The Death of DJ Scott La Rock

[360dagod]

Hate to bump a 2 year old thread, but this is wrong "(Newland lived at 1610 University Ave., the apartment building in front of which the shooting took place.)"

They shot at the Jeep from a project window on University between 164th and 165th street. I remember this, because my brother who knew them at the time, told me that it took them forever to get to Lincoln hospital since those streets were stupid narrow.

1610 is much further up in the 170's. And those streets are 2 lanes.

those projects behind those 2 tall ass buildings on ogden are the ones you referring too right??

i havent been over there in a bit so my memory a lil discombobulated

 

[edzyy]

those projects behind those 2 tall ass buildings on ogden are the ones you referring too right??

i havent been over there in a bit so my memory a lil discombobulated

Yeah, those.

 

[360dagod]

Yeah, those.

Damn..They prolly was in the back facing the river..That alone delayed them..

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

theres a whole "celebrity crime files" episode on this.

 

[Dixon Cider]

SCOTT LA ROCK
SCOTT SCOTT LA ROCK

remember in the 90's hearing about scott being set up

 

[Dixon Cider]

no homo but when searching scott la rock google returned some gay pornstar ish

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

no homo but when searching scott la rock google returned some gay pornstar ish

coincidentally, on a lighter note; i googled CJ Miles and the first few returns was some chick that poses nude.

 

[Polonegrotone]

Late on this, it is a sad story, but Dnice and this article only gives part of the context.
Scott la Rock was a prodigy in all aspects, sports, music, socially. He was the man in his circle before Bdp got popular. He also had a reputation of talking a lot of smack, and carrying a big Ego. He was not a small dude, a former Hs and College basketball star as well. The idea that he went to Highbridge and was a peace maker is a little fetched. Mc Shan told a story about how he saved Scott and Bdp from getting killed in Ohio, because some girl had an issue with Scott, and warned Shan that Scott was going to get clapped before making it to the airport. Shan switched buses so Bdp could break out. If you ever listen to Krs he tells you Scott was on some Bully stuff with the South Bronx and the Bridge is over, he wasnt playing with Magic. Not to throw dirt on the man because like Pac, when Scott left , people lost a gem. His story reminds of the Baskebtball player Ben Wilson that was killed in Chicago in the 80s.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Hate to bump a 2 year old thread, but this is wrong "(Newland lived at 1610 University Ave., the apartment building in front of which the shooting took place.)"

They shot at the Jeep from a project window on University between 164th and 165th street. I remember this, because my brother who knew them at the time, told me that it took them forever to get to Lincoln hospital since those streets were stupid narrow.

1610 is much further up in the 170's. And those streets are 2 lanes.

I went to an elementary school right on University and Summit Ave right by 166th street. Those projects are chill now but I could imagine how turnt that shyt was. And getting to Lincoln Hospital from that area is nuts. Highbridge to Mott Haven for an ambulance isn't easy. They coulda easily hopped over the 155th street bridge and went to Columbia Presbyterian even tho it's a little further away

 

[Juggalo Fred]

upp

 

[OfTheCross]

As the meal came to a close, Scott got a call on his antique-school, $2-a-minute cell phone. It was D-Nice, explaining his predicament. A father figure to D, Scott didn’t hesitate in offering to handle the situation.

“You can’t have someone doing that to the youngest member of Boogie Down Productions,” says Chris Lighty flatly. “That just don’t make no sense.”

Scott called Lighty and the Violators for muscle. The crews met at a rendezvous point in the South Bronx. Scott, Darrel and Scotty Morris drove to Highbridge in a red, drop-top jeep. D-Nice and the Violators rolled in a second car just behind them.

It was mid-evening by the time the two cars reached University Avenue, between 165th and 166th Street. Though D-Nice’s assailant was not to be found, his crew was hanging out on the block. Darrel jumped out of the jeep and grabbed up the first two kids he could reach, smacking them in the mouth. Playing good cop, Scott came over and calmed things down.

“It seemed like it was mellow,” says Lighty. “Well, as mellow as some kids that just got smacked up can be. Then [Scott and Darrel] were walking back to the car, and gunfire starts—from the ground level, and it seemed like from a couple of levels up too.”

The Violators leapt out of their car to return fire, giving Scott and Darrel the cover to reach the Jeep. Moments later, two .22 caliber bullets ripped through the Jeep’s ragtop. Sitting in the back seat, Scott was hit once in the neck and once behind the ear.

Scotty Morris and Darrel started the car immediately, but Highbridge’s narrow streets and the chaos of the incident made getting off the block nearly impossible. (“It kinda jams up the block when people are shooting at you,” says Lighty.) Finally, after winding their way through several back streets, they made it to Lincoln Memorial Hospital and carried Scott into the emergency room. He was admitted at 11:15 p.m., bleeding profusely and speaking incoherently.

Lighty and the Violators arrived 15 or 20 minutes later, unaware of who had been hit. “When we got there and saw him,” says Lighty, “it was like watching your own father pass away.”

Reached at Ms. Melodie’s house in Brooklyn, KRS jumped in a cab for the Bronx. When he got there, he was in shock. “Kris kept saying the same shyt over and over,” says Serch, who arrived at the hospital around midnight. “‘We gotta keep going. We just gotta move on… I didn’t know what he meant, but that was all he would say as we walked out of the emergency room onto the street. ‘We gotta keep moving…’ And Ms. Melodie was just shaking her head.”

At 2 a.m., Scott lost consciousness completely. An hour later, doctors declared him brain dead. Scott’s mother decided to take him off of life support, but not until five o’clock the following afternoon—giving loved ones the opportunity to pay their final respects.

As word spread the following afternoon, hordes of Scott’s friends and associates showed up at the hospital—everyone from the Jungle Brothers and Monie Love to little-known Latin Quarter regulars. KRS-One remained in the waiting room the entire day, not wanting to see Scott in his weakened state.

“He was laying there with his shirt off,” says MC Serch, sighing with the memory of visiting his friend for the last time, “with this white towel draped over him and his arms were out. His wife was on one side and his mother on the other. They were both holding his hands. He was laid out like Jesus on the cross.”

“Both eyes were part open,” Serch continues. “And he had tears streaming down his face, just tears rolling out of both his eyes. I grabbed his hand, told him how much he meant to me, and he had a nervous reaction like he was grabbing my hand. I lost it. I started balling. It was like he was trying to tell me so many different things all at once. To me, his body was still holding on.”

On Friday morning, August 27, 1987, with no respirator to keep him alive, Scott “La Rock” Sterling died.

The very next day, KRS, D-Nice, Red Alert and the rest of the BDP family took the stage at MSG. They stood silently for a moment. The crowd seemed unsure how to react. Then a huge photograph of Scott was lowered from the ceiling. The stadium exploded and the crew launched into a stirring version of “Poetry”—a shared moment of hip-hop healing.

In May 1988, after two Bronx teens busted stealing subway tokens talked to police, Cory Bayne and Kendall Newland were arrested for and charged with the murder of Scott Sterling. (Newland lived at 1610 University Ave., the apartment building in front of which the shooting took place.) Police were frustrated by the lack of witnesses coming forward to testify, and Bayne and Newland were acquitted at trial on November 15, 1989. They’ve since disappeared, their whereabouts a mystery.

Clearly, had Scott La Rock lived things would be very different in hip-hop today. As the story played out, though, Scott has had almost as much impact on hip-hop in death as he did in life. Warner Bros. withdrew their contract offer, but BDP found a legitimate home with Jive Records. While “Stop the Violence” was started before his passing (an interesting curveball from the architects of gangsta rap), it was Scott’s murder which would turn the song into a full-fledged movement. Growing increasingly political and activism-minded, KRS used his partner’s death as a platform to promote peace and unity in rap. In 1989, KRS called together an unprecedented posse of rap stars—Daddy O, MC Lyte, D-Nice, Marley Marl, and Chuck D, among others—to record a benefit song called “Self Destruction.” In many ways the Stop the Violence Movement ushered in a new era for rap music, creating a “conscious” environment in which groups like Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, and Poor Righteous Teachers could prosper.

Often with tragedy, for those closely touched, there comes a need to find a method behind the unfortunate madness of life. “Scott’s death was meant to happen for KRS to go out there and make people think,” says Chris Lighty. “That’s what I have to think, otherwise it just doesn’t make any sense.” —Noah Callahan-Bever

Just...

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

article says that if Scott La Rock hadn't died they probally would have been signed to WARNER BROS.

which is the SAME LABEL that MC SHAN and the JUICE CREW were signed to

can't help but think of that classic Slick Rick line:


"crashed into a tree near UNIVERSITY ..escaped alive but the car was battered..rat a tat tatted and all the cops scattered!"

the irony of this happening between 165 and 166th....

I stayed on 166th and Washington with an ex of mine back in the days

and Red Alert was and still is my idol ......

so coincidential

 

[Yehuda]

Just now finding out what was the story behind dude being murdered, for some reason I was under the impression they robbed his car and killed him after he resisted. Was gonna make a thread before I saw this one.

Late on this, it is a sad story, but Dnice and this article only gives part of the context.
Scott la Rock was a prodigy in all aspects, sports, music, socially. He was the man in his circle before Bdp got popular. He also had a reputation of talking a lot of smack, and carrying a big Ego. He was not a small dude, a former Hs and College basketball star as well. The idea that he went to Highbridge and was a peace maker is a little fetched.

I figured as much. p*ssy ass D-Nice put the battery on breh's back and sent him on a dummy mission.