Jury Convicts Hosea Thomas of Murdering T.I.’s Best Friend
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Posted by Bossip Staff
The Jury did not take long to convict Hosea Thomas in that random act of thuggery that killed Philiant Johnson:
It took a Cincinnati jury less than a day to render a guilty verdict on Wednesday (November 26) in the murder trial of Hosea Thomas. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the jury convicted Thomas on all 11 counts he faced in the 2006 shooting death of rapper T.I.’s boyhood friend and assistant, Philant Johnson, 26, including murder, five counts of felonious assault and illegally having a gun after a felony conviction. Thomas will be sentenced on December 23 and faces a minimum of 20 years in the case, which hinged on the devastating testimony of the defendant’s brother, who was driving the car Thomas was traveling in on the night prosecutors said he opened fire on T.I.’s entourage.
Lock that dumb @ss up and throw away the key. F*ck a thug.
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hi
11/27/08, 13:38:pm
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hi
11/27/08, 13:39:pm
i cant belive that i’m first wow
Prissy
11/27/08, 13:40:pm
I agree! F&^$ a THUG… I’m glad they gonna lock his dumb ***** up….PS: HAPPY THANKSGIVING BOSSIPERS!!!
Suthnpeach
11/27/08, 13:57:pm
Good. His on brother snitched on his Stupid *****. They goning to whoop his ***** in that agg tank.
Prissy
11/27/08, 14:06:pm
LOL @ Suthnpeach…
Kubaff ndani ya nyumba!!!
11/27/08, 14:17:pm
*****ody try and shoot at ti and get away with it!!lock up the thug for life!!
Chanel Shades
11/27/08, 14:23:pm
Ok so did the brother/driver rat his brother out to get a reduced sentance or get off? Becasue you could not make me drive you anywhere if you got a gun and want to shhot somebody. He should have drove his brother away from the problem not to it. Bottom line the drive needs to be punished too, you *****isted the killing Phil for nothing.
Chanel Shades
11/27/08, 14:24:pm
*shoot*
*driver*
Chanel Shades
11/27/08, 14:27:pm
*sentence*
I cant spell today all this cooking is frying m brains. I need a nap. Happy Turkey Day Ya’ll
BLACK MAN
11/27/08, 14:28:pm
DEATH TO ***** THUGS!
LONG LIVE BLACK MEN!
DEATH TO ***** THUGS!
LONG LIVE BLACK MEN!
DEATH TO ***** THUGS!
LONG LIVE BLACK MEN!
i WISH EVERY SINGLE ***** THUG WOULD DIE TONIGHT SