Comments on: Cool C Faces Execution

By: Dkelsmith

Dkelsmith — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:11:19 +0000

Hard to believe that some of you all are feeling sorry for Cool C. He made his bed and now he has to lie in it. All of the talk about dirty cops is pointless. Bottom line, he tried to rob a bank, and shot and killed a black female police officer who responded to the silent alarm. She was the first black cop or female cop in Philly to be killed in the line of duty. She was also a single mother of two children. When are we going to quit thinking Cool C is the victim and mourn for this brave policewoman and her two orphaned children. Wake up!!

By: bishop

bishop — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:27:59 +0000

Why is everyone talking about the police. Wrong is wrong…. Be it the police or your favorite rapper. He made a hit or two,witch mean he had some type of doe. Alot of us come from very poor homes,And around that era, crack moms and pops. And most of us don’t go and robb a bank. We stay strong and try to find way to improve our situation. Not make it worse. My point being is that he had a the means to make a better choice and he didn’t. So he has to take responsabilaty for his actions. Should he be executed? In my opinion no. Two wrongs don’t make a right nobody is god and really don’t have the right to take life NOBODY but hey welcome to the land of the free

By: young callaway

young callaway — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:20:04 +0000

That’s really messed up about cool c he was a hip hop legend, something need to be done about these dirty low life cops word to mother.

By: hanna lundy

hanna lundy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:17:19 +0000

that’s crazy

By: rudy

rudy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:28:29 +0000

help Cool C

By: rudy

rudy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:27:00 +0000

I need a update. Has Cool C been given a stay of execution or has he been executed? I hope he’s still with us and if he is, could someone send me his info so I can write him? Peace.

By: Big Poppa

Big Poppa — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:08:16 +0000

Cool C, nothing to do with being black, nothing to do with race, sex, or anything else, except that he shot a (afirican-american female) police officer responding to a bank robbery alarm. She waked into the bank, and like a coward, he shot her in the back. That’s why he deserves to die. Why is he robbing bank? Why did he have a gun? Don’t point the blame on someone else or try to deflect the issue by mentioning police brutality. One has nothing to do with the other. Police brutality has to be addressed just as the state of the black community needs to be addressed. In fact, community doesn’t exist. Now it’s “mind your business” or “don’t snitch”. Back in the day, when we had neighborhoods, we looked out for each other, and minor stuff went to the parents, the big issues went to the police and neighbors would come forward to protect each other. NOT NOW. WE FORGET THAT WE ARE SUPPOSE TO WATCH OUT FOR EACH OTHER. CRIMES HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. Sorry, he needs to die.

By: Runny

Runny — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:43:21 +0000

Did they stick this yard ape yet???

By: What?

What? — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:51:24 +0000

So that u know, the officer who got killed was a female african-american.

By: kaylove

kaylove — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:18:17 +0000

I don’t feel that his race played a part in the court’s decision, it was the fact that he murdered another human. And the human just happen to be a cop so I’m sure that is why he received death. He was committing a crime at the moment and killed a cop so that is why he is facing death. Folks kill me thinking that they can committ murder than want people to feel sorry for them. And get off of the cops!! If you were in trouble you would call on them. Cops aren’t bad. My man is a sergent for the police dept. He is not a bad cop.

By: Real life DC/MD

Real life DC/MD — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:13:18 +0000

â€œDamn, DC GO-GOâ€, Are you sure that your Black? I canâ€™t believe you really feel that way. So you say you grew up in DC and you never had a â€œrun inâ€ with the cops? “Yeah right”, what part of DC are you from? Let me ask you this, are you a cop? Or do you work for them? Or maybe you just never come out side or something. Because every black and brown man I know had at least two â€œrun insâ€ with the cops. My family and I have lived here for 27 years and my younger brother is always getting harass by the cops. And he always â€œminds his own businessâ€. He work full time and heâ€™s in college. My little brother NEVER sold drugs or commented any type of crimes, but yet the police always seem to find a way to harass him. Just because heâ€™s BLACK, dresses nice, and drive an expensive car. They assume thatâ€™s heâ€™s a drug dealer or something. As if black people canâ€™t have nice things unless there doing something wrong. My family has filed numerous complaints against the DC and Maryland police department. We havenâ€™t been notified about our complaints yet. They donâ€™t care about us. And if you really think race isnâ€™t an issue, you better think again. So, you can talk all that â€œPolitically Correct” BS if you want. But every black person in this country knows whatâ€™s real. “Now donâ€™t get me wrong”, I’m not excusing Cool-C for what he has done, I believe he needs to pay. But â€œPLEASEâ€ don’t act like his race didn’t play a big part in the courts decision, because you know it did.

By: AdrianLee

AdrianLee — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 22:53:44 +0000

is cool c still on a stay execution? Or what’s happining now?

