In Honor of the Slain

Posted on May 29th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, Uncategorized

Posted by Bossip Staff

Nicole Bell & Family

Hip Hop artists unite to honor the memory of the late Sean Bell:

Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino and Styles P. have all come together to record the song ‘Stand Up (A Sean Bell Tribute).’The track debuted on AllHipHop.com yesterday and will be available for purchase at the iTunes music store. The song will cost 99 cents and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Sean Bell Benefit Fund.

Truth be told, it’s refreshing to see artists unafraid to stand up and speak out against injustice. Click HERE to peep this new track.

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  • I’m Just Me

    FIRST

  • Royal Chocolate

    It’s good to see brothas coming together.

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    Second

  • Aunt Viv

    This is great-hip hop artists standing up for more than hoes and Hennessy. I’m gonna buy the track.

    RIP Sean Bell

  • I’m Just Me

    THIS IS WONDERFUL…IT REALLY IS. AND I AM GLAD THEY ARE TRYING TO HELP THIS FAMILY. I WISH MORE HIP HOP ARTISTS WOULD GET INVOLVED IN CAUSES AND MATTERS OF REAL SUBSTANCE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT B*TCHES AND HOES AND ALL THE JEWELS THEY HAD. GOOD LOOK FOR THOSE INVOLVED.

    LOVE THIS PIC OF NICOLE AND THE KIDS TOO!

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    Okay, maybe not, lol… Hey “I’m Just Me”, Happy Thursday!!! One more day till friday, woohoo!! I think Sean’s wife looks beautiful and his daughters are addorable… So sad that Sean will not be around to watch them grow up.

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    Also, I am very happy to see these artists step up and try to help the family… Honestly though, where is Jay-Z, Puffy and 50 Cent in this? Their the ones who can afford to give 100% of the sales to procedes, not struggling artists like Swizz Beatz, Talib Kweli, Cassidy, Drag-On, Maino and Styles P. I guess we see who is rich with love and who is rich with greed.

  • Lovely One

    Those little girls are soooo ADORABLE!!!

  • guilty pleasure

    ^^^ Jay Z set up a trust fund for the kids…..

  • bree

    such a pretty family..

  • Lady elle

    Meanwhile on the other side of the street…

    ~~

    “Six teens were found near Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park, where a crowd had gathered. It was not immediately clear whether they were wounded at the park or as they fled when gunfire erupted about 10:15 p.m. Monday, police said.

    The victims — between the ages of 13 and 18 — were found on several blocks along Lenox Avenue, from 125th Street to 128th Street. They had been shot in the chest, thigh, torso, abdomen or foot, police said. A 15-year-old girl had been grazed on the forehead. No arrests had been made”.

    ~~~

    It’s time to take life seriously at all points.

    It’s so upsetting for Police to shoot at an unarmed vehicle and by the grace of God only 1 man was killed that night.

    It’s is just as upsetting when we point the guns at eachother and get the same outcome.

    OUTRAGE AT ALL KILLINGS OF YOUNG BLACK MEN & WOMEN

  • mrslaadee

    I wish they could have got more big name rappers (Jay-Z,50,The Game,TI)on the song b/c it would encourage more people to listen to it.

  • MS~NYTX

    R~I~P

    dayum im feelin this pic….beautiful family…

  • LdyK

    it’s nice to see positivity after so much negative ISHT has been done

  • Lady elle

    I wish the best for the Bell Family.

    He did NOT die in vain.

  • bree

    Brooklyn

    Jay was the first one who i heard did something for the family.. Swizz is far from struggling-he lives in a house w/ a helicopter pad in the middle of a neighborhood off a cliff.. hello Brooklyn!!

  • ripped

    Beautiful family. I would think she could sue on behalf of his children even if they weren’t married. And whoever said it is nice to see hip hop artists stand up for something other than hoes and hennessy, I agree 100%

  • He’s Presidential

    Yep that’s a good move. It’s still sad though that he had to die of foolishness at the actions of stupid cops. I’m not sure what the hell is going on with Black America. I live in Dallas and black men are constantly in the news for stealing, killing and dying. It’s a damn shame we can’t get along. I remember growing up and it my mom was like it was good to get her son out high school and onto college. I pray for Black men because it is so hard for them in this society.

