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Killer's Family Feels 'Helpless and Lost' Virginia Tech Holds Day of Mourning for Victims By ALLEN G. BREED and AARON BEARD AP BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 20) - The family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho told The Associated Press on Friday that they feel "hopeless, helpless and lost," and "never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence." "He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare," said a statement issued by Cho's sister, Sun-Kyung Cho, on the family's behalf. It was the Chos' first public comment since the 23-year-old student killed 32 people and committed suicide Monday in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. Raleigh, N.C., lawyer Wade Smith provided the statement to the AP after the Cho family reached out to him. Smith said the family would not answer any questions, and neither would he. "Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us," said Sun-Kyung Cho, a 2004 Princeton University graduate who works as a contractor for a State Department office that oversees American aid for Iraq . "We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced," she said. "Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act." Authorities are in frequent contact with Cho's family, but have not placed them in protective custody, said Assistant FBI Director Joe Persichini, who oversees the bureau's local Washington office. Authorities believe they remain in the Washington area, but are staying with friends and relatives. Sources: AP, cnn.com, nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com Persichini said the FBI and Fairfax County Police have assured Cho's parents that they will investigate any hate crimes directed at the family if and when they ever return to their Centreville home. The family statement was issued during a statewide day of mourning for the victims. Silence fell across the Virginia Tech campus at noon and bells tolled in churches nationwide in memory of the victims. "We are humbled by this darkness. We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn't know this person," Cho's sister said. "We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence." She said her family will cooperate fully and "do whatever we can to help authorities understand why these senseless acts happened. We have many unanswered questions as well." Wendy Adams, whose niece, Leslie Sherman, was killed in the massacre, said of the family's statement: "I'm not so generous to be able to forgive him for what he did. But I do feel for the family. I do feel sorry for them." "I do believe they're living a nightmare," she added. Robert Jeffers of Idaho Falls, Idaho, a friend of slain 25-year-old student Brian Bluhm, said: "I hope people can see that the right action to take from all of this is love, not hate." "Based on this sorrowful statement, it is apparent that the family grieves with everyone in the world," Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said. Cho's name was given as "Cho Seung-Hui " by police and school officials earlier this week. But the the South Korean immigrant family said their preference was "Seung-Hui Cho." Many Asian immigrant families Americanize their names by reversing them and putting their surnames last. While Cho clearly was seething and had been taken to a psychiatric hospital more than a year as threat to himself, investigators are still trying to establish exactly what set him off, why he chose a dormitory and a classroom building for the rampage and how he selected his victims. Panel to Probe Massacre Gov. Tim Kaine has named an independent panel to review the events surrounding the deadly rampage at Virginia Tech. "The why and the how are the crux of the investigation," Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. "The why may never be determined because the person responsible is deceased." During the campus memorial, hundreds of somber students and area residents, most wearing the school's maroon and orange, stood with heads bowed on the parade ground in front of Norris Hall, the classrooom building where all but two of the victims died. Along with the bouquets and candles was a sign reading, "Never forgotten." "It's good to feel the love of people around you," said Alice Lo, a Virginia Tech graduate and friend of Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, a French instructor killed in the rampage. "With this evil, there is still goodness." The mourners gathered in front of stone memorials, each adorned with a basket of tulips and an American flag. There were 33 stones - one for each victim and Cho. "His family is suffering just as much as the other families," said Elizabeth Lineberry, who will be a freshman at Virginia Tech in the fall. In a city park in Frederick, Md., student Claire Moblard rang a 3,400-pound bell once for each of the slain. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland asked state residents to observe a moment of silence. And in Baltimore, Mayor Sheila Dixon and about 100 city employees paused silently at City Hall while bells tolled at Zion Lutheran Church and the Baltimore Basilica. Near Richmond, Va., a dozen Tech alumni gathered at dawn at an intersection, waving school flags and banners and holding signs asking motorists to honk. The blare of car horns was deafening, and some drivers lowered their windows and raised their arms in a thumbs-up or V-for-victory salute. President Bush wore an orange and maroon tie in a show of support. The White House said he also asked top officials at the Justice, Health and Human Services and Education Departments to travel the country, talk to educators, mental health experts and others and compile a report on how to prevent similar tragedies. Seven people hurt in the rampage remained hospitalized, at least one in serious condition.

