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[GeeZus]

X-RAIDED ARTICLE




Killer Enjoying Killer CD Career
NewsMax.com
Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000

LINK : http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2000/11/23/104427.shtml




A murderer of a grandmother is pursuing a popular, financially rewarding career as a rapper, issuing CD recordings from prison, where he's serving 31 years.
It is estimated that Anerae Brown – doing business as X-Raided in the world of hip-hop, or inmate No. K17737, as he is known to the California Department of Corrections – could be making up to $100,000 on the four albums he has cut in the past five years he's been behind bars.

According to the Sacramento Bee:

Brown was convicted of the first-degree murder of Patricia Harris, a grandmother and community activist, when he and a group of teen-agers stormed her home in 1992.

He has been confined in Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County since December 1999.

His latest work of art, a CD recording titled "Vengeance Is Mine," was released Tuesday by Black Market Records, which is cranking out 100,000 copies. An earlier recording, "The Unforgiven: Vol. 1," sold 60,000 copies.

Brown's royalties, believed to be around 60 cents per copy, could possibly gain at least $96,000.

The victim's widower, William Harris, said "I don't like it. Some people, they'll buy anything gruesome.

"But what really bothers me is how can he get this stuff out while he's in prison? He shouldn't be able to do that from jail, period."

Inez Bogan, the victim's sister, said, "I don't want him to make one penny from anything he does. He doesn't deserve it.

"My sister is not entitled to anything. She's never going to come back, but he's here to keep on rapping? I don't think so."

California has a statute that prohibits a criminal's profiting on notoriety derived from his crimes.

Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed suit under that stature, seeking to funnel any of Brown's earnings back to the victim's family or into the state's Victims Restitution Fund.

It is Brown's position that none of the words in his recording refer to the murder he is convicted of committing, so therefore the statute doesn't apply to him.

The suit against him is on hold while the constitutionality of the statute is being considered by the state Supreme Court in another case.

 

[GeeZus]

X-RAIDED ARTICLE




[PRISONACT] Prisoner releases new rap album



LINK : http://www.prisonactivist.org/pipermail/prisonact-list/2000-November/003291.html



Inmate's CD sales rile victim's family
By Chris Macias
Bee Pop Music Writer
(Published Nov. 22, 2000)

A murder rap, jail cells and a lawsuit by California's attorney general
have not stopped Anerae Brown's recording career.
Brown, known in the hip-hop community as X-Raided -- and inmate No. K17737
to the California Department of Corrections -- is serving a 31-year
sentence for his role in the 1992 slaying of Patricia Harris, a Meadowview
grandmother and community activist. Yet on Tuesday, Black Market Records
released Brown's latest CD, "Vengeance Is Mine."

Brown has released four albums in the past five years, during which he's
been behind bars. The prison recording sessions began in 1995, when
recordings of Brown rapping over the phone from Sacramento County Jail were
used on his album "The Xorcist."

Some local record stores, including Tower Records outlets and The Beat,
have refused to stock "Vengeance Is Mine" because of the rapper's history.
"We're just trying to be sensitive to the local community," said Rob
Fauble, owner of The Beat. "We've had requests for it, but it's something
we could do without and they can get it somewhere else."

"I don't like it," said William Harris, the dead woman's husband. "It's
kind of like a Jeffery Dahmer thing. Some people, they'll buy anything
gruesome. But what really bothers me is how can he get this stuff out while
he's in prison? He shouldn't be able to do that from jail, period."
In 1996, Brown was convicted of first-degree murder for the Harris slaying.
She was fatally shot when Brown and a group of teenagers stormed her home.
Witnesses testified that the intended targets were Harris' two sons.
Christopher McKinnie, who kicked in the door of the Harris home, and
getaway driver Roosevelt Jermaine Coleman were also convicted of
first-degree murder. Samuel Maurice Proctor, who was also charged in the
case, was acquitted.

The vocal tracks for "Vengeance Is Mine" were definitely recorded in
prison. But the question remains, where.

A source, who asked not to be identified, told The Bee that Brown recorded
the vocal tracks for "Vengeance Is Mine" during the past few months. Its
nimble-tongued vocals sound like they were recorded in a professional
studio, not inside Mule Creek State Prison in Amador County, where Brown
has been incarcerated since December 1999.

Brown was interviewed by officials at Mule Creek on Monday and, according
to the officials, denied that the vocal tracks on "Vengeance Is Mine" are new.
"Anerae told our investigators that he had recorded over 125 tracks while
in Salinas Valley State Prison," said Richard Subia, public information
officer for Mule Creek State Prison. "He said that all of the songs (on
'Vengeance Is Mine') came from those sessions. We have no evidence to
suggest otherwise."

