C-Bo: Ten Lives
By Damainion Ewell
October 17th, 2003 will be a day that West Coast Mafia CEO C-Bo will never forget. In the early mornings after leaving a nightclub in Kansas City, he and artists from his record label were met with a barrage of bullets while they sat in their SUV. Miraculously, no one was killed, and no life threatening injuries were sustained.
This occurrence reads like a bad 2Pac or Biggie Smalls script. The circumstances are eerily similar, yet tragedy does not rear its ugly head. Just days after the incident, C-Bo spoke with Allhiphop.com to shed some light on the situation and offer words of enlightenment to those who may or may not encounter what he did. It is important to remember that no man or woman is promised the next minute, the next hour, or the next day, so do all that you do in a persistent, yet kind and gentle way.
Allhiphop.com: What exactly took place the night of the shooting?
C-Bo: Well you know, some boys got on us. They came out of nowhere. It wasn’t no accident or nothing, they just came out of nowhere shooting.
Allhiphop.com: Where did all this chaos take place?
C-Bo: I was in Kansas City. We was coming from the club, about to go turn it in. We was riding man, and they got my boy (Fat Tone) twice in the back. We was in a clean ass Excursion, sitting on 24’s and sh*t. They shot every window out of that muthaf*cka. They sprayed the fully and sh*t, you know what I mean?
Allhiphop.com: What injuries did you sustain?
C-Bo: Nothing man, just some cuts from the glass.
Allhiphop.com: Various reports state that Messy Marv was seriously injured in the shooting. In actuality, it was Fat Tone who got the worst of it, right?
C-Bo: Fat Tone got hit in the back, right below his neck. He got hit in the ribs, and one of his lungs collapsed. He’s stable right now. Messy Marv wasn’t in the car. He was with us earlier that day, but he wasn’t with us at that time.
Allhiphop.com: There were no injuries to Fat Tone’s spinal column?
C-Bo: Nope. The bullets missed his spine somehow.
Allhiphop.com: Has the police gotten anywhere with their investigation?
C-Bo: sh*t, I don’t even know. We really haven’t talked to them. They’ve been asking us questions and sh*t.
Allhiphop.com: They have not established any sort of motive or anything?
C-Bo: They high speeded away from the police and got away. They broke out, man.
Allhiphop.com: What kind of condition is Fat Tone in right now?
C-Bo: He’s straight; he’s going to make it.
Allhiphop.com: I heard tell that they were coming after you with AK47’s. How were you able to escape the gunshots?
C-Bo: Exactly my man! They pulled up on the side of us. I’m in the passenger seat, my nigga Fat Tone was behind me. Lil’ Psycho was in the middle, and Killa Tay was on the side. They rolled up on my side and just sprayed with the fully, about 75 shots in a matter of 5 or 6 seconds. It sounded like threw a bunch of firecrackers in the car!
Allhiphop.com: How are you holding up from a mental aspect?
C-Bo: I’m just chilling with my n*ggas right now. Thinking about life, bro. I should be dead ten times right now. n*ggas got to get motivated in this music 100% because it can over at any time.
Allhiphop.com: You have to focus on the things you love most in this life and concentrate on that because you may not get a second chance.
C-Bo: That’s real right there.
Allhiphop.com: You got any messages for the people who are going to be reading this?
C-Bo: Don’t wait to do anything. Do what you want to do right now because you can be gone any day. You got to stay motivated. Do the right thing, man. It’s not for nothing. The sh*t you do wrong comes back to haunt you and the sh*t you do good comes back to protect you. You got to do a lot of good sh*t so that it can protect you from all that bad sh*t.
By Damainion Ewell
October 17th, 2003 will be a day that West Coast Mafia CEO C-Bo will never forget. In the early mornings after leaving a nightclub in Kansas City, he and artists from his record label were met with a barrage of bullets while they sat in their SUV. Miraculously, no one was killed, and no life threatening injuries were sustained.
This occurrence reads like a bad 2Pac or Biggie Smalls script. The circumstances are eerily similar, yet tragedy does not rear its ugly head. Just days after the incident, C-Bo spoke with Allhiphop.com to shed some light on the situation and offer words of enlightenment to those who may or may not encounter what he did. It is important to remember that no man or woman is promised the next minute, the next hour, or the next day, so do all that you do in a persistent, yet kind and gentle way.
Allhiphop.com: What exactly took place the night of the shooting?
C-Bo: Well you know, some boys got on us. They came out of nowhere. It wasn’t no accident or nothing, they just came out of nowhere shooting.
Allhiphop.com: Where did all this chaos take place?
C-Bo: I was in Kansas City. We was coming from the club, about to go turn it in. We was riding man, and they got my boy (Fat Tone) twice in the back. We was in a clean ass Excursion, sitting on 24’s and sh*t. They shot every window out of that muthaf*cka. They sprayed the fully and sh*t, you know what I mean?
Allhiphop.com: What injuries did you sustain?
C-Bo: Nothing man, just some cuts from the glass.
Allhiphop.com: Various reports state that Messy Marv was seriously injured in the shooting. In actuality, it was Fat Tone who got the worst of it, right?
C-Bo: Fat Tone got hit in the back, right below his neck. He got hit in the ribs, and one of his lungs collapsed. He’s stable right now. Messy Marv wasn’t in the car. He was with us earlier that day, but he wasn’t with us at that time.
Allhiphop.com: There were no injuries to Fat Tone’s spinal column?
C-Bo: Nope. The bullets missed his spine somehow.
Allhiphop.com: Has the police gotten anywhere with their investigation?
C-Bo: sh*t, I don’t even know. We really haven’t talked to them. They’ve been asking us questions and sh*t.
Allhiphop.com: They have not established any sort of motive or anything?
C-Bo: They high speeded away from the police and got away. They broke out, man.
Allhiphop.com: What kind of condition is Fat Tone in right now?
C-Bo: He’s straight; he’s going to make it.
Allhiphop.com: I heard tell that they were coming after you with AK47’s. How were you able to escape the gunshots?
C-Bo: Exactly my man! They pulled up on the side of us. I’m in the passenger seat, my nigga Fat Tone was behind me. Lil’ Psycho was in the middle, and Killa Tay was on the side. They rolled up on my side and just sprayed with the fully, about 75 shots in a matter of 5 or 6 seconds. It sounded like threw a bunch of firecrackers in the car!
Allhiphop.com: How are you holding up from a mental aspect?
C-Bo: I’m just chilling with my n*ggas right now. Thinking about life, bro. I should be dead ten times right now. n*ggas got to get motivated in this music 100% because it can over at any time.
Allhiphop.com: You have to focus on the things you love most in this life and concentrate on that because you may not get a second chance.
C-Bo: That’s real right there.
Allhiphop.com: You got any messages for the people who are going to be reading this?
C-Bo: Don’t wait to do anything. Do what you want to do right now because you can be gone any day. You got to stay motivated. Do the right thing, man. It’s not for nothing. The sh*t you do wrong comes back to haunt you and the sh*t you do good comes back to protect you. You got to do a lot of good sh*t so that it can protect you from all that bad sh*t.