  • me

    Well,lets see.. if he wasn’t a drug dealing thug, he’d still be alive, and if any of them had any morals they would of been married, instead of having a “baby mama”.. if you want to know whats wrong with this world, just look at a family like this, and know there are millions of families just like this one, and people wonder why the world is so f*cked up.. stop selling drugs, stop being a thug, make an honest woman out of your “babymama”, get a job and stop being “hard”..

  • me

    He’s Pres.

    the only reason its hard for them is because they make it hard.. stop being lazy, start getting an education, stop listening and looking up to these gangsta rappers, get a job, stop selling drugs, stop blaming the white man, pick yourself up and stop being a loser… than maybe it wont’be so hard.. but i guess it’s just easier to blame someone else..

  • Southern Belle 225

    This is a wonderful thing! True, there should be more of the bigger name hip hop artist involved but its okay. Just the mere fact that they are doing anything at all is a good thing. So Kudos!

  • Southern Belle 225

    Oh, and that’s a beautiful pic of the family. Very cute girls!

  • WordzOfaProphet

    @Me

    Yeah it is easy 2 blame sum1 else, but when ur shot 4 absolutely no reason…..damn right u blame every f*cker dat pulled da trigger. U know wat its ignorance like urs dat pissed on my bright and beautiful day.

  • Harlem Chic

    It would be nice if mainstream hip hop could be turned on its head and drop real knowledge. Right now the music that’s being spitted is devil’s pie.

  • Kamee

    Good to see artist use their voice for a cause!

    Side Note: That oldest daughter looks just like her daddy. I love to see little girls who look just like their daddy, and still be a cutie pie.

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @ bree(Check me out!)

    Brooklyn

    Jay was the first one who i heard did something for the family.. Swizz is far from struggling-he lives in a house w/ a helicopter pad in the middle of a neighborhood off a cliff.. hello Brooklyn!!

    ———————————-

    That’s great! I didn’t hear that about Jay, I only said that cause he usually donates whenever there is a tragedy and I didn’t hear anything in this tragedy. Also, LOL @ Swiss & his helicopter pad on a cliff, lol!!

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @ShayShay

    Thanks. Yes it is, she is my lil’Princess!!

  • me

    Ya, the truth usually does piss people off.. He went to his car, threatening to get a gun to shoot other people…

    im pretty sure that if you threaten someone with a gun, YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESERVE…

    so again, stop being a thug, stop being hard, and stop threatening to shoot someone.. i dont’care if you really have one or not..

    btw, what kind of p*ssy threatens to shoot people… and doesn’t even have a gun.. just trying to be hard and scare people…

    well i guess he wont’be doing that again.. but you all just go ahead and stand up for this man like he was a saint.. he was a drug dealing thug who threatened to shoot people… he got what he deserves, yet all you make him out to be a martyr.. but dam if he was white, none of you would of card at all.. bunch of racists you are…

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braided beauty chicagos own still lovin kellz music

    Brooklyn ,,, Jay z was they say the first to donate…. he always helps folks out….. my Pistons lost last night and i am so angry.. but hey all is fair is basketball… but i hate to lose!!!! lol!

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  • me

    btw, wordz

    seriously where did you learn to speak english.. i had to read your jibberish like 3 times to even figure out “wat u r sayn”… you sound ignorant, so im sure that your opinion of the sean bell case is just as “ignant”.. learn to speak english, learn to spell… than maybe we can have an intelligent conversation, instead of me feeling like im talking to the drunk bum on the street corner

  • chris

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  • bree

    me

    i believe it was the police who alleged someone said they had a gun.. hear say

  • I’m Just Me

    HEY BROOKLYN AND SHAY SHAY

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braided beauty chicagos own still lovin kellz music

    Brooklyn…. bumba clot… me no want to smell no cigarette tar,, cause me dont smoke.. lock em blood clot.. fine em a thousand pounds!!!! lil black boy gwan like em cant read!

