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The Life Of New Orleans Rapper C-Murder

Papa didn’t raise me / mama didn’t care for me / a bastard child / no future no hope

When Louisiana State Police lofted a helicopter into the air above St John The Baptist Parish in March of 1998 they had no idea they were about to take down one of New Orleans most famous rappers. Continue Reading

Austin Leslie Was New Orleans Creole Fried Chicken King

“A lot of people don’t know how to chop or use seasonings. I refuse to cook without an onion!” Continue Reading

Former New Orleans Police Officer Antoinette Frank

City of New Orleans police officer Ronnie Williams was 25 years old when his partner on the force, Antoinette Frank, and her accomplice Rogers Lacaze, shot him dead at point blank range as he moonlighted at a restaurant in New Orleans 9th Ward. Continue Reading

rl reeves jr examines the life of New Orleans boxer Joe Dorsey Jr

“There shall be no fistic combat match, boxing, sparring, or wrestling contest or exhibition between any person of the Caucasian or `white’ race and one of the African or `Negro’ race; and, further, it will not be allowed for them to appear on the same card.”

That’s a rule codified by the Louisiana State Athletic Commission, an agency of the State of Louisiana with “full authority, regulation and control over all boxing and wrestling contests or exhibitions in the state” Continue Reading

Notes on New Orleans Contract Killer Garelle ‘Jigga’ Smith

Soulja Slim liked to rap “I keep that motherfucking heata on me / That’s why no nigga don’t come fucking with me.”

But on November 26th, 2003, Slim broke his cardinal rule, and left his pistol in his truck while he dashed into his mama’s house on Lafaye Street in Gentilly. Continue Reading

Notes On The Life Of New Orleans Rapper Christopher Dorsey aka Baby Gangsta

Christopher Dorsey is now known as United States Federal Prisoner number 31969-034 but for a time he was high-flying Deep South rapper B.G aka Baby Gangsta, one of the biggest stars to ever wreck himself free from the firmament of the New Orleans rap scene. Continue Reading

Notes On The Short Electric Life Of Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones

The 1200 block of Saratoga in Central City is one of the most infamous streets in the annals of New Orleans crime. On the morning of July 27th, 1900, Robert Charles, a black man from Mississippi shot 24 white people including four cops before a white mob set fire to the cottage he was holed-up in, and shot him dead as the house burned to the ground. Continue Reading

Hotel Theresa where Walter Papoose Nelson was found dead on Wednesday, February 28th, 1962

I ran into Walter “Papoose” Nelson’s niece at Little People’s Place in New Orleans 6th Ward in summer of 2018. Continue Reading

Notes On The Life and Death of New Orleans Jazz Drummer Paul Barbarin

I’ve been building a Mount Rushmore for New Orleans drummers over the past few years.

Paul “T-Boy” Barbarin is sitting on top of that mountain. Continue Reading

Notes On The Life Of Legendary Transvestite Performer Bobby Marchan

New Orleans was chockablock with transvestites in the 1950s.

Imagine walking into the Dew Drop Inn in Central City when giants like Fats Domino and Chris Kenner were regularly performing. The host of the affair would be Patsy Vidalia, born Irving Ale, and the show opener just might be Bobby Marchan born Oscar James Gibson. Continue Reading

RL Reeves Jr

Writer Documenting Life In New Orleans 9th Ward. Second Lines, Hotplates, Gumbo, Po Boys, Brass Bands

No Nightclubs in Angola: The Life Of New Orleans Rapper C-Murder

Austin Leslie Was New Orleans Creole Fried Chicken King

Cop Shoot Cop: The Sordid Tale Of Antoinette Frank

New Orleans Boxer Joe Dorsey Jr Fought Jim Crow With The Sweet Science

Notes on New Orleans Contract Killer Garelle ‘Jigga’ Smith

Notes On The Life Of New Orleans Rapper Christopher Dorsey aka Baby Gangsta

Notes On The Short Electric Life Of Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones

Notes On Early Rock n Roll Guitarist Walter ‘Papoose’ Nelson

Notes On The Life and Death of New Orleans Jazz Drummer Paul Barbarin

Notes On The Life Of Legendary Transvestite Rock n Roller Bobby Marchan

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