By: everlast

everlast — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:24:21 +0000

according to government website he’s got a stay of execution

By: eskay

eskay — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:26:32 +0000

^ real talk

By: Duke Saragono

Duke Saragono — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:20:56 +0000

All I got to say is this OK Cool-C killed a cop so now when the state kill Cool-C who gonna Execute the state for killing Cool-C

By: spiceinyalife

spiceinyalife — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:28:48 +0000

Well today is the day.

By: everlast

everlast — Sat, 04 Mar 2006 22:00:23 +0000

I been into hip hop for 20 years i feel for cool c and steady b. friend of mine was a pro footballer when he retired spunked all his money just like steady and cool probably did when the couldnt get a record contract.
the last album c.e.b they both did together in 93 was utter crap, they shouldve accepted this and learnt a trade at college or somethin. they were only in their ealy 20s.
No. They wanted the benz and buying 6 bottles of Don in the club.

By: DC GoGo!

DC GoGo! — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:17:13 +0000

It’s not like Cool C was just standing on a corner minding his own business, he was robbing a bank and killed a police officer. What if she wasn’t a cop and was your mother, would you feel differently then. Get off the race tip and stop hating on cops. If you weren’t doing wrong then you wouldn’t be stressing. I grow up in the “murder capital” of the world in the late 80′s and as a young black man, never had run ins w/ cops. Why? because I was doing right, minding my own, and not making excuses and cops to cover my deficiencies. I damn sure wasn’t robbing banks and killing folks. If I did then I would be on death row about to pay for my lifestyle….having you clowns make excuses about crooked cops or being black (boo-hoo) but if you had been in that PNC bank on Jan 2, 1996 I’m sure you would feel differently. The glamourous life…yeah right! 1st rapper to be executed by the government…real glamorous… talk about Biggie and Pac etc being killed by blacks… their friends….

By: DJ NOKK1

DJ NOKK1 — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:04:00 +0000

It is a shame that many of us witness what is and was suppose to be a positive direction for black people in yesterday’s and today’s society (HIPHOP) gone bad or go the other way. We see many rappers and people we look up to doing crime and settle to the slave of violence to get by. We see that the simple McDonalds, Walmart or even the car wash is too small for our eyes to see for it’s covered by our pride (that we cannot work there because it pays to little). Greed then begins to set in and get the best of us, and our flesh begins yearning for more (whether it be drugs, money, alcohol, or violence). We have forgotten where we came from, forgotten what is was like to make a hard earned, well deserved, well respected, dollar. Some people do not even know what it feels like to work, for they have everything that they THINK they need and want nothing else. But for the ones that knows what it is to work hard, respect it and would not give it up for the world. For these are trying days, and days are not getting longer but getting shorter. Soon Grands would die, Men would be Grands, Sons Fathers, Babies into sons/daughters. Message for the entertainers: “Remember who this thing we called (HIP HOP) is suppose to be for…..” Not you but for the people. They look at you as a reflection of their lives, wanting to be like you, to grow like you, and some even be you. And also remember “PRIDE….Comes before a FALL” if you think you are to pridefull, remember there is always someone looking at you, and it is never to late to turn your life around.

By: TomLaRom

TomLaRom — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 06:39:35 +0000

Don’t forget, the officer he shot was black AND a woman. I hate crooked, racist cops as much as anybody. And I likely know more about Cool C than anybody who has posted. He was a childhood hero to many of us. In fact, I wrote my senior thesis about my earliest appreciation for rap music and how Cool’s career dovetailed (tragically) with the rise and fall of non-formulaic rap music. State-sanctioned execution is wrong. But that doesn’t make what Cool C and his accomplices did right.

The larger tragedy in this situation is the fact that rap fans forget their pioneers. The musicians become disposable. The Rhythm & Blues Foundation has been around since 1988, providing free/discounted legal service (to fight for stolen royalties, for example) and other assistance to pioneers of R&B. Where is the Rap Foundation? No, we’re too busy celebrating (via purchasing) untalented goons. For every 1 Jay-Z who makes it from the mic to the front office, there are 10,000 pioneers who (despite having major-label backing) lack the resources (financial AND educational) to function after their prime career-building years are lost to music.

As far as the ridiculous unfounded comment about how he should have saved his money…What money? Are you his accountant? He only made 2 albums nearly 20 years ago. He did so at a time in his life when motivated young folks pursue careers. It’s not out of the question that Cool may have pursued higher education instead of rap. After all, his fellow Philadelphians Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and Schoolly D both had college plans. Their pursuit of the rap music dream paid off. But it didn’t for Cool C. It doesn’t mean he had to go rob a bank and kill somebody, but it does call for some self-examination on the part of music fans.

There is enough money in this business to provide services for these men and women. It would not necessarily be a lifelong retirement plan, but it could include continuing education grants, A&R/non-performer jobs at big-money rap labels, medical care, etc. The money is there to pay for it. But, no, we have wannabe thug punks bragging about how much their wristwatch is worth. Better that we support them.

Cool C made a tragic mistake, and may God have mercy on his soul. But I think this tragedy is a *symptom* of a greater disregard for hip-hop culture on the part of today’s rap music fans.