I Got A Story To Tell: 10 Of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Snitches, Allegedly

UPDATED [Sept. 20, 2019]: With you know who…

In any profession, one of the last things you want to be labeled as is a snitch. It doesn’t matter if you are a bus driver or the head of strategic fry operations at What A Burger. When your way of life stipulates that you act as hard body as possible and abide by all street codes, like being a rapper, this statement especially holds true.

But not all Hip-Hop artists can keep it as 100 as they claim when faced with the opportunity of giving the police a little more information than the G-code allows (which is none). On the other hand, snitching has such a leper like stigma that some artists get falsely accused of ratting in an attempt to soil their reputations. Be clear, if you do dirt, then rat on your comrades, that is snitching. However, if you are not about that life and are just a civilian going about your business, calling the authorities when a crime is committed is NOT snitching (despite what Cam’Ron will tell you). Know the difference.

That said, whether documented or just hearsay, here are 10 of Hip-Hop’s most prominent cases of the snitch label being tossed around…

 

Lil Cease allegedly snitched on Lil Kim

In 2005, the snitch label was placed on Junior M.A.F.I.A rapper Lil Cease after he took the stand in Lil’ Kim’s perjury trial. The case stemmed from a shootout incident that occurred between Kim’s camp and Capone’s crew outside of Hot97’s studio in February 2001. Due in part to Cease’s testimony Queen B was convicted of perjury and conspiracy for lying to investigators, and sentenced to a year in prison. Though B.I.G.’s former protégé claimed he had no choice but to take the stand because he was subpoenaed by the FEDS, many dubbed him a rat.

Jimmy Henchman allegedly snitched on Associates, Wyclef’s Driver, Wyclef

In 2011, the FEDS indicted Hip-Hop mogul James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond on charges that he ran a $10 million a year drug ring. After a month long manhunt, he was apprehended. Then, according to authorities, he started dropping dimes like Chris Paul, offering a Proffer Agreement in exchange for time shaved off his inevitably lengthy sentence. Henchman reportedly detailed aspects of his operation and admitted to prosecutors that the majority of his income was derived from illegal means. He also admitted to loaning Wyclef drug money and selling the rapper’s driver several kilos of dope, as well as using Interscope’s offices do make drug drops.

Alfamega allegedly snitched on Ali Baaqar

Former Grand Hustle muscle Cedric “Afamega” Zellers was booted from the Kang’s court back in 2009 after SmokingGun unearthed court documents revealing that the rapper had ratted on Atlanta heroin dealer, Ali Baaqar. According to SG’s explosive find, Mega began working as a DEA informant to build a case against Baaqar after the rapper was charged in a felony gun case back in 1995. As a result of Zellers’ testimony, Baaqar was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and Mega received an 18 month reduction on his sentence. The rapper proclaims his innocence to this day.

 

 

 

50 Cent allegedly snitched on Ja Rule and Irv Gotti

50 Cent was labeled a snitch by many of his detractors early on in his career for name dropping local gangsters and detailing their exploits in his song, “Ghetto Quran.” But in March 2000, after getting into a scuffle with members of Murder Inc, nemesis Ja Rule swore Fif ran to the fuzz and filed for an order of protection against his crew. Muerto Inc members even posted the purported OOP document online to try to further soil Curtis’ thug image. Elements of the document were later proven to be falsified by XXL magazine.

T.I. allegedly snitched on…umm… Somebody Damit

After Tip was arrested in 2007 trying to buy enough guns to open an Army surplus and finagled a one year plea deal, naturally cats tried to slander his character and classify him as an informant. Struggle rappers People were coming out of the woodworks trying to call the Kang a cowardly vermin, but unlike his former employee, no solid evidence in the form of court documents has surfaced to prove that T.I. did anything other than have a GREAT lawyer and a soft judge.

Scarface allegedly snitched on George Simmons and Byron Keith

Back in 2007, Houston rap luminary Scarface was embroiled in a beef with fellow H-town rapper Lil Troy when Troy accused Face of working with the Po Po. The “Wanna Be A Baller” rapper distributed a DVD called Paperwork that claimed to includ a supposed affidavit that proved Scarface cooperated with an investigation that resulted in the convictions of Byron Keith and George Simmons. Reportedly, Simmons later released a letter from prison saying Facemob had nothing to do with him getting nabbed.

 

Cam’Ron allegedly snitched on The Appliers Of The Bully Foot

Say it ain]t so. After appearing on 60 Minutes in ignorantly starch support of the “No Snitching” movement, SmokingGun uncovered documents that show that Killer once ran to the police and filed a police report after a group of men put them paws on him at a Harlem basketball game back in 1999. Stop it five.

The alleged incident???

Capone allegedly snitched on Killa Black

When Mobb Deep member Prodigy’s biography, My Infamous Life hit shelves, one of the biggest revelations made by P was that Capone of CNN supposedly snitched on Havoc’s brother Killa Black, back in the day. Capone fired back refuting the allegations, but no hard evidence has ever come forward to substantiate either rapper’s story. Despite having worked with Capone on several occasions since he allegedly tattled on his man’s bro, P has never backed down from his story and insists Pone took the stand.

Tommy Hill allegedly snitched on Johnnie, Harry and Benjamin Bellmon

John “Tommy Hill” Wilson was a member of the late 90s Philly rap crew R.A.M. Squad and allegedly had close associations with the Philadelphia mob. In 2003, he was busted trying to sell 51 grams of crack to an informant. He later testified in the drug and weapons case of Johnnie, Harry and Benjamin Bellmon, in order to receive a reduced sentence. Hill denied he told up until the day he was murdered outside of a Philly bar in December 2011.

 

Tekashi 6ix9nine

This isn’t even an allegation, Tekashi69 has been singing high notes on the Nine Trey Bloods for days.

I Got A Story To Tell: 10 Of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Snitches, Allegedly  was originally published on hiphopwired.com