HITMAN                                

Date of birth:?? 1979 (no relevant information about the birth date)
Place of birth:San Francisco,California,U.S.
Date deceased:February 3,2003 (aged 24)
Place of death:San Francisco,California,U.S.
Cause of death:Murder




About Hitman:
After writing about Mr. Cee,I will continue with fellow RBL Posse member,Hitman.Unlike Mr. Cee,he wasn't so talented at first,(even though some San Francisco hip-hop fans,don't think that way,and I respect that),but he created his unique style and kept the gangsta image of the group,along with lone survived member,Black C.I personally didn't knew too much about him,so therefore I won't go any further in analyzing his rap skills.I feel like it wouldn't be fair,since I don't know that much about him.But I will say that in my opinion his rap skills are very solid,but not as good as Mr. Cee's.I also,always felt like,he was really mad (Black C also was) at the Mr. Cee's killers,and you could see his desire for revenge (which can be heard in some songs).Unfortunately,along with general danger in Hunters Point,that cost him,his life.Hitman's stroy is another indicator how tragic,gang related feuds are.It's sad,that those feuds,took the 2 talented rappers,from the same group.That also shows,how dangerous life was in their neighbourhood,Hunters Point.Which they sincerely described in their songs.The song called ''Straight Outta Hunter's Point'' is one of them.




Generally about Hitman:
Hitman (real name Ricky Herd) was born in 1979,in San Francisco,California.Like his fellow RBL Posse member,rapper Mr. Cee,who died 7 years before him,he was also from the notorious San Francisco district,Hunters Point.He started as a occasional member of the RBL Posse group (since he was only 15,when he first appeared on their songs),and was co-producer of the group's second album ''Ruthless by Law'' in 1994.Next year,in 1995,he released his debut solo album,''Solo Creep''.Then,after Mr. Cee,was shot 9 times and killed on January 1,1996,he became a full member of the RBL Posse,replacing Mr. Cee.On September,30,1997,RBL Posse released the album,''An Eye for an Eye'',in which they rap about retaliation for Mr. Cee's murder.The album was very successful,and was even peaking 70,on the Billborad 200 list.Album had a single called,''How We Comin''',featuring Mystikal and Big Lurch.In 1999,Hitman's second and last solo album was released.The album was called,''H20 vol.1''.A year later on September 26,2000,RBL Posse released the album,''Bootlegs &Bay Shit:The resume''.That album wasn't as successful as the last one,but it featured many famous rappers like,Spice 1,MC Eiht,Master P,Rappin' 4-Tay...On May 2,2001,Hitman was wounded in the leg,in the gang related feud in Hunters Point.Just 6 days after that,RBL Posse released their album,''Hostile Takeover''.That album would prove to be the groups last album,since in 2003 hitman was killed,leaving Black C,only member of the group that survived.




Hitman's Death:
On February 3,2003,while driving his car in Bayview district in Hunters Point,he was shot in the head at about 5 p.m.When arrived on the scene,San Francisco police first thought he died from a car accident.But when paramedics arrived,they discovered that he died from a gunshot wound to his head.The death was probably related to gang feuds in 2001,an was also probably connected to Hitman's fellow RBL Posse member,Mr. Cee's murder in 1996.After Hitman's death,RBL Posse has stopped to exist,but Black C continued his solo rap career & releasing RBL Posse related material.With Hitman's death,hip-hop lost the talented rapper,with his own unique stop-and-go style of rap,and other part of RBL Posse,for who I said it wasn't as talented as Mr. Cee,only because he was irreplaceable.




Hitman discography:
1995: Solo Creep
1997: An Eye for an Eye (with RBL Posse)
1999: H2O vol.1
2000: Bootlegs & Bay Shit: The Resume (with RBL Posse)
2001: Hostile Takeover (with RBL Posse)

                                       

                               MR. CEE                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Date of birth:?? 1973 (no relevant information about the birth date)         Place of birth:San Francisco,California,U.S.
Date deceased:January 1,1996 (aged 22)
Place of death:San Francisco,California,U.S.                                          Cause of death:Murder                                                                    




About Mr. Cee:
Well,now it's the time to talk a lil' bit about,less famous rappers.Even though Mr. Cee was one of them (except in the Bay Area),that doesn't mean he was a bad rapper.It was just the opposite,he was a great rapper who died way to young (22 years old),to make a bigger career,and was coming from a town,which at the time wasn't so related to hip-hop.Nevertheless,real hip-hop fans will know him as a member of the rap group,''RBL Posse'',(RBL is short for Ruthless by Law),along with the Black C.They made hits like,''Bammer Weed'',and ''Bounce to This''.From the group's 5 albums,Mr. Cee participated in the first two,before he was murdered.He was from the San Francisco district called,Hunters Point.And how dangerous it was,you can conclude by the fact that,along with Mr. Cee,his successor in the group,Hitman was also killed in 2003 in the same hood.Knowing that,the only member of the RBL Posse that survived,Black C,was to wounded in Hunters Point,or to be more precise,he lost an eye,in a conflict.That can easily be seen in the RBL Posse music videos.In most of them he wears a blindfold over his right eye.That danger,that surrounded them,made me feel compassionated to them,and that was so interesting.To me,that was the real gangsta rap.They weren't lying,or making up the stuff in the songs about the dangerous things that was happening to them.They really were happening to them.First song I heard from RBL Posse,was ''Bounce to This'',and since then I am a big fan of the RBL Posse.It made me really sad,when I found out that Mr. Cee was murdered,so at least I can make this tribute to him.



Generally about Mr. Cee:
Mr. Cee (real name Hubert Kyle Church) was born in 1973,in  San Francisco,Californa.He was from the notorious district,south part of the San Francisco,Hunters Point.In 1991,Mr. Cee met fellow Hunters Point rapper Black C through a mutual friend.At the time,Black C was mainly a beat maker,and he was searching for a talented rapper to form a group with.When he met Mr. Cee,in his studio,he was impressed with his rapping skills,and he knew that now he had a great rapper to form that group.So they formed the group ''RBL Posse'' in the same year.RBL Posse was the pioneering group rap group in San Francisco.On November 16,1992,the group's debut album came out.It was called,''A Lesson to Be Learned''.The album was sold in about 200,000 copies,and producing the hit single,''Don't Give Me No Bammer Weed''.On October 25,1994,their second album,''Ruthless by Law'' was released.That album was even more successful than the first album,and even peaked 197th on the Billborad 200.The most notable song,from this album was,''Bounce to This''.The album was produced by Mr Cee,Black C,The Enhancer,TC,Cellski,and the occasional member of the group,Hitman,who became full member of the group in 1995,shortly before Mr. Cee's death.The album caught the eye of the ''Atlantic Records'' producers,and just before signing up, (allegedly a million dollar contract),Mr. Cee was killed.



Mr. Cee's Death:
On New Year's Day,January 1,1996,Mr Cee was murdered in drive-by shooting near to his home in Hunters Point.He was shot nine times.

After his murder,many people in Hunters Point were killed in retaliation to his murder.Next year,remaining members of the group,Black C and Hitman made the album,''An Eye for an Eye'',in which they paid a tribute to Mr. Cee,but also called for retaliation to his murder.That resulted with death of Hitman too,on February 3,2003,also in Hunters Point.



Mr. Cee discography:
1992: A Lesson to Be Learned (with RBL Posse)
1994: Ruthless by Law (with RBL Posse)

                                         

                                               

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