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @corperatecutieshayshay(Check me out!)

    @ BROOKLYN

    SORRY TYPING FAST, AND HAVING LUNCH

    I MEANT LOOKS!

    ————————

    LOL, It’s okay, I know it’s still early. But yes, she gets her beauty from her mommy and her charm from her daddy. :)

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @Ms BB

    I saw that game, it was a good one, sorry your boys didn’t win but Hamilton did his thing.

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    LMFAO @ fine em a thousand pounds!!!! lil black boy gwan like em cant read!

    HILARIOUS!!!

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @I’m Just Me

    What’s up buddy?

  • me

    corp.

    Everyone who was shot, had a history of carrying guns.. Everyone of them had been convicted of weapons charges.. too bad, so sad, huh..

    Im curious cause you say i wasn’t there, and than you say you weren’t there, yet you are standing up for this man.. why is your opinion more valuable than mine.. we both werent there, right? so how can you stand up for the man, but bash me for saying he got what he deserves.. seems a little hypocritical to me… but than again, i see hypocrisy ALL OVER THIS SITE… if he wasn’t black, you wouldn’t care.. HYPOCRIT..

    Bree.

    there were others in the club who confirmed that.. but what’s funny is the witnesses that good ol al sharpton interviewed, who said that noone in the club said anything about a gun, were paid, by Al.. Paid cash for their “eyewitness account”.. hahahah.. i bet those people are credible huh..

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braided beauty chicagos own still lovin kellz music

    Brooklyn… yeah Rip did his thing…. but hey it happens but i still got their back…. i showed that Jamiacan lady beefing in stratford about the cigarette smoke to everyone back in chi and they are still crackin up… those jamaican women dont play…gotta go find out the latest news about Kellz .. on the phone now talking with my family in chicago!!!! keep you posted twin!!!!

  • me

    Bree..

    well obiously it’s “hear say”.. everything is “hear say”…

    but as long as people defend sean bell and people like him, i will defend the cops and the people that are here to serve and protect us from people who threaten other people.. people who have a history of carrying illegal guns, people who sell drugs, to kids, to single mothers.. you all make him out to be a saint, why??? cause he’s a black man.. i personally don’t see color, but i do see alot of hypocrisy..

  • BETTAB

    I love how this is turning out for the wife and children. Good for the hip hop community. Cops killing a man on his wedding day and getting away with it. Sean, Nicole and their kids looked like a nice, happy family. The black community needs more fo that.

  • bree

    Me

    i don’t know Sean Bell from a hole in the wall..i am just disturbed by your lack of compassion for the savage death he endured..i am not making him out to be a Saint..i don’t really want to go back and forth..i’m agreeing to disagree.

  • BLUNTBLAZER
  • me

    i have no problem with that bree… i can dig it..

    and i can’t say i dont’have any compassion.. i morn for his children.. its sad they have to grow up without a father.. its sad this man chose to deal drugs instead of provide an honest living for his family… it’s sad the choices he made that night.. it’s sad the cops made the choices they made too.. things should of gone differently..

    but noone can come here and say he’s a saint or poor poor sean bell, with a straight face…

  • african_4_eva

    Man, blessings to his kids, wife and entire family. RIP Mr. Sean Bell and all those who have come upon a tradegy such as this.

  • Brooklyn, Stand UP!

    @Ms BB

    keep you posted twin!!!

    ————————–

    Thanx twin!!

  • Follow Me

    RIP to Sean Bell. Many blessing to the Bell Family one day you’ll be together again. Till Then may God protect you with heavenly guidance and support.

    I hope those dirty cops get what they have coming sooner than later.

  • versace

    @ Me, Oh NOOOO, HOW DARE YOU, be so correct and on point!!! That is not allowed here.

