In the early hours 4th of February 1999 Amadou Diallo was standing outside his house in the Bronx N.Y when the police fired at him 41 times. They had apparently identified him as a serial rapist, and approached him. They saw him reach into his jacket and shouted GUN! they then began to open fire. 41 shots were fired and of those 41, 19 hit Amadou Diallo, what he was reaching for in his pocket was infact a wallet. ...show more

In the early hours 4th of February 1999 Amadou Diallo was standing outside his house in the Bronx N.Y when the police fired at him 41 times. They had apparently identified him as a serial rapist, and approached him. They saw him reach into his jacket and shouted GUN! they then began to open fire. 41 shots were fired and of those 41, 19 hit Amadou Diallo, what he was reaching for in his pocket was infact a wallet.

in response to this almost 30 artists from the hip hop community including Mos Def, Talib Kweli, RZA and Phaorahe Monch produce the Hip Hop for respect E-P under the Rawkus label.. ...show less