over too well on Twitter.
I really hope Whites are smart enough to stay out of Chicago, let the blacks have their self-imposed war zone.
Don’t worry, some spoiled everything handed to him ignorant suburban brat like Chance the rapper will find a way to blame it on oppression from white people.
But it really is the white man’s fault
This whole site is just a big advertisement for stupid fucking candypens, what a joke.
Chicago is the armpit of America.
I heard Chicago is a good place to buy popcorn.
Seems like they need to build a wall on the south side to cage these animals in and protect the rest of Chicago citizens from this nightmare. It’s like south side doing own interpretation of movie the purge but on some everyday killing type shit
Nicca..you report crimes lol
Ill never go to chicago again. Ive been there several times 5+ years ago. I will go all the way TF around chicago even if it adds hours to my drive. Im trying to drive, not trying to survive.
i wish we in europe had cities like chiraq. mo muslims in europe please. arm leg leg arm head. i self lord and masta.
Its all the white man’s fault, Black Lives Matter. The Robber dindu-nuffin and Rhymefest is mad for what? /s
Rhymefest is just now realzing that there is Niggaz and then there’s Black People. Niggaz are pro-black and criminals.
I heard they have good pizza
This guy said he was getting loud at the police department because he just had gun pointed to his head he was traumatized but yet still had time to record himself a report . If I were his shoes I wouldn’t think hey let me record myself making a report fuckin dumb plus anything the white cop seemed to help him more than the white one
I had problems with the cops when I went to the station to report that my license plate was stolen. They refuse to make out a report for me. Some of these Chgo. Cops are worst than whale fesses.
Who you thought u was nigga? No one cares or respect you nigga. U ain’t no G! U ain’t plugged and your corny ass can get clapped too.