This is the dumbest thing i've ever seen...the "rapper" that is... ------------------------- Philly Police Want Rapping Firefighter Fired AP PHILADELPHIA (April 17) - Police union officials have called for the immediate firing of a city firefighter and aspiring rapper who wrote anti-police lyrics about turning "pigs into bacon bits." The Fraternal Order of Police on Monday demanded the dismissal of Rodney Jean-Jacques, who raps under the name Cal Akbar. "I got a surprise for them cops," Jean-Jacques raps, as sounds of gunfire erupt in the background. "I hope the news is taping this, 'cause I'm gonna turn pigs into bacon bits." The untitled song surfaced last week on a Web site promoting Jean-Jacques' record "Sin City Vol. 1" and his record company, the Larsiny Family. Bob Eddis, president of the local FOP chapter, said he gave Jean-Jacques a deadline of midnight Sunday to provide a written apology that the police union could post on its Web site, but none came. "I think at first it might have been a mistake of the head," Eddis said. "But now I believe it's a mistake of the heart. It's a disgrace. He is a city employee and he should be held accountable for making these statements." Brian McBride, head of the Philadelphia Fire Fighters Union Local 22, said officials were hoping Jean-Jacques would issue an apology soon and that he was trying to get Jean-Jacques to do so. "Naturally, I condemn and strongly disagree with any song that recommends any kind of violence towards our brothers and sisters in blue in the police department," McBride said. Jean-Jacques told the Philadelphia Daily News via e-mail: "Mum's the word. I want to tell my side of the story but I can't just yet. I have to clear it with my superiors." Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers would not comment other than to say the matter is under investigation. Joe Grace, spokesman for Mayor John Street, said union officials and the police and fire commissioners were discussing the issue and "all parties are taking it very seriously." Jean-Jacques' music received positive notice in 2005, when he wrote and performed "Take It Outside," a song encouraging fire safety. The song was promoted by the Fire Department and was shown during the broadcast of a football game between the Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys.

Notorious B.I.G.'s Family Sues Los Angeles AP LOS ANGELES (April 19) -- The family of slain rapper Notorious B.I.G. has filed a second wrongful-death lawsuit against the city, alleging that rogue police officers killed him 10 years ago. The suit, filed Tuesday, seeks unspecified damages on behalf of the widow, mother and two children of the rapper. B.I.G., whose given name was Christopher Wallace, was 24 when he was gunned down March 9, 1997, while leaving a party at a Los Angeles museum. The New York rapper, also known as Biggie Smalls, was an influential hip-hop artist in the 1990s. The lawsuit was filed Monday in Superior Court. In addition to the city, it names former Los Angeles police officer Rafael Perez and his ex-partner, Nino Durden. The suit contends that Perez, Durden and other police agents conspired to murder Wallace and that the police department covered up their involvement. The suit also alleges that at the time, Perez was working for Death Row Records, the rap music company owned by Marion "Suge" Knight, who has denied any involvement in the killing. Perez and Durden were at the heart of an LAPD scandal involving abuses by members of a Rampart Division anti-gang squad. They have never been charged in connection with the Wallace killing. Perez, who now goes by the name Ray Lopez, has denied any involvement. An attorney for Durden could not be located Tuesday. There was no telephone listing for Durden in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department did not have any immediate comment about the suit. "We don't comment on lawsuits that are in litigation," Officer April Harding said Tuesday. The rapper's family filed a similar lawsuit in federal court. That suit ended in a mistrial in 2005 when it was discovered that a police detective intentionally hid statements by a jailhouse informant linking the killing to Perez and former officer David Mack, who also has denied involvement. A judge previously ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal fees and other expenses to the rapper's family.

COLOR ME BADD - Choose (Dem Kidz Street $#!+) Choose CD Maxi-Single (1994) Man, i miss the 90's...CD singles, remixes, b-sides

U sound like u are defending the shooter. That kid is a nutcase. That psyco wasn't teaching any lessons, he just thought he waz. Being made fun of is part of growing up...who hasn't been made fun of or pushed around EVER in life. And people all over the world are materilistic, in2 drinking, and so on. How u gonna stamp that on the US exclusively?

He made a comment months ago that dropping records might be a "thing of the past." But alot of the interviews and actions since then have pointed 2 more music and more touring in the future. It's just important 2 keep supporting his music 2 the fullest so that he doesn't get the feeling that the fans are tired of it.

It's time they bury the hatchet and do something 2gether as a trio again. It would only be right. Whether he's on 2 or 3 tracks or actually touring with them. It's just time 2 end the drama. It's become a stain on JJ+FP's history.

How is that new Redman album? TANK - Please Don't Go Love, Sex, + Pain (2007) This is one of the best true R-N-B songs hitting the radio in years. B. McKnight fans should check this out. U can always rely on Tank for quality R-N-B.

1. I kinda agree. 2. i agree...except that it's "darn good"...that's a stretch 4 me And yes, i guess any TROTM publicity is good. My local Neo-Soul/Classic R-N-B radio still plays "My Soul's Not 4 Sale" regularly.

The Aftermath... Student Arrested After Talking About Gunman Remarks Deemed Sympathetic to Virginia Tech Killer AP BOULDER, Colo. (April 19) - A University of Colorado student was arrested after making comments that classmates deemed sympathetic toward the gunman blamed for killing 32 students and himself at Virginia Tech , authorities said. During a class discussion of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech, the student "made comments about understanding how someone could kill 32 people," university police Cmdr. Brad Wiesley said. Several witnesses told investigators the student said he was "angry about all kinds of things from the fluorescent light bulbs to the unpainted walls, and it made him angry enough to kill people," according to a police report. Witnesses "said they were afraid of him and afraid to come to class with him," Wiesley said. The student, identified by police as Max Karson of Denver, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with staff, faculty or students of an education institution. He had a court appearance set for Wednesday afternoon. His father, Michael Karson, told the Camera newspaper that the comments may have been misinterpreted and questioned whether his son's free speech rights had been violated. "I would have hoped that state officials would know their First Amendment better than they seem to," he said. University spokesman Bronson Hilliard said privacy laws prevented him from releasing personal information about the student. At Oregon's Lewis & Clark College, another student was detained by campus police Wednesday shortly before a vigil for the Virginia Tech victims when he was spotted wearing an ammunition belt. Portland police later determined that it was "a fashion accessory" made of spent ammunition, and said the man did not have a weapon. The belt was confiscated.

