Gangsta Rap by Benjamin Zephaniah

Author:Benjamin Zephaniah [Zephaniah, Benjamin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury_UK
Published: 2004-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Newstalk South East

‘The controversial rap group Positive Negatives have been making the headlines again. Yesterday the three band members and their manager were arrested in connection with the murder of Alton Benn. Alton Benn was a young black man who is believed to be the latest victim of a gang war that is taking place between east and west London gangs.

‘Many believe that the animosity between the gangs was started by Positive Negatives and another rap band from west London, the Western Alliance. No representatives from either of the groups were willing to speak to us, but on the streets of Hammersmith this morning many of the Western Alliance fans were calling for revenge.

‘After being held for three hours the Positive Negatives members were released without charge, but when they returned to their base, a music shop on West Ham Lane, which, coincidentally, is just across the road from the police station, they found that it had been robbed.

‘This morning the group’s record company, Deaf Defying Records, issued a statement, part of which claimed that “Positive Negatives were wrongly arrested and the robbery of the music shop happened as a consequence of the manner in which the raid was executed. The band are at present considering all the options open to them – this includes taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police”.

‘We did contact the police, but they refused to comment.’

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