Blade Icewood

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Blade Icewood (March 14, 1977 – April 19, 2005), birth name Darnell Quincy Lindsay, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Icewood was raised on the Westside of Detroit in the vicinity of 7 Mile Road and Evergreen. Later in life, he moved to Southfield and attended Southfield High School. He was a member of the rap group Street Lord'z and is considered as an influential rapper of the Detroit underground rap genre. On April 19, 2005, he was fatally shot^[1] due to gang-related violence in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Street Lord'z/Chedda Boyz/Dirty Glove Entertainment (1998–2005)[]

Blade Icewood debuted as a rapper in Detroit with Street Lord'z on their album Platinum Rolees Don't Tic Toc. The group members were Yacht, Jesse James, O Dolla, Brick, Baby Lj, Juan, TJ Da Thug, G Rock, Fat Mike, Lil Kuz, Rook, Cashout Calhoun, HG, K Doe (aka K Deezy), Dj Mark G, Pook, J'Oneal, and Starstrukk. He performed with Street Lord'z of the ring and Chedda Boyz throughout his career

Conflict with Eastside Chedda Boyz

The conflict over the name "Chedda Boyz" started after the formation of the rap group Eastside Chedda Boyz. After the second album released by the Street Lord'z, Platinum Masterpiece, boasted the subtitle, "Original Chedda Boyz," became the cause of conflict between the Street Lord'z and Chedda Boyz. Icewood released a bonus DVD with his "Stackmaster" solo album that featured an interview discussing the origins of the name Chedda Boyz. A retaliating diss song was later released by the Eastside Chedda Boyz titled "Boss Up and Take They Money" (an allusion to the Icewood song, "Boy Would You").^[2]

Shooting and paralysis[]

On September 20, 2004, Blade Icewood was shot in his own house in Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was hit with seven bullets from an AK-47 assault rifle, after gunmen broke into his house. After the shooting, an officer stated that Icewood refused to assist investigators. He was paralyzed from the chest down and used a wheelchair. Two days prior to his own shooting, another shooting happened outside of Candy Bar, a Woodward Avenue nightclub, that left Wipeout, a rival Eastside Detroit rapper, dead. Many speculated the shootings were related. A diss song called "Ride On Me" suggests that Icewood knew the assailants.^[2]

Death and aftermath[]

On April 19, 2005, Icewood was shot while he was at a car wash on West 7 Mile Road and Faust Street on the west side of Detroit. A gunman pulled up alongside his Range Rover and fired 17 rounds into the passenger's side, killing Icewood. The location where he was fatally shot was almost one mile away from where he had hosted a nonviolence rally the year prior to his death.^[3][4] After his death, his family founded Icewood Entertainment, a record label in his honour. On April 6, 2006, Larry Joe Davidson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.^[5]

Discography[]

Albums (with Street Lord'z)[]

• Street Lord'z: Platinum Rolee's Don't Tic Toc (1999)
• Street Lord'z: Platinum Masterpiece (2001)

Solo releases[]

• Still Spinnin' Vol 1 (2003)
• Stackmaster (CD/DVD) (2004)
• Blood, Sweat, & Tears (2005)
• Street Lordz (2015)

See also[]

• List of murdered hip hop musicians

References[]