In 1996 Cool C was convicted of first degree murder for the same year shooting death of Lauretha Vaird, a Philadelphia police officer who attempted to end a botched robbery attempt by C and an accomplice. At a subsequent hearing, Cool C was sentenced to death.
After serving the last 18 years in prison Cool C now has a death date as it was recently announced the Philly native will be put to death via lethal injection on January 8, 2015. He originally was sentenced to die on March 9, 2006, however Pennsylvania’s governor granted a delay of the execution.
Cool C is perhaps best known as a member of C.E.B., a 1980s Philadelphia Hip Hop group who was considered a Liberty City version of Juice Crew. In 1989 C released his debut and highest acclaimed album I Gotta Habit, which contained the single “The Glamorous Life,” a Billboard-charting track and Juice Crew diss.
RELATED: ?uestlove – Nardwuar Interview
When keepin it real goes wrong..
This dude is def the next to blow..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMf7iGvANs
what a waste of money. shoulda killed him 18 years ago instead of housing and feeding him for 2 fucking decades. bullets are cheap.
I’m surprised this article didn’t mention one of the accomplices, who is Steady B. It’s a shame they both wasted their careers on a humbug, trying to pull off a jack move and ended up killing someone in the process. Idiotic behavior.
Lol he gonna squirm on that table like a lil bitch when Dr Death fills him with those chems.
lol
mmmm wish I could watch that shit 🙂
Wtf is wrong wit u people???
Sad thing is idiots will say he is a real nigga smh
I haven’t seen one person say that.
He a real nigga
I’d rather have it done by firing squad fuck all that acting like they putting you to sleep like a dog like its a medical procedure show it for what it is. Stand by a wall with everyone watching 5 shooters with rifles all aim for the heart……….that’s the way to go out
“In 1996 Cool C was convicted of first degree murder for the same year shooting death of Lauretha Vaird, a Philadelphia police officer who attempted to end a botched robbery attempt by C and an accomplice”…….. with an accomplice?????? He was with another famous Philly Rapper and label mate from back in the day…..Steady B.
Even if i read and heard when it first happen,as a teen in ma philly, i do not feel he should be given after 16 years death sentence in 2 months. rip to the female officer. But i just dont’ think he should get death row, when so many molesters,who harm children,senior citizens etc,are out today scott free,i just dont’ feel he should get death row… RIP to the officer though… He ruin his entire life,future.Some prefer death, Resting IN Peace,in comparison to life in prison… Either way,he ruin his entire life…I feel for officer family, and for his too… SMH 1
When someone kills your mom, then come back with that same response.
What “response” lol. He wasn’t responding to anybody.
He was responding to the article smarty pants!
I remember when this happened. Hard to believe it’s been all these years.
What lazy ass journalism……
the info is out there in public domain, been etched in HipHop’s archives, but we get Paul Meara’s summary which makes us wonder how in the hell he got this job.
Cool C, part of the Hilltop Hustlers, down with & accomplice was Steady B(who’s big song was with BDP/KRS One)
and how in the f_ck is a Questlove interview related to this?
D tach yous a hater bro…..more like d dick….get it? Haha
Dont call me lazy, atlead they publeesh my stuff, what you got goin for you? Damn hater….
I got the info off wiki…..wha else you want me to do?
Thanks for reading clown
The only connection with Questlove is Philly I guess. Maybe there isn’t an EST tag and “I’m serious” remix was dope.
Cool c winning.
Sad situation all the way around !
Cool C was part of the Hilltop Hustlers with Steady B who was an accomplice to the robbery which goes unmentioned in the article? Steady B doing life. It was one of the more tragic stories in hip hip. Get your facts straight how you going to let the readers fact check your shit? A young Jill Scott was in the Glamorous Life video too when she was slim.
Fuck Cool C! I got more sympathy for Mike Brown! He’s dead, and the bitch ass cop that shot him got off! Cool C made his choice to do a juks and it went horribly wrong. Fuck it. Bitch ass police shooting unarmed folks has to stop. But it won’t. If burning Ferguson to the ground gets the point across, so be it! Shit has got to stop! I’ll never be a racist, but if you expect me to play the fool about racism, you can eat a dick! Fuck the police! Fuck Cool C and all those that think being a ‘gangsta’ is the shit to be! Watch the last half hour of that movie you idolizing and tell me it was worth it…
Please, respect the game that playaz who brought it the to you. Cool C is a legend. Rags to riches my friend.
what a waste of money. should have friend his ass 20 years ago instead of making the tax payers support his ass this whole time.
i hope they didnt give this loser a last meal before they chickened out.
At least get it right C.E.B. was Cool C and Steady B (the co-defendant in the case). Hilltop Hustlers is the bigger Juice crew-like movement.