DJ JAZZY JEFF + CL SMOOTH - All I Know The Return of The Magnificent (2007)

Hey Jeff, I just wanted 2 give u props on the new album. When i 1st heard it, it took me back 2 a time when Hip-Hop waz good and creativity was in demand by the fans. I know i speak for all fans when i say we wish lots of success with the new album. I can't wait 2 catch u on tour and see what other things u got up your sleeve. Peace + Luv, Adam "AJ" Blackstock

Ugh...that's the weakest song on the album. Of all songs...

LL COOL J + SOME IDIOTS - Bump This (Promo) (2006)

I agree with what u are saying...but not at the same extreem. From the news i've seen and the articles i read, they didn't put this stuff out there until the athorities checked it and green lighted it...maybe i got some incorrect info. I view it as one of those things the news just does when something bad happens. U put it out there. It's not good news, but see it as something the public has the right 2 see. If they don't wanna see it, they can turn it off. This psyco obviously wanted people 2 see the video, yes, but he isn't going 2 be viewed as he wants people 2 view him. Forgive me for disrespecting the deceased, but this guy is a hateful, immature, out-of-control cry baby who thinks he's is a innocent and intellegent victim. People are not going 2 respect him of feel pain 4 him. Only a few other psycos out there. And i don't i don't believe the video will really inspire any of those perpetrators. They'll act out crazy things like this reguardless. Before the video waz aired, there were at least 12 false alarms across the US. Threats, messages, etc. I'm not saying i disagree, but what i am saying is that i personally don't feel that there are black and white actions made. Everything is done in the grey area. If they show the video, it can help stop future things like this from happening. And it lets the people get the news they have the right 2 get. As far as i know, there were no objections 2 airing it. If u don't wanna see it, turn it off. If they don't show it, it may keep the victims families from finding their resolution, it'll do no good 2 preventing future pyscos from doing similar things. It may prevent a parent from getting their own distrubed child help b4 it's 2 late. I don't know...i can't really agree that it shouldn't be aired. That doesn't mean i agree with every motive behind airing it tho.'

