Although being a poppin' rapper comes with major benefits,
there’s also a darker side to fame that many fans don’t get to see.
Whether it’s people trying to take what you’ve earned, or police cracking down
because of what you say in your music, being a rapper comes with some drama.
Two popular rappers Polo G and SpottemGotem
recently had to learn that the hard way
in two separate incidents.
Let’s take a closer look at what happened.
Shooting at Polo G’s Mom’s House
Polo G is one of the hottest rappers in the game.
With hits like Rap Star and Gang Gang tearing up the charts
and Hall of Fame going #1 on Billboard, Polo G has had an insane year.
But it also comes with setbacks and tragedies.
In just the past few months, the rapper was arrested in Miami
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Polo G behind bars after a confrontation with police
and had to mourn the death of his close friend B Money.
Now, there have been reports that there was a shootout at his mother’s house
following an attempted home invasion.
Polo G grew up in the Old Town area of Chicago.
He was raised by both his parents and his mother Stacia Mac
would eventually become his manager when he started rapping.
Polo had been rapping since he was a kid but didn’t originally see music as a career path.
But, he would start taking it seriously in high school, and by the time he graduated,
he decided to skip college and pursue rap full time - even though he’s been accepted to several schools.
As he began making moves in the industry, he would go to his mother for advice
on reading contracts and responding to certain opportunities.
Because of her background in property management,
she was able to help her son better understand the business side of the music industry
and make the right decisions in his career early on.
This eventually led her to create her own management company ODA
– Only Dreamers Achieve to manage her son in a more official way.
With his mother’s help, Polo managed to take over the rap game in an impressive amount of time
and has continued to do bigger and bigger numbers with each release.
Her son’s success also helped Stacia branch out into other areas of entertainment
and ODA now represents a diverse roster of creative talent,
ranging from photographers to make-up artists to influencers.
But, despite all their success,
the family still comes from humble beginnings on the North Side of Chicago
and they are no stranger to real situations.
Even though Polo and the family left home and settled in Atlanta, GA,
they still weren’t able to escape the drama.
Earlier this month, masked intruders tried to break into Stacia’s home.
But being from Chiraq, she didn’t just stay quiet and hope they went away.
She pulled out her own strap and fired back.
The whole incident was captured on a RING video doorbell,
which Stacia later posted to her Instagram.
The footage shows a masked intruder attempting to break into the home around 3:00 AM.
He has a large gun in his hand
and can be heard talking to his accomplices while he kicks down the door.
In the caption to the post, Stacia said “I struggled with if I should post this…
I recently had an attempted break-in at my home.
At least three men tried to break in…
In real time on my camera I witnessed an intruder kicked in my basement door.
While multiple intruders flocked to other entry points of my home”
She also drops a bombshell stating “I began to open fire on them
{and} they retreated. My family is safe by God’s grace”
She also let the world know that she is offering a $10,000 reward
for information leading to an arrest and that the son was now hiring 24-hour armed security.
Polo originally purchased the Atlanta mansion for his mother back in February 2020.
Stacia showed of photos of her new home on Instagram,
thanking her son for making good on his promise
to “create a life for the family that was free of struggle and/or lack”.
Polo even tweeted Lol I just bought my mama a crib bigger then mines wtf.
Given that just a few months later,
it was reported that Polo himself
spent just under $5million on a mansion in the San Fernando Valley,
who knows how much he dropped on a crib for his mom.
But jealousy can follow you anywhere, even the suburbs.
Luckily, it seems like no one was injured in the shooting.
The robbers must not have known who they were messing with
because they almost lost their own lives for nothing.
But, at least Polo G has the means to afford the security
and protect his family in the future.
But if you thought that story was wild,
this next rapper has been implicated in a murder investigation,
just based on his lyrics in an Instagram post.
Spottemgottem Lyrics Questioned by Police
Spottemgottem is one of the hottest rappers coming out of Jacksonville.
He blew up with the track Beatbox,
which went viral thanks to a social media influencer named June Bug.
The rapper responded to the viral success of his single
by dropping four back-to-back sequels
and released the mixtape Most Wanted earlier this year.
But all while SpotemGottem has been blowing up in the rap game,
he’s also had to face some legal controversies.
Even though he’s only 19,
SpottemGotem has been getting in trouble with the law since he was young.
In 2017 he was arrested for grand theft auto and carrying a concealed weapon.
Police spotted him and a friend walking down Sandlake Drive
in the World Golf Village in Jacksonville carrying large weapons.
