“The Chargesare Bulls%&T”
HEN BObbY SHMURDA, THE “Tough times charismatic star of the surprise don’t last forever,” says Shmurda, 2014 hit “Hot N—a,” emerged who performed at from the back of a New York Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Oct. 30, County Supreme Court room in January, 2014. “God makes his wthe 20-year-old looked sad and serious. toughest battles for his Shmurda sat very still at the defense table, strongest soldiers.” showing none of the viral persona that was responsible for 102 million YouTube views, a $2 million record deal and the interna- tional “Shmoney Dance” craze. Today he was just another young man before the judge, one of 13 reputed members of the East Flatbush, Brooklyn, alleged gang GS9 (“God’s Sons”) to have his case called. “When I see the judge and the DA, I just see a bunch of people trying to take my life away for being blessed,” says Shmurda, who talked with Billboard from the Manhattan Detention Complex, where he has been held since December. “When I look at them, it looks like a bunch of haters.” Four months ago, Shmurda was racing around a Midtown soundstage, sunglasses and gold chains glinting, as he performed “Hot Boy” (the “Hot N—a” radio edit) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. With him were lifelong GS9 friends, beaming, and two female dancers in “Shmoney Team” &T” crop tops. The same month, “Hot Boy” reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. “THE CHARGES ARE BULLS% “Everything felt like the best moment of my life,” Shmurda says.
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