Tone’s word mirror that of Charles Smith the cousin of rapper Lil JoJo. The teen, who was engaged in a rivalry with Chief Keef, was killed not long after video of an altercation between him and Keef’s crew was uploaded online. At JoJo’s funeral, Smith placed some blame on record labels who have swarmed the city to pluck out potential talent, thus promoting the violent disposition in the music of the very youngsters that they are itching to sign.
“These kids were reaching for a false dream, and these record (companies) are coming to our city … and telling them that they’re going to be superstars. And they’re not looking at giving these kids guidance or artist development,” he said.
JoJo’s death remains unsolved, but Keef’s tweets were investigated after authorities learned that he made jokes about the incident on the social networking site.
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