My Brother's Keeper: Bobby Shmurda (Pt 3)

Louder Than A Riot

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Music History, Music, Society & Culture, Music Interviews, True Crime

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🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Six years after his arrest, Bobby Shmurda's fans are still anxiously awaiting his return. The rapper ultimately stayed loyal to his crew in court, but the chokehold of conspiracy law also left him with few other options. In our final chapter of Bobby's story, we follow his legal drama: cycling through defense lawyers, being strong-armed by prosecutors and making last-ditch outbursts in court. Finally, we sit down with Bobby in prison as he looks to his future on the other side of his cell.

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0:00.0	A warning before we begin.
0:02.4	This podcast is explicit in every way.
0:05.6	Previously on louder than a riot.
0:08.6	We welcome Bobby!
0:10.2	We welcome Bobby!
0:12.2	He was in street longer than he was.
0:14.8	Famous.
0:15.8	We don't call ourselves no gang on this.
0:17.8	We are family.
0:19.0	But my son needs justice.
0:21.8	When you get locked up,
0:24.0	all the raps you got to do me a little.
0:26.0	Right now I'm jailed.
0:27.2	And I'm just trying to get home.
0:28.6	I'm thinking about my freedom.
0:59.6	Just hours after that Quad Studios raid in December 2014,
1:03.6	that premonition becomes Bobby's reality.
1:07.6	When he appears in court for the first time,
1:10.6	alongside his brother, famed in their lawyer.
1:13.6	The court clerk addresses Bobby by his government name,
1:16.6	a Keele Pollock.
1:18.6	How do you plead to clerk ask?
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