Bobby Shmurda is still waiting for his trial to start, and his struggle gets more epic by the day. In a recent GQ article, the Brooklyn rapper is painted like a victim of the streets, the music industry and the justice system.
Talk about a triple whammy.
The story details Shmurda’s sort of calculated, fairly quick ascent to hitmaking rapper. It also does a wonderful job of detailing the various pitfalls the now 21-year-old born Ackquille Pollard faced along the way, and which may have sealed his fate behind bars.
It also shows that conspiracy theorists aren’t necessarily talking out the sides of their necks when they say the kid is being set up.
Check out eight crazy revelations we noted from GQ‘s story, starting with…
Who’s Your Manager? Okay, Which One?
At one point, Shmurda had dozens of drug dealers acting as his “manager.” However, they didn’t have any music industry experience.