    Stupid ass baby mama, opening her twat to push out two kids to a loser that was going to killed by another drug dealer or a police. If a drug dealer killed her baby daddy she wouldn’t have been able to sue and she wasn’t married to him so technically she can’t get paid by the city. Hopefully she can use the money the send her kids to private school and get the hell out of Brooklyn and move on.

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braided beauty chicagos own still lovin kellz music

    later Brooklyn, m daddy, and southern belle 225!!!!!!

  • Miss Lady Jordan

    real nice track…Im glad to see them doing something so positive…truly a tragedy…RIP Sean Bell….what a beautiful family

  • http://braibrai@yahoo.com ms braided beauty chicagos own still lovin kellz music

    later brooklyn , m dady and southern belle 225!

  • me

    Corp.

    Ugh.. he was not shot 52 times.. he was shot like 4 times…

    and all i can say is that if someone threatens to shoot me, i hope a cop stops them to question them… and well if they decide to try and run the cop over, or hit a car and try and flee, well than they get what they deserve… plain and simple..

    and you’re right, he had no convictions, but he was busted several times with drugs and guns.. ya, sean bell, he’s a saint.. LOL>.. UGH..

  • autumn

    i just feel so bad for her……WELL AFTER READING SOME OF THE DUMBAZZ STATEMENTS MADE…I FEEL SORRY FOR ANYONE KILLED…NOBODY DESERVES TO LOSE A LIFE ..YA DIG…NOBODY…CRIMINAL/COP NOBODY DESERVES IT NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING….KARMA’S A BYTCH…PEOPLE NEED TO WATCH WHAT THEY SAY AND WRITE……PERIOD…

  • me

    Autumn

    You’re right.. noone should be preaching the truth, cause karma may come get them..

    well lets just chalk it up to an innocent black man, minding his own business, not threatening anyone, living a life of peace and prosperity, who just happened to get killed by some wacked racists cops who were just looking to shoot a black man that night…

    you have convinced me to bury my head in the sand, like the rest of you, and just come to terms it was racially motivated and they just felt like killing an innocent black man…

    thank you for showing me the light..

  • Elo

    My God…those little girls faces..say it all. Too much too soon….

  • no name required

    also all i have to say on sean bell is…

    every blk person i know that have been rob, SHOT, killed, stabbed or whatever it has been done by ANOTHER BLACK PERSON

    when i think about my kids i fear their safety more from my own race than i do the police

    you guys can deny it all you want and i LOVE my black people but that is true talk

    im really tired of reading in the paper how another young blk child was fatally killed because black youths want to murder one another

    i can blame the people who put the guns on the street and glorify its use but i would rather blame the person who is actually using that gun even though they know the consequences

  • versace

    What baby mama gets paid on a cival suit. The parent’s yes, I don’t see her getting paid at all.

  • meme

    Corp..

    Ok you asked for it. dont’ say i didn’t warn you.. and for someone whose job it is to know the facts, you aren’t very thorough..

    Exactly 50 shots were fired.. not 80 like you claim.. he was hit 4 times.. not 6 like you said.. and he sold crack cocaine to 2 undercover officers in August of 06.. was caught with drugs twice and a weapon once, however he was released on his own recognizance.. so yes he along with his associates have all been busted for drugs and guns.. you really need to read more..

    So if you want to know what the UGH is all about, it’s the fact that you and others here are twisting facts, trying to make it more than it is, and are really just ignorant of the facts, yet you claim to be this media fact finder… so ya.. i say UGH..

    btw, heres the link.. read and educate yourself before speaking.. you only look foolish..

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Bell

    I think they blocked my last blog..

  • autumn

    @ me yeah bury dat head….cuz i am from philly and our finest just beat the hell outta some dudes in car…as was posted…..now these white skin heads are posting signs all over talking about

    it’s not guns that kill people it’s minorities and they list the cops and the killers (BLACK MEN)…..so like i said NOBODY DESERVES TO DIE…..AS FOR THE RACIAL PART EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE IS RACIAL…….OH BUT WE WILL FIND OUT IF OBAMA IS ELECTED…….

