Ten days ago, on March 27th, Staten Island’s DJ Megatron was gunned down in Clifton, the neighborhood in which he lived. Megatron, real name Corey McGriff, rose to fame through his work on both New York’s Hot 97 FM and BET’s 106 & Park. McGriff’s funeral was held on Tuesday.
Yesterday, April 6th, the first arrests in the case where made. NY1 is reporting that NYPD officers arrested two men, William Williams, 21, and Richard Cromwell, 20. The suspects were charged with several offenses including second degree murder, robbery, possession of stolen property, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Police have revealed no further details regarding the case. DX will keep you updated as more information becomes available.
(April 7)
UPDATE: Both William Williams and Richard Cromwell have pleaded not guilty to the charges of murder. They are due back in court on April 19.
HipHopDX will keep you updated.
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Man, this is sad as hell,just finish reading this on the daily news too. How the hell you take a man life and take him away from his family, for a watch a 11 year old brought him, and seriously man how much money do you realy think a nigga is walking around with 2 in the morning going to a corner store, some nigga are just straight STUPID, DUMD ASS & LOST. my problem with this has always been why dont they kill each other instead killing the man who isdoing the right thing and trying to make a different, some nigga are just brain dead.
thats the truth if i ever heard it.
cuz most these dudes are just lookin for a fix..they rob whoever they see so they can get a fix…
sometimes hiphop makes u think though, rappers that glorify sellin coke, crack turns into fiends and it’s thoughtless crimes like this that happen…someday hip hop needs to grow up.
aint nobody walkin to the corner store at 2 in the mornin in a bad part of the neighborhood that is that successful and has a child or children back at the crib. has to be drug related.
rip.i hate the way these niggas think knowadays.andre 3000 said in that song phobia them folks that threw us on the boat is the ones we should be after but we dont see it that way.rest in peace another black brother gone to senseless violence probably by his own kind too.
One of them is Optimus Prime, the other is Bumbelbee. DJ Megatron should never have sided with the Decepticons.
Not really funny making light of the murder of another black male.
I agree with Chris. Sad people take these things so lightly.
bballlslim42, if you are trying to be funny it is not working, nothing there to be funny about, why the hell do some niggas always think someone getting kill for stupid reasons is funny, untill it hit close to home then its a problem man, it happen to him it can happen to anyone, when you got fool’s like you running around thinking like you do. Stupid, no brain
stupid comment…
dont get English’s comment though, would it make it better if he were white? people are people. hate to see anyone die
dude you killed that JOKE!!! now go tell it at his funeral and see what happens. his ghost will come back and say something like “i guess thats what he gets for speaking stupid instead of English” get it [:
Why the focus on black male? I’m pretty sure it’s not funny to make jokes from the murder of any human being?
haha we’re talking about racial equality on a hip hop site? never everything dealing with murder is the white man’s fault no matter who the killer is
yep! that’s what we do in the black/hip hop community boss! what a fucking shame.
This is just sad. R.I.P.
Rappers need a curfew.
R.I.P MY NIGGA, R.I.P….THESE ARE HARD TIMES WE LIVE IN.
We all know it was DJ Optimus Prime, his partner DJ Starscream set him up and DJ Soundwave failed to warn DJ Megatron