HIP-HOP EXECUTIVE SHOT, KILLED IN NEW YORK
A former hip-hop executive who gave up his music career to dedicate his l ife to Judaism was shot and killed in New York City on Thursday (19Aug10) ..
Yosef Robinson, 34, was fatally shot during a robbery at MB Vineyards, a kosher liquor store in Brooklyn.
According to U.S. news network New York 1, a gunman walked into the sto re and demanded that Robinson’s girlfriend hand over her bracelet. Robins on was shot several times in the chest and arm while trying to protect he r.
He was taken to local Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced de ad.
Robinson was born in Jamaica, and worked as a hip-hop executive before converting to Judaism.
His lyrics were taken from religious book the Torah and turned into reg gae songs. He was reportedly working on a book about how he turned to Jud aism to escape a life of drugs and violence at the time of his death.
New York City Police Department officials are on the hunt for his kille r.
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