Virginia Gunman Sent Manifesto to NBC 2005 Court Document Calls Shooter Dangerous By MATT APUZZO AP BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 18) -- Midway through his murderous rampage, the Virginia Tech gunman went to the post office and mailed NBC a package containing photos and videos of him brandishing guns and delivering a snarling, profanity-laced tirade about rich "brats" and their "hedonistic needs." "You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today," 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui says in a harsh monotone. "But you decided to spill my blood. You forced me into a corner and gave me only one option. The decision was yours. Now you have blood on your hands that will never wash off." NBC said the package contained a rambling and often incoherent 23-page written statement, 28 video clips and 43 photos. Several of the photos showed him aiming handguns at the camera. The package arrived at NBC headquarters in New York on Tuesday and was opened Wednesday, two days after Cho killed 32 people and committed suicide in the deadliest one-man shooting rampage in modern U.S. history. It bore a Postal Service time stamp showing that it had been mailed at a Blacksburg post office at 9:01 a.m. Monday, about an hour and 45 minutes after Cho first opened fire. That would help explain one of the biggest mysteries about the massacre: where the gunman was and what he did during that two-hour window between the first burst of gunfire, at a high-rise dorm, and the second fusillade, at a classroom building. "Your Mercedes wasn't enough, you brats," says Cho, a South Korean immigrant whose parents work at a dry cleaners in suburban Washington. "Your golden necklaces weren't enough, you snobs. Your trust funds wasn't enough. Your vodka and cognac wasn't enough. All your debaucheries weren't enough. Those weren't enough to fulfill your hedonistic needs. You had everything." Earlier in the day, authorities disclosed that more than a year before the massacre, Cho was accused of sending unwanted messages to two women and was taken to a psychiatric hospital on a magistrate's orders and was pronounced a danger to himself. But he was released with orders to undergo outpatient treatment. The disclosure added to the rapidly growing list of warning signs that appeared well before the student opened fire. Among other things, Cho's twisted, violence-filled writings and sullen, vacant-eyed demeanor had disturbed professors and students so much that he was removed from one English class and was repeatedly urged to get counseling. Cho Seung-Hui's Plays AOL News has obtained two plays a classmate says were written by Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui. WARNING: The plays contain profanity and scenes with disturbing content. Some of the pictures in the video package show him smiling; others show him frowning and snarling. Some depict him brandishing two weapons at a time, one in each hand. He wears a khaki-colored military-style vest, fingerless gloves, a black T-shirt, a backpack and a backward, black baseball cap. Another photo shows him swinging a hammer two-fisted. Another shows an angry-looking Cho holding a gun to his temple. He refers to "martyrs like Eric and Dylan" - a reference to the teenage killers in the Columbine High massacre. NBC News President Steve Capus said the package arrived in Tuesday afternoon's mail, but was not opened until Wednesday morning. It was sent by overnight delivery and apparently had the wrong ZIP code, NBC said. An alert postal employee brought the package to NBC's attention after noticing the Blacksburg return address and a name similar to the words reportedly found scrawled in red ink on Cho's arm after the bloodbath, "Ismail Ax," NBC said. Capus said that the network notified the FBI around noon, but held off reporting on it at the FBI's request, so that the bureau could look at it first. NBC finally broke the story just before police announced the development at 4:30 p.m. It was clear Cho videotaped himself, Capus said, because he could be seen leaning in to shut off the camera. State Police Spokeswoman Corinne Geller cautioned that, while the package was mailed between the two shootings, police have not inspected the footage and have yet to establish exactly when the images were made. Cho repeatedly suggests he was picked on or otherwise hurt. "You have vandalized my heart, raped my soul and torched my conscience," he says, apparently reading from his manifesto. "You thought it was one pathetic boy's life you were extinguishing. Thanks to you, I die like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and the defenseless people." A law enforcement official said Cho's letter also refers in the same sentence to President Bush and John Mark Karr, who falsely confessed last year to having killed child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak to the media. April 16: A Day of Tragedy Earlier Wednesday, authorities disclosed that in November and December 2005, two women complained to campus police that they had received calls and computer messages from Cho. But the women considered the messages "annoying," not threatening, and neither pressed charges, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said. Neither woman was among the victims in the massacre, police said. After the second complaint about Cho's behavior, the university obtained a temporary detention order and took Cho away because an acquaintance reported he might be suicidal, authorities said. Police did not identify the acquaintance. On Dec. 13, 2005, a magistrate ordered Cho to undergo an evaluation at Carilion St. Albans, a private psychiatric hospital. The magistrate signed the order after an initial evaluation found probable cause that Cho was a danger to himself or others as a result of mental illness. The next day, according to court records, doctors at Carilion conducted further examination and a special justice, Paul M. Barnett, approved outpatient treatment. A medical examination conducted Dec. 14 reported that that Cho's "affect is flat. ... He denies suicidal ideations. He does not acknowledge symptoms of a thought disorder. His insight and judgment are normal." The court papers indicate that Barnett checked a box that said Cho "presents an imminent danger to himself as a result of mental illness." Barnett did not check the box that would indicate a danger to others. It is unclear how long Cho stayed at Carilion, though court papers indicate he was free to leave as of Dec. 14. Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said Cho had been continually enrolled at Tech and never took a leave of absence. A spokesman for Carilion St. Albans would not comment. Though the incidents with the two women did not result in criminal charges, police referred Cho to the university's disciplinary system, Flinchum said. But Ed Spencer, assistant vice president of student affairs, would not comment on any disciplinary proceedings, saying federal law protects students' medical privacy even after death. Some students refused to second-guess the university. "Who would've woken up in the morning and said, 'Maybe this student who's just troubled is really going to do something this horrific?'" said Elizabeth Hart, a communications major and a spokeswoman for the student government. One of the first Virginia Tech officials to recognize Cho's problems was award-winning poet Nikki Giovanni, who kicked him out of her introduction to creative writing class in late 2005. Students in Giovanni's class had told their professor that Cho was taking photographs of their legs and knees under the desks with his cell phone. Female students refused to come to class. She said she considered him "mean" and "a bully." Lucinda Roy, professor of English at Virginia Tech, said that she, too, relayed her concerns to campus police and various other college units after Cho displayed antisocial behavior in her class and handed in disturbing writing assignments. But she said authorities "hit a wall" in terms of what they could do "with a student on campus unless he'd made a very overt threat to himself or others." Cho resisted her repeated suggestion that he undergo counseling, Roy said. Questions lingered over whether campus police should have issued an immediate campus-wide warning of a killer on the loose and locked down the campus after the first burst of gunfire. Police said that after the first shooting, in which two students were killed, they believed that it was a domestic dispute, and that the gunman had fled the campus. Police went looking for a young man, Karl David Thornhill, who had once shot guns at a firing range with the roommate of one of the victims. But police said Thornhill is no longer under suspicion.

