When twitter gets a rapper in trouble....

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:37 pm

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... z11fv4ykPb

A rapper who boasted on Twitter about beating a murder rap is a violent drug kingpin who flooded Brooklyn's Gowanus Houses with crack and heroin, the feds said Wednesday.

Ronald (Ra Diggs) Herron, charged with eight others in a federal indictment, provided prosecutors with a wealth of incriminating evidence in his YouTube videos and in his Twitter musings.

He tweeted that he has "5000 n----- with them lorcins [handguns] ready to turn the pigs kids into orphins," federal court papers reveal.

The videos depict the ex-con wearing body armor and brazenly firing guns at a target range.

In them, he boasts he ordered a shooting from his hospital bed and "beat a body" - a reference to his 2002 murder acquittal after two witnesses were threatened and refused to testify against him.

Herron warned against people "snitching" and mentioned a murder in the Gowanus Houses housing project of a victim who reportedly helped authorities, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shreve Ariail and Carter Burwell said.

The prosecutors said Herron was wounded by a rival drug dealer in 1998 and the gunman was killed two days later by Herron's cousin.

Herron, 28, was arrested by NYPD detectives early Tuesday outside Club Amnesia in Chelsea. He was arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court and ordered held without bail.

A loaded 9-mm. handgun was found in the glove box of the Dodge Charger that Herron was riding in, authorities said.

"That s--- ain't mine and you ain't gonna find my prints on it," the driver, Algenis Caraballo, said after taking cops on a brief chase along W. 29th St.

Herron's crew had been linked to four killings but none is charged in the three-count indictment.

Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said the crew "victimized an entire housing development."

Undercover detectives made more than 65 drug buys from members of Herron's crew at the Gowanus Houses since 2008, many of which were recorded on video that could put the dealers in prison for at least 10 years.

Herron could face up to life in prison if convicted.

"Getting violent drug dealers and dangerous weapons off our streets is a recipe for safer neighborhoods," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

Teens at the project said they knew Herron by reputation - as a rapper.

"We'd see him around doing a video, he makes sure he reps his neighborhood," said Saquan Casilla, 18.

jmarzulli@nydailynews.com

With Jake Pearson

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... z120RPTuOd

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:17 pm

cant he just claim it got hacked like everyone else?

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:21 pm

I wondered what Magneto has been up to.

Gurped Out · Post by **Gurped Out** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:16 pm

Thun wrote:I wondered what Magneto has been up to.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:20 pm

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:51 pm

dumb bastid

Praverb · Post by **Praverb** » Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:59 pm

classic haha

YOUNGMOE · Post by **YOUNGMOE** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 12:58 am

damn...that song was amazing

usually you read these stories and dudes are soundin so-two-thousand-and-late err

yeah

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:06 am

When keeping it real goes wrong.

dubs · Post by **dubs** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:58 am

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:03 am

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:05 am

Gurped Out wrote:
Thun wrote:I wondered what Magneto has been up to.

KingMayne · Post by **KingMayne** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:18 pm

lmao what an idiot.

-SyLar- · Post by **-SyLar-** » Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:28 pm

Rap Snitches Telling all their business!
Mf Doom said it the realest

Nav · Post by **Nav** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:19 am

Nigga please.

They got this "Undercover detectives made more than 65 drug buys from members of Herron's crew at the Gowanus Houses since 2008, many of which were recorded on video that could put the dealers in prison for at least 10 years." and they need fucking Twitter ?

Nigga please 2x.

BigCat8 · Post by **BigCat8** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:22 am

In them, he boasts he ordered a shooting from his hospital bed and "beat a body" - a reference to his 2002 murder acquittal after two witnesses were threatened and refused to testify against him.

Herron warned against people "snitching" and mentioned a murder in the Gowanus Houses housing project of a victim who reportedly helped authorities, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shreve Ariail and Carter Burwell said.

The prosecutors said Herron was wounded by a rival drug dealer in 1998 and the gunman was killed two days later by Herron's cousin.

Boris. · Post by **Boris.** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:43 am

hes a really good raper... surprising

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:32 pm

so wait he's a heroin dealer who's real name is actually herron?

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:43 pm

Nav wrote:Nigga please.

They got this "Undercover detectives made more than 65 drug buys from members of Herron's crew at the Gowanus Houses since 2008, many of which were recorded on video that could put the dealers in prison for at least 10 years." and they need fucking Twitter ?

Nigga please 2x.

part of the reason why i posted this. i had to give a double take when i saw that.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:44 pm

drizzle wrote:so wait he's a heroin dealer who's real name is actually herron?

It was so surreal of an actual detail I couldn't bring myself to ask this very question.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:48 pm

Kace · Post by **Kace** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:40 pm

We need to take back all those "Stop snitching" T-shirts and reprint them so they read "Stop snitching yourself".

Versive · Post by **Versive** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:26 pm

Thun wrote:
drizzle wrote:so wait he's a heroin dealer who's real name is actually herron?
It was so surreal of an actual detail I couldn't bring myself to ask this very question.

first thing i noticed too.

HomeSkillet · Post by **HomeSkillet** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:00 pm

jesus, twitter, a guy named heron and good NY gangsta rap. This thread is unbelievable.

wuk · Post by **wuk** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:54 pm

Pretty nice on the mic, but too confusing with Rah Digga.
He should just go by Ronald Heroin.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:25 pm

you know what? i think this dude is on the new Wocka album......

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:43 pm

He's not really that great on the mic. More like minimally competent.

david111 · Post by **david111** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:34 am

there were rumors he was doing a collaborative album with uncle murda & waka. street dreams are made of these