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KC Rap Artist Shot, Killed In Las Vegas
POSTED: 7:58 pm CDT May 24, 2005
UPDATED: 9:58 pm CDT May 24, 2005
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A rap artist from Kansas City was gunned down and killed in Las Vegas, police said Tuesday.
Officials in Nevada identified the body of 24-year-old Anthony Watkins, known as Fat Tone in the world of hip hop, after he was found shot and killed early Monday morning. A security guard found the bodies of Watkins and another man when he noticed a car parked with its lights on in a construction area. One man was found inside the car. The other was lying on the ground just outside the
car.
Watkins died of multiple gun shot wounds, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office. A ca
use of death was pending for Jermaine Akins, 22, whose hometown is unknown.
Revenge Motive?
Fat Tone's death follows the fatal shooting of Mac Dre, a West Coast rapper, in Kansas City in November 2004. Dre's murder remains unsolved.
KMBC's Peggy Breit reported that some people in the rap world are speculating that Fat Tone was shot for revenge of Mac Dre. Fat Tone's name had been mentioned in hip hop magazines and Web sites as a possible suspect in Dre's shooting.
Kansas City police said Fat Tone had only been considered a "person of interest" in the case.
Community activist Alonzo Washington said the two murders have similarities.
"Mac Dre was found in a car shot to death, a car off road. Essentially the same thing happened to Fat Tone," Washington said.
After Dre's murder, Washington wrote several commenta
ries
for hip hop publications. He was concerned that the rumors about Fat Tone would generate more violence.
"That's not needed. Keep out the violence, madness and the ig
norance," said Eric Upton, a Kansas City rap artist.
Fat Tone's death remains under investigation.
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KC Rap Artist Shot, Killed In Las Vegas
POSTED: 7:58 pm CDT May 24, 2005
UPDATED: 9:58 pm CDT May 24, 2005
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A rap artist from Kansas City was gunned down and killed in Las Vegas, police said Tuesday.
Officials in Nevada identified the body of 24-year-old Anthony Watkins, known as Fat Tone in the world of hip hop, after he was found shot and killed early Monday morning. A security guard found the bodies of Watkins and another man when he noticed a car parked with its lights on in a construction area. One man was found inside the car. The other was lying on the ground just outside the
car.
Watkins died of multiple gun shot wounds, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office. A ca
use of death was pending for Jermaine Akins, 22, whose hometown is unknown.
Revenge Motive?
Fat Tone's death follows the fatal shooting of Mac Dre, a West Coast rapper, in Kansas City in November 2004. Dre's murder remains unsolved.
KMBC's Peggy Breit reported that some people in the rap world are speculating that Fat Tone was shot for revenge of Mac Dre. Fat Tone's name had been mentioned in hip hop magazines and Web sites as a possible suspect in Dre's shooting.
Kansas City police said Fat Tone had only been considered a "person of interest" in the case.
Community activist Alonzo Washington said the two murders have similarities.
"Mac Dre was found in a car shot to death, a car off road. Essentially the same thing happened to Fat Tone," Washington said.
After Dre's murder, Washington wrote several commenta
ries
for hip hop publications. He was concerned that the rumors about Fat Tone would generate more violence.
"That's not needed. Keep out the violence, madness and the ig
norance," said Eric Upton, a Kansas City rap artist.
Fat Tone's death remains under investigation.