Gunman Had Two Past Stalking Cases Grieving Students Remember Shooting Victims By ADAM GELLER AP BLACKSBURG, Va. (April 18) -- The gunman blamed for the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history had previously been accused of stalking two female students at Virginia Tech and had been taken to a mental health facility in 2005 after an acquaintance worried he might be suicidal, police said Wednesday. Cho Seung-Hui had concerned one woman enough with his calls and e-mail in 2005 that police were called in, said Police Chief Wendell Flinchum. He said the woman declined to press charges, and neither woman was among the victims of Monday's massacre on the Virginia Tech campus. During the stalking second incident, also in late 2005, the department received a call from an acquaintance of Cho's who was concerned that he might be suicidal, and Cho was taken to a mental health facility, Flinchum said. About the same time, in fall 2005, Cho's professor informally shared some concerns about the young man's writing but no official report was filed, he said. Flinchum said he knew of no other police incidents involving Cho until the deadly shootings Monday, first at a girl's dorm room and then a classroom building across campus. Neither of the stalking victims was among the victims Monday. Thirty-two people were shot to death before the gunman killed himself. State Police have said the same gun was used in both shootings, but they said Wednesday said they still weren't confident that it was the same gunman. Police searched Cho's dorm room on Tuesday and recovered, among other items, a chain and combination lock, according to documents filed Wednesday; the front doors of Norris Hall had been chained shut from the inside during the shooting rampage. Other items seized include a folding knife; two computers, a hard disk and other computer disks; documents, books, notebooks and other writings; a digital camera; CDs; and two Dremel tools. Cho's roommates and professors on Wednesday described him as a troubled, very quiet young man who rarely spoke to his roommates or made eye contact with them. His bizarre behavior became even less predictable in recent weeks, roommates Joseph Aust and Karan Grewal said. Grewal had pulled an all-nighter on homework the day of the shootings and saw Cho at around 5 a.m. "He didn't look me in the eye. Same old thing. I left him alone," He told CNN. He said when he saw Cho that morning and during the weekend, Cho didn't smile, didn't frown and didn't show any signs of anger. Grewal also said he never saw any weapons. Several students and professors described Cho as a sullen loner. Authorities said he left a rambling note raging against women and rich kids. News reports said that Cho, a 23-year-old senior majoring in English, may have been taking medication for depression and that he was becoming increasingly erratic. Professors and classmates were alarmed by his class writings _ pages filled with twisted, violence-drenched writing. "It was not bad poetry. It was intimidating," poet Nikki Giovanni, one of his professors, told CNN Wednesday. "I know we're talking about a youngster, but troubled youngsters get drunk and jump off buildings," she said. "There was something mean about this boy. It was the meanness -- I've taught troubled youngsters and crazy people -- it was the meanness that bothered me. It was a really mean streak." Giovanni said her students were so unnerved by Cho's behavior, including taking pictures of them with his cell phone, that some stopped coming to class and she had security check on her room. She eventually had him taken out of her class, saying she would quit if he wasn't removed. "He was so distant and so lonely," she told ABC's "Good Morning America" Wednesday. "It was almost like talking to a hole, as though he wasn't there most of the time. He wore sunglasses and his hat very low so it was hard to see his face." Roy also described using a code word with her assistant to call police if she ever felt threatened by Cho, but she said she never used it. Cho's writing was so disturbing, though, he was referred to the university's counseling service, said Carolyn Rude, chairwoman of the university's English department. In screenplays Cho wrote for a class last fall, characters throw hammers and attack with chainsaws, said a student who attended Virginia Tech last fall. In another, Cho concocted a tale of students who fantasize about stalking and killing a teacher who sexually molested them. "When we read Cho's plays, it was like something out of a nightmare," former classmate Ian MacFarlane, now an AOL employee, wrote in a blog posted on an AOL Web site. "The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn't have even thought of." He said he and other students "were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter." "We always joked we were just waiting for him to do something, waiting to hear about something he did," said another classmate, Stephanie Derry. "But when I got the call it was Cho who had done this, I started crying, bawling." Despite the many warning signs that came to light in the bloody aftermath, police and university officials offered no clues as to exactly what set Cho off. Cho -- who arrived in the United States as boy from South Korea in 1992 and was raised in suburban Washington, D.C., where his parents worked at a dry cleaners -- left a note that was found after the bloodbath. A law enforcement official described it Tuesday as a typed, eight-page rant against rich kids and religion. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. "You caused me to do this," the official quoted the note as saying. Cho indicated in his letter that the end was near and that there was a deed to be done, the official said. He also expressed disappointment in his own religion, and made several references to Christianity, the official said. The official said the letter was either found in Cho's dorm room or in his backpack. The backpack was found in the hallway of the classroom building where the shootings happened, and contained several rounds of ammunition, the official said. With classes canceled for the rest of the week, many students left town. Tuesday night, thousands of Virginia Tech students, faculty and area residents poured into the center of campus to grieve together. Volunteers passed out thousands of candles in paper cups, donated from around the country. Then, as the flames flickered, speakers urged them to find solace in one another. As silence spread across the grassy bowl of the drill field, a pair of trumpets began to play taps. A few in the crowd began to sing Amazing Grace. Afterward, students, some weeping, others holding each other for support, gathered around makeshift memorials, filling banners and plywood boards with messages belying their pain. "I think this is something that will take a while. It still hasn't hit a lot of people yet," said Amber McGee, a freshman from Wytheville, Va. Monday's rampage consisted of two attacks, more than two hours apart -- first at a dormitory, where two people were killed, then inside a classroom building, where 31 people, including Cho, died. Two handguns -- a 9 mm and a .22-caliber -- were found in the classroom building. According to court papers, police found a "bomb threat" note -- directed at engineering school buildings -- near the victims in the classroom building. In the past three weeks, Virginia Tech was hit with two other bomb threats. Investigators have not connected those earlier threats to Cho. Cho graduated from Westfield High School in Chantilly, Va., in 2003. His family lived in an off-white, two-story townhouse in Centreville, Va. At least one of those killed in the rampage, Reema Samaha, graduated from Westfield High in 2006. But there was no immediate word from authorities on whether Cho knew the young woman and singled her out. "He was very quiet, always by himself," neighbor Abdul Shash said. Shash said Cho spent a lot of his free time playing basketball and would not respond if someone greeted him. Some classmates said that on the first day of a British literature class last year, the 30 or so students went around and introduced themselves. When it was Cho's turn, he didn't speak. On the sign-in sheet where everyone else had written their names, Cho had written a question mark. "Is your name, `Question mark?'" classmate Julie Poole recalled the professor asking. The young man offered little response. Cho spent much of that class sitting in the back of the room, wearing a hat and seldom participating. In a small department, Cho distinguished himself for being anonymous. "He didn't reach out to anyone. He never talked," Poole said. "We just really knew him as the question mark kid," Poole said. One law enforcement official said Cho's backpack contained a receipt for a March purchase of a Glock 9 mm pistol. Cho held a green card, meaning he was a legal, permanent resident. That meant he was eligible to buy a handgun unless he had been convicted of a felony. Roanoke Firearms owner John Markell said his shop sold the Glock and a box of practice ammo to Cho 36 days ago for $571. "He was a nice, clean-cut college kid. We won't sell a gun if we have any idea at all that a purchase is suspicious," Markell said. Investigators stopped short of saying Cho carried out both attacks. But State Police ballistics tests showed one gun was used in both. And two law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information had not been announced, said Cho's fingerprints were on both guns. Their serial numbers had been filed off. Gov. Tim Kaine said he will appoint a panel at the university's request to review authorities' handling of the disaster. Parents and students bitterly complained that the university should have locked down the campus immediately after the first burst of gunfire and did not do enough to warn people. Kaine warned against making snap judgments and said he had "nothing but loathing" for those who take the tragedy and "make it their political hobby horse to ride." "I'm satisfied that the university did everything they felt they needed to do with the heat on the table," Kaine told CBS' "The Early Show" on Wednesday. "Nobody has this in the playbook, there's no manual on this." Virginia Tech students still on edge got another scare Wednesday morning as police in SWAT gear with weapons drawn swarmed Burruss Hall, which houses the president's office. The threat targeted the university president but was unfounded, said Police Chief Wendell Flinchum. The building quickly reopened, but students were rattled. "They were just screaming, 'Get off the sidewalks,'" said Terryn Wingler-Petty, a junior from Wisconsin. "They seemed very confused about what was going on. They were just trying to get people organized." One officer was seen escorting a crying young woman out of Burruss Hall, telling her, "It's OK. It's OK." Associated Press writers Stephen Manning in Centreville, Va.; Matt Barakat in Richmond, Va.; Lara Jakes Jordan and Beverley Lumpkin in Washington; and Vicki Smith, Sue Lindsey, Matt Apuzzo and Justin Pope in Blacksburg contributed to this report. Threats Reported at Schools in 10 States AP AUSTIN, Texas (April 18) - Schools and campuses in at least 10 states were locked down or evacuated in the aftermath of a Virginia Tech student's shooting rampage that killed 33 people. Scares Across the U.S. Getty Security at schools and colleges across the U.S. is high in the wake of the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech. Threats in Louisiana, Montana and Washington state on Tuesday directly mentioned the massacre in Virginia, while reports of suspicious activity surfaced in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota and Michigan. In Louisiana, parents picked up hundreds of students from Bogalusa's high school and middle school amid reports that a man had been arrested Tuesday morning for threatening a mass killing in a note that alluded to the murders at Virginia Tech. Schools Superintendent Jerry Payne said both schools were locked down and police arrested a 53-year-old man who allegedly made the threat in a note he gave to a student headed to the private Bowling Green School in Franklinton. Both towns are in southeastern Louisiana. A Great Falls, Mont., high school was locked down for a time Tuesday after a threatening note was found in a girls' bathroom. A student found the threatening note at about 12:15 p.m. on a toilet paper dispenser. It stated, "the shooting would start at Great Falls High at 12:30 and it would be worse than Virginia Tech," Assistant Superintendent Dick Kuntz said. He said it was a hoax. Washington State University's branch campus in Vancouver was evacuated because of graffiti discovered in a campus restroom threatened harm likened to the Virginia slayings around 8 p.m., around the time a conference on the Patriot Act and the war on terror was scheduled, authorities said. The event was to be rescheduled. In Rapid City, S.D., schools were locked down after receiving reports of a man with a gun in a parking lot at Central High. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported, police said. The high school students were taken to the nearby Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, where parents were allowed to pick up their children. In Austin, authorities evacuated buildings at St. Edward's University after a threatening note was found, a school official said. University spokeswoman Mischelle Amador declined to say where the note was found and said its contents were "nonspecific." Seven North Dakota State University buildings in Fargo were evacuated after a duffel bag was found outside a bus shelter in the main part of the campus. NDSU spokesman Dave Wahlberg said the shootings in Virginia reinforced the need to "err on the side of safety." In Bloomfield Hills, Mich., police attributed a 30-minute lock-down at the exclusive Cranbrook Schools complex in response to jittery nerves following the Virginia slayings. School officials called police after parents and students reported spotting a 6-foot-tall man in a skirt, high heels, lipstick and a blond wig near a school drop-off area outside Cranbrook's Kingswood Upper School, Lt. Paul Myszenski said. Police were unable to find anyone meeting the man's description. At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, officials ordered three campus administration buildings evacuated for almost two hours Tuesday morning in response to a telephoned bomb threat. The city's bomb squad searched the buildings but found nothing, campus spokesman Chuck Cantrell said. In Arizona, classes were canceled at Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale, a suburb of Phoenix, after a note threatening a shooting was delivered via intercampus mail. Avondale police conferred with campus officers and staff and decided the threat was "serious and immediate" and ordered the evacuation, said Amy Boulton, a police spokeswoman. Officers searched the campus looking for evidence or any threat but nothing was found, Boulton said. A scare at the University of Oklahoma at Norman started with a report of a man spotted on campus carrying a suspicious object, officials said. The man was carrying an umbrella, not a weapon, and he later identified himself to authorities, University of Oklahoma President David Boren said in a statement.

LL COOL J + TEAIRRA MARI - Preserve The Sexy Todd Smith (2006)

LUMIDEE - UNEXPECTED Lumidee was locked in many people's minds as a one hit wonder. In the summer of 2003, she has a huge hit with her island influenced R-N-B song "Never Leave You (Uh Oh). It got crazy airplay and so did a few of it's remixes. She did follow it up with another single that didn't generate half of the attention it's "Never Leave You" did. Since then, her career has been dead. About 2 months ago, her song "She's Like The Wind" with Tony Sunshine hit the airwaves and caused a big stir and still is. The appropriatly titled Unexpected hit stores yesterday...and it's good. Lumi's vocals are great. Her voice rings crisp and clear on every track. Whether the song is mellow or upbeat, she handles it. Lumi rhymes here and there and her emcee skillz are pretty impressive. Her flow reminds me of a mixture of Eve and Left Eye's more serious side. Lyrically her rhymes are just an extention of her singing...she doesn't try 2 come off as 2 artists just cuz she can sing and rap. Shaggy and Tony Sunshine bring flava 2 the album, and Snoop Dogg gives a very average verse 2 the song "In It For The Money." The album's only weak spots are the appearances by rappers like Jim Jones, Pitbull, and Noriega. They just aren't good. Over all tho', the album is great. The production bounces between straight R-N-B, breezy island dancehall influenced, dance R-N-B, and Hip-Hop influenced R-N-B. Her danceable songs remind of what Ciara would sound like if she held a higher standard 2 her production and didn't come off so corny at times. Her dancehall influcenced songs are remincent of Rihanna's style. Why the album mixes up the genres a bit, the entire album is radio friendly. Nearly any song could be released as a single and be a het. Yet, the album isn't pop at all. I really like this album and urge those who might think this is something they'd like 2 give it a listen. My favorite songs are She's Like The Wind, Feel Like Makin' Love, Stuck On You, So Cool...Hollywood, In It For The Money, Cute Boy, and Did You Imagine.

Chappelle Shatters Laugh Factory Record AP Getty Images Dave Chappelle ruled the Laugh Factory stage for six hours and seven minutes on Sunday, shattering Dane Cook's and Richard Pryor's records. LOS ANGELES (April 18) - Now that he's back on the standup circuit, Dave Chappelle has a lot to say. The comic, who walked out on a $50 million deal to continue his TV show and briefly took a respite in South Africa, shattered the Laugh Factory's endurance record by taking to the comedy club's stage for six hours and seven minutes on Sunday. "He was absolutely amazing, for six hours making people laugh," the club's owner, Jamie Masada, said Tuesday. Masada said the previous record of three hours and 50 minutes was accomplished earlier this month by Dane Cook . But until then the mark had stood at two hours and 41 minutes since Richard Pryor's set it in 1980. Chappelle walked out on the third season of his hit Comedy Central show last May, leaving fans and industry observers to question his motives and even his sanity. He has said since that he didn't feel he could be himself on the show. "The bottom line was, white people own everything, and where can a black person go and be himself or say something that's familiar to him and not have to explain or apologize?" he told Esquire magazine. He has since returned to the standup circuit and released the documentary " Dave Chappelle's Block Party."

'Spider-Man 3' Has Spidey Soul-Searching By Sophie Hardach Reuters TOKYO (April 17) - Even superheroes get the blues, as "Spider-Man" discovers in this latest sequel during which he confronts a mutant made of sand, a vengeful former friend and, ultimately, himself. "Spider-Man 3" is packed with stunning special effects such as the crumbling, morphing Sandman and an evil black suit that brings out a person's dark side, but the characters also show a psychological complexity rarely seen in action movies. Spidey Returns In the sequel, Peter Parker, played by Tobey Maguire , is finally enjoying life with the beautiful Mary Jane Watson, played by Kristen Dunst, when he discovers a mysterious black suit that gives him special powers, but also stirs hidden feelings of bitterness and revenge. The ensuing battle between good and evil, revenge and forgiveness, is played out in airborne superhero fights as well as more mundane rows with friends and colleagues. "To see Spider-Man cry so much was different," said Gerry Penacoli, a critic for Extra entertainment magazine, after seeing the "Spider-Man" preview in Tokyo ahead of the evening premiere. "It's more intense -- you still have great action but certainly it's the deepest of the three. Kids and adults will learn so much more from this than from a movie that's just wham-shezam," he added. SHREWD SELL The impressive special effects were also a reminder of the production cost of slightly more than $250 million, making the movie a huge financial gamble for Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures. The gamble paid off for "Spider-Man" and "Spider-Man 2," which grossed $822 million and $783 million, respectively. While sequels tend to do less well than the original movie, "Spider-Man 3" could draw new fans with its intricate plot and more rounded characters. Launching the sequel in Japan, home to a huge community of superhero comic fans, rather than the United States is also seen as a shrewd push into the faster-growing international market that could help box-office revenues. On Monday morning, "Spider-Man" posters were plastered all over Tokyo's futuristic Roppongi Hills complex, where the movie was shown, and the initial reaction from Japanese viewers was positive. "It's better than 'Spider-Man 2'. He's more human, there's more tension between Peter Parker and his Spider-Man character," said Kumiko Hayashida, a movie critic who writes for online entertainment Web sites. "The story is better, more psychological. And Japanese people like animation, so they like this story because of the comic." "Spider-Man" originated as a comic book hero and Marvel Entertainment Inc. still holds the rights to the character. After the premiere in Tokyo, the movie's makers travel to London on April 23 and then Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Moscow, Stockholm and New York. The movie debuts globally on May 4. And if "Spider-Man 3" is a success, will there be another sequel? Maguire has not commented on whether he would slip into the Spider-Man costume a fourth time, but critics did their own guesswork after the preview. "I can't believe they'll leave it at that, it's left wide open for another one," said Penacoli. ---------------------------- Edward Norton Cast to Be Next 'Hulk' AOL (April 16) -- He's already played a neo-Nazi and a scrappy underground street fighter, but now Edward Norton is going to have to get even angrier. According to Variety, the seasoned actor has been cast to be the next Bruce Banner in "The Incredible Hulk," which is set to open on June 13, 2008 and is being directed by Louis Leterrier. The role was previously held by Eric Bana in Ang Lee 's 2003 version, "Hulk." "Edward Norton is a rare talent and one of the most versatile actors in the business," Marvel Studios production president Kevin Feige said in a statement. According to Variety, the movie will be less serious than Lee's "Hulk," and more oriented to the comic book series. The new movie will begin with Banner on the run, trying find a cure for the disease that morphs him into the ornery green menace. Norton's roles have shown his vast range, starring in movies like "American History X" and "Fight Club," and most recently in "The Illusionist " and "The Painted Veil."

LUMIDEE + SHAGGY - Feel Like Makin' Love Unexpected (2007) Lumidee has come back with a sexier style and another great album. If only she didn't have so many cameos by crappy commercial rappers. When she's dropping rhymes, she runs around every female rapper/emcee that comes 2 mind since the 90's.

I actually just swung by the board 2 post the article i just came across. I really hope the killer pays 4 what he did. I don't mean 2 sound cheezy...but life hasn't been the same since Run-DMC retired. Here's the article i found thru' AOL. ------------------------- Suspect Named in Jam Master Jay Mystery By TOM HAYS, AP NEW YORK (April 17) - Federal prosecutors have alleged that a low-level career bandit may hold the key to one of the more high-profile mysteries of the hip-hop world: Who killed rap pioneer Jam Master Jay? Unsolved Rap Mystery In court papers, the prosecutors identify Ronald "Tenad" Washington as the armed accomplice of a second unidentified gunman who shot Jay, whose real name was Jason Mizell, inside his New York recording studio in 2002. They say Washington also is a suspect in the 1995 fatal shooting of Randy Walker, a close associate of the late rapper Tupac Shakur. The papers were filed earlier this month in the federal trial of Washington, who was convicted in a string of armed robberies that occurred just after Jay was killed. Prosecutors declined on Tuesday to discuss the unsolved slayings. A Mizell family spokeswoman welcomed news that authorities had for the first time publicly identified a suspect. "We're relieved there's some information coming out, although we understand that it's not the full story," said the spokeswoman, Fern Yates. Washington, 45, has denied any connection to either the Mizell or Walker cases. In a sworn statement, he claimed hostile detectives had hounded him about the slaying of his "childhood friend" Mizell and other crimes. Washington's criminal record dates to 1982, and includes convictions for assault, drugs and grand larceny, authorities said. During the 1980s, Mizell made rap music history working the turntables as Joe "Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels rapped on hits like "King of Rock," "It's Tricky" and a top-40 remake of Aerosmith 's "Walk This Way." Mizell was gunned down Oct. 30, 2002, at his 24/7 recording studio. According to a performer there, a man wearing a black sweat suit appeared, embraced Mizell, pulled out a .40-caliber pistol and opened fire. A first round missed Mizell and injured another person. A second bullet, this one fired from point-blank range, entered the left side of Mizell's head. The shooter vanished. For his part, Washington "pointed his gun at those present in the studio, ordered them to get on the ground and provided cover for his associate to shoot and kill Jason Mizell," prosecutors said in court papers. While being sought for questioning in the Mizell case, Washington fled and lived in various motels, authorities said. He held up several fast-food restaurants and other businesses with a pellet gun before his arrest in December 2002. Prosecutors claim Washington was among three men involved in a fatal car chase with another hip-hop figure - Walker - on Nov. 30, 1995. The suspect allegedly fired a gun out a car window, killing Walker and causing his minivan to crash. Walker had performed with the group Live Squad under the name Stretch. He also was known for producing several songs for Shakur, victim of an unsolved murder in 1996 in Las Vegas.

One of these Hip-Hop summits actually waz an influence on LL Cool J cutting the cussing out of his music and polishing up his subject matter.