Jay-Z: I shot my brother and sold crack on the streets | Celebrity News | Now Magazine

Jay-Z: I shot my brother and sold crack on the streets | Celebrity News | Now Magazine: "Hip hop legend Jay-Z has revealed that he sold crack cocaine on the Brooklyn streets and shot his brother in the shoulder for stealing his ring.

The rapper, real name Shawn Corey Carter, was just 12 years old when he aimed a pistol at older silbing Eric.

‘I went to someone's crib, someone's house, and got a gun. Guns were everywhere,' recalls Jay-Z, 40.
‘There was no one to police us. We were out of control. You didn't have to go far to get one.'

Now a multi-millionaire and married to singer Beyonce Knowles, 29, Jay-Z says he was petrified about the consequences of his actions.
‘I thought my life was over,' he tells the Guardian."

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Page Street Mob sentenced 26-year-old Dennis Cyrus on Friday to three life terms, all without the possibility of parole

An alleged San Francisco gang member convicted of three murders will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
A federal judge sentenced 26-year-old Dennis Cyrus on Friday to three life terms, all without the possibility of parole.
Cyrus was convicted last year of killing Joseph Hearns, Randy Mitchell and Ray Jimmerson in 2002 as part of a gang that was active in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood.
Prosecutors say the Page Street Mob gang went after rivals and defectors to protect its drug business. Six other alleged gang members were previously convicted and sentenced.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty against Cyrus, but a jury decided against that sentence.
Cyrus's lawyer, John Philipsborn, tells the San Francisco Chronicle he plans to appeal his client's convictions.

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