Hooray. “Def-Jam” Poets Keep it Real by Catching Bullets Like Rappers

Who knew that rhyming while angry could get you gunned down like a rapper? So-called ‘poet’ “Da Real One” was turned into “Da Real Dead One” by what I can only assume to be a North Miami poetry critic, and there are a few of those around.

From CBS here:

North Miami Police are trying to determine what led to the shooting death of local poet Willie Lee Bell, Jr., 46, in front of his Literary Café and Poetry Lounge.

The shooting happened just after 12:30 a.m. on the 900 block of NE 125th Street. Someone drove up and the passenger got out of the car and shot Bell multiple times.

Bell had appeared on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam recently. Bell was known as “Da Real One,” and had also been featured on Rick Ross’ and Pit Bull’s albums. Bell had been on the wrong side of the law in the past. He had been arrested for exploiting a disabled or elderly person and for writing a worthless check.

What rhymes with “Ouch I’ve Been Shot?”