  • buttafly

    This is a graet opportunity for hip hop to stand for something. That was a beautiful song.

  • Crackalicious

    My heart really aches for this family, I can only wish them all the best for the future. You know their father is watching over those girls from above, they’ll be alright.

    Peace Love Unity

  • meme

    would this be the same ny post that said he was shot at 80 times, when it was really 50.. or that he was shot 6 times, when it was only 4…

    ny post credible.. hahahahah.. ya right…

    he wasn’t a “young man out for the night”.. he was a thug drug dealer who hung around thugs that threatened to shoot someone in a club..

    you too sell a good story.. hell if i listened to your outlook on the situation, you’d think mary poppins was strolling down the street with her bible and some cops did a driveby…

  • true1

    why dont she just get a damn job already and stop looking for handouts!!!

  • corey

    @true1: what a rude comment. Not only is this money for her to take care of her children, but this money is for her children so that they can one day go to college and make something of themselves. And since the POLICE took their daddy away from them she has to support her kids. DUH!!!!!!

  • jenna

    whatever. sean bell was no saint. you live by the sword you die by the sword. bottom line.

    what good man is out at 3am, night before his wedding, hanging at a strip club known for drugs and prostitution??? Not to mention the fact he was drunk, rammed his car into the cops, tried to be a big man starting beef. i mean come on, get real. one less problem off the streets! Hopefully his children will grow to be good contributing members of society. i think his wife is kinda pathetic actually, at this point, she needs to figure out how she is going to support those kids once this is old news. hopefully she has a decent plan B

  • jenna

    AND UHMM SEAN BELL WAS ARRESTED FOR SELLING CRACK, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THATS A KNOWN FACT. PLUS HIS FRIENDS WHO WERE THERE ALL HAD RECORDS, AND ONE OF THEM BEAT HIS BABY MOTHER AFTER THIS ALL HAPPENED.

    LOSERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!

  • jenna

    He sold crack to undercover cops ON TWO separate occasions. The three mutts had 17 arrests between the three of them, soooo innocent. What really makes me mad is that my hard earned dollars will end up paying for a civil suit for these morons.

  • http://www.lovingmeans@aol.com 1TruDiva w/Princess Mykel!

    Now THOSE ARE TWO BEAUTIFUL children!

  • http://www.lovingmeans@aol.com 1TruDiva w/Princess Mykel!

    @ me–

    I’ve heard the stories about him “supposedly” getting a gun but I never heard of one found.

    _____________________________________________________

    This man was scheduled to get married in less than twelve hours from the time of the tragedy!! He went to a bachelor party–like men do!!!

    What pissed me off is how the press tried to make them out to be worse than they were by plastering so much negative news about them–especially Sean when in fact, most of their findings were noting more than lies.

    I’m hoping Nicole does sue! At least, for defaming her children’s father’s name.

    BTW–She legally changed her last name to Bell.

  • http://www.myspace.com/shamecatierrajackson ms meca

    wow a bunch of rude people

  • true1

    jenna and jaime… you speak the truth he was no saint.. he was nothing but a drug dealing thug and why should anybody feel sorry for this creep!?

    and like i said before she needs to stop the bullsh!t and find herself a job. why should we pay for her kids? she is the one who made the choice of having babies by a drug dealer. an imo the police were doing their job and they did it damn good that night!

  • http://hotmail M.

    I feel so sorry for the bell family

    keep your head up high:)

  • Agnus

    MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU GUYS.

    I’M REALLY SORRY BOUT WAT HAPPEN AND WHEN I FOUND

    OUT THE NEWS I BEEN PISSED. WHITE PEOPLE ALWAYS GOTTA PUT A BLACK BROTHER DOWN. AND HE AIN’T EVEN DID NUTHING. I BELIEVE THEM PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE LOST THEIR JOB FOR THAT BUT LEAVE IT UP TO ME I WOULD’VE KILLED THEM.

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