A former chart-topping hip-hop artist recording music in South Africa does sound a tad bit ambitious. But when the same rapper gets robbed while over, that's a dog's mess.
A South African newspaper is reporting that Keith Murray was robbed while in the country to record a new track, and is now offering a reward for the return of his stolen items.
According to published reports, two armed men entered the Cube recording studios in Parkview, South Africa at about 10 p.m. Tuesday and held up the former Jive Records rapper and several other people inside. The intruders reportedly got away with four laptops, cell phones and cash.
What a way to go out in The Motherland.
Best known for his 1994 single 'The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World,' the Central Islip, New York native has had a dodgy history of criminal activity and even served time in jail after becoming hood rich.
He alleges that because of this current incident, he was robbed of "the last 12 years of his work," which had been saved on one of the stolen Apple Mac computers.
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By: Carl Dawson on 9/22/2007 11:04AM
Thats what Keith Murray gets when you go way out there where it is very poor. Why go so far to record a track when you can do it here in the USA. I guess it was suppose to be much cheaper there and in the long run it cost him more and it could of been his life. I dont feel sorry for him and I bet he learned a lesson that he can rap about.
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By: blaQ_TraUma on 9/22/2007 3:06PM
In Africa too?
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By: faye on 9/22/2007 4:30PM
Its a shame that black people cant get anything done without another black man/woman out to get them. From the USA to Africa, its all the same and that is, no matter how you look at it a Shame
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By: jchapp on 9/23/2007 6:46AM
I really don't know why everyone is so surprised. We see in the news everyday about these people are killing and robbing each other, why would we be immune to the violence? They come over here and do the same thing and i for one am sick of it. We're so busy busy trying to protect our own, when our own are the very ones doing us in. Its time to start snitching on these bitches!!
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By: ME!!!! on 9/23/2007 4:21PM
@jchapp...STAY OUT OF THE BLACK SITES PRETENDING TO BE BLACK AND HAVE AN OPINION LIKE YOU ARE ONE OF US!!!!!
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By: Kweli on 9/24/2007 10:55AM
People on here are assuming the robbers were Black. There are of course White people in S. Africa, people from India, and others. Don't assume that criminals are all Black people.
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By: raine on 9/25/2007 6:27AM
As a South Africa living here - it is sad that our country has to be shamed this way yet again internationally. The reality is that there is blinding poverty in our country and a high unemployment rate which leads people to crime. HOWEVER - this is no excuse . There are a number of people in South Africa that have risen above their circumstances and did not have to resort to crime. There is more severe poverty in other African countries where people don't commit these serious crimes. The problem is people do not complete their education - ignorance then breeds the beliefs that crime will pay. Ultimately it doesn't - no matter where you live in the world.
But hey - I'll take a robbery over getting bombed in Iraq any day !
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By: DIVISION ONE on 9/26/2007 6:42PM
STRAIGHT FUCKING SETUP. I HOPE THE MOTHERFUCKERS WHO DID THIS TO MY MAN GET CAUGHT. THEY MIGT BE SELLING HIS SHIT ON JAMAICA AVE NOW
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By: SONYA on 9/26/2007 6:49PM
Carl Dawson, who told you it was poor in africa? not all parts are dirt poor like what you see on tv. trust and believe, if keith murray was in a part of africa where there is a studio for him to record in, he wasnt in the poor part of africa. It doesnt really matter where he is, that doesnt make it right for him to get robbed.
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