The clarity of "Vengeance Is Mine" is similar to Brown's previous effort,
"The Unforgiven: Vol. 1," which was recorded at Salinas Valley State
Prison. There, Brown and his cellmate taped vocals on a digital recording
device, likely a mini-disc recorder. The recordings were smuggled out of
prison, with the album's producers later adding instrumentation and drum
tracks to the vocals. The album was released in May 1999.

Brown's illicit recording sessions prompted an investigation at Salinas
Valley State Prison. According to the Department of Corrections, Roy
Castro, a correctional officer at the time, was fired after it was
determined he had smuggled recording equipment into the prison for Brown.
An undelivered letter from Brown intended for Black Market CEO Cedric
Singleton was also found in Castro's possession.

Singleton was interviewed by the Department of Corrections during the
investigation, but denied knowing Castro outside of cyberspace.
"Some guy was contacting me over the Internet, which the Department of
Corrections told me later was him," said Singleton. "We were conversing
(via America Online instant messages). There was no solicitation."

According to SoundScan, a New York company that tallies record sales in the
United States, "The Unforgiven: Vol. 1" sold 60,000 copies. Singleton told
The Bee in 1999 that Brown received a royalty of $1 per record, though
after paying fees to the CD's producers and other costs, Brown would earn
closer to 60 cents for each copy sold.

"I don't want him to make one penny from anything he does," said Inez
Bogan, Harris' sister. "He doesn't deserve it. My sister is not entitled to
anything. She's never going to come back, but he's here to keep on rapping?
I don't think so."

The Harris family sought help from state Sen. Deborah Ortiz, D-Sacramento,
who in turn brought the matter to state Attorney General Bill Lockyer.
"The Unforgiven: Vol. 1" had been in stores less than a week when Lockyer
filed a "Son of Sam" lawsuit against Brown. California's Son of Sam laws
bar prisoners from making money because of their notoriety, and instead
funnel those profits to the victim's families or into the state's Victims
Restitution Fund.

The litigation against Brown was moving forward until the state Supreme
Court agreed to hear Keenan vs. Superior Court, a case that challenges the
constitutionality of California's Son of Sam statutes. The lawsuit against
Brown is on hold pending the court's decision.

Regardless, Singleton believes that Son of Sam laws don't apply to Brown's
recordings because his work, including "Vengeance Is Mine," doesn't speak
of his crimes.
"I don't have any reservations about releasing this album," Singleton said.

"This album has nothing to do with the Harrises. It has to do with Anerae
continuing to pursue his art form. There's nothing done out of spite or
disrespect to the Harrises. As president of my company, I've never used the
crime as a way to try and promote something."

Black Market is pressing 100,000 copies of "Vengeance Is Mine." Singleton
wouldn't comment on Brown's royalty, but did say he believes Brown should
receive payment for his new album.

"He worked for it," said Singleton, "and whether he's in prison or not, he
still has family and responsibilities."
However, there's talk that "Vengeance Is Mine" may be Brown's swan song.

"I think this will be his last record," added Singleton. "I believe he's
tired of the problems that come with him recording."
In the meantime, the Harris family is mobilizing and may again seek advice
from lawmakers.

"I wouldn't want them to benefit at all from my wife's death," said Harris.
"Anything Anerae gets out of it, I don't think he should get it. I'm
frustrated with his ability to make those recordings in the first place,
and in the second place to get them out to Black Market."

 

[GeeZus]

A LIL SUMTHIN......

DONT KNO IF U COULD CALL DIS AN ARTICLE :


LINK : http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/printer_friendly.php?num=42



Take the case of one Anerae Brown, who styles himself "X-Raided". Brown has managed to produce several albums, all but the first from his prison cell where he is currently serving a 37 year sentence without possibility of parole for the savage, cold-blooded murder of Patricia Harris. Harris, a middle-aged school employee and grandmother active in the PTA had held a birthday party for her grandchildren earlier in the day. In the early hours of March 15th, 1992 after William, her husband of twenty-five years, left for work, Harris encountered four youths in her hallway including "X-Raided" and was shot in the chest and subsequently died.

For those who might have doubts as to Mr. Brown's guilt, it appears he shares a penchant for the confessional with Mr. Greene:

Letting fools know X-Raided ain’t playing
Tha Murder, yeah, I got something to do with it
Cause I shoot cha punk ass in a minute.
Welcome to the nihilist void of the violent, misogynistic, and racist lyrics of rap. This Miltonian endeavor was recorded on his second album "Xorcist" over the telephone from his current residence in a California correctional facility. Still, this hardly curbs the enthusiasm of his fans and critics:

If you're a fan of hardcore/gangster rap and want to hear some true heartfelt music... pick up Unforgiven! Possibly the best rap CD of 1999!
Now this is one rapper who hasn't recieved (sic) the props he deserves. X-Raided is the siccest rapper on the West Coast since Pac. He keeps it real, that's why he don't get no radio play. The man's in the pen, steady thuggin, puttin it down for that G life.

 

[loki]

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