Rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., known by his stage name Lil Wayne. Photo / AP
Rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., known by his stage name Lil Wayne. Photo / AP
Two rappers and a member of their entourage have been implicated in a plot to murder another MC over a business dispute.
In April, Lil Wayne was travelling through Georgia when his tour bus was attacked by people wielding guns in a white Chevy Camaro. No one was injured. Accordingto an indictment obtained by Atlanta's Channel 2 Action News, prosecutors claim that Jimmy Winfrey, 25 - better known as PeeWee Roscoe - was behind the wheel of the Camaro.
"After Atlanta Police discontinued their escort, [Winfrey] and fellow Blood Gang members entered Interstate 285 from Atlanta Rd in Cobb County in pursuit of the buses occupied by [Lil Wayne's] group," the indictment alleges, "the white sports car pulled beside the buses, shots were then fired into the buses from the sports car with a .40 calibre handgun and a 9mm handgun."
Winfrey was arrested on June 2, as the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. The charges: aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts, criminal damage, possession of a firearm by a felon, criminal gang activity, reckless conduct and discharging a weapon near the street. Winfrey was held without bond.
Mentioned in the indictment were two performers: Jeffery Lamar Williams, 22, better known as Young Thug, and Bryan Williams, aka Birdman. As Channel 2 explained, Lil Wayne and Birdman, who co-founded a record label, were embroiled in a legal dispute over the release of a Lil Wayne record; Young Thug took Birdman's side, according to the indictment.
"The indictment alleges that Young Thug made a threat against Lil Wayne and tour bus shooting suspect Jimmy Winfrey carried out that threat," Channel 2 reported.
All men mentioned in the indictment - including Lil Wayne - are allegedly members of the notorious Bloods gang.
Young Thug and Birdman were not charged relating to the tour bus attack.
However, in a separate incident, Young Thug was arrested in Georgia after allegedly threatening a mall security guard this month.
Young Thug "was wanted on an outstanding warrant charging him with terrorist threats stemming from an incident that occurred with the jurisdiction of the Dunwoody police", said Jim Joyner, spokesman for the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