Their car had broken down and a third teenager was on his way to pick them up.
But when he saw the police, he turned around and sped away.
The cops were later able to determine that vehicles were stolen,
so SpotemGottem was arrested at just 15 years old.
In June 2021, the rapper was involved in an incident at a parking garage,
where a vehicle he was in allegedly broke a barricade.
When the parking lot attendant confronted the group about the broken barrier
and the $80 fee they owed to park in the garage, SpotemGottem allegedly pulled out a gun.
According to the attendant, the rapper shined the gun’s green laser on him and said,
“you know what it is”, before they drove off.
The police went after the rapper following that incident
and managed to catch up to him at the AC Hotel in Aventura, Florida.
When they entered his room, they found him lying in bed with an AK-47.
He was arrested for aggravated assault with a firearm,
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and accessory after the fact
and was taken into custody without incident.
Jacksonville rapper SpotemGottem stood before a judge in Miami Day court Friday.
After being arrested for having a gun while a convicted felon.
The rapper, who real name is Nehemiah Harden was arrested Thursday night on a warrant
Check out our previous video on SpotemGottem Caught Sleeping with an AK
for more information on the rapper’s come-up and criminal history.
Now, it’s been reported that SpotemGottem
has been implicated in a murder investigation in Dallas,
although the details sound fishy.
Dallas police recently announced that the rapper was wanted for questioning
after they connected him to a 2020 homicide.
Last year, a man named Reginald Agnew Jr was murdered
after leaving the Tropics Club on the 3700 block of Dilido Street in East Dallas.
He was shot around 2 am as clubgoers were leaving to get to their cars.
The club was celebrating its 10th anniversary and there were hundreds of people in the parking lot.
Agnew was shot several times in the back and later passed away from his injuries.
Now, police believe that SpotemGottem may have been involved in the murder,
all because of a few bars in a song snippet.
On the track Again, SpottemGotem rapped “**** the law and all you *****
they don’t even know who did it”.
In a news segment with Fox Channel 4,
a police detective said that the rapper's admission on the song was very bold.
She claims he’s basically admitting to the murder and thinks he’ll get away with it
because the police don’t have any information.
But, they don’t provide any other evidence
to suggest that SpottemGotem or his friends were the killers.
The detective also admits that she doesn’t even know who SpotemGottem is
and needs the help of the public to identify him.
So I'm asking the public
to help me identify these people who are in the video
singing about the murder or Regional Agnew
Although she claims that the song is all about Agnew’s murder,
even though he doesn’t seem to make any other references to the crime
other than that one bar.
It’s one thing if they had solid evidence to prove that the rapper was involved
and used his music to tie the case together.
But it seems like they’re just taking one generic bar from a rap song
and stretching it to fit the situation.
If he had mentioned Agnew by name
or gave more details to suggest he was talking about that particular crime -
it might make sense.
But if all they’re going by is one random bar taken out of context in a video snippet,
detectives are going to have a tough time building an actual case.
SpottemGotem recently sat down with Say Cheese TV
where he addressed the allegations.
He claims he was falsely accused and didn’t even know the guy who died.
They falsely accused me of you know,
They had, they had just missed that.
But they had me everywhere on the news and all everywhere for like six days straight,
blasting my name everywhere.
They try to say that he mentioned Agnewby name, but if you listen to the record, he never does.
Yeah they tried, they tried to say
my lil trailer video said, I said his name, but I don't even, I don't know that man
and you can listen to it I ain't say nothing.
They wouldn't listen to the whole thing
and like I don't know they were just falsely accusing me,
kind of, I don't know, it was all so crazy
His lawyer ended up filing a lawsuit against the police for falsely accusing him
and showing his face all over the news, while he’s fighting an open case.
It seems like the police department was trying to be internet detectives
and ended up taking things a bit too far.
Maybe they misunderstood his Florida accent
and actually thought they heard him mention the victim by name.
Or maybe they just had no leads in the investigation
and thought that going after a famous rapper may bring attention to the case.
Overall, it doesn’t seem like SpottemGotem is too worried about the investigation.
He admits that he hasn’t been to Texas since 2019 and has no involvement in the murder whatsoever.
Song lyrics alone won’t stand up in court without other evidence,
especially when they’re as vague as the one they pointed to.
It goes to show that even talking about crimes in your music
can get you caught up in real situations.
Luckily this time the artist wasn’t actually rapping about the crime he’s accused of.
But it proves that the cops are on high alert,
ready to snatch up any rapper who says something incriminating in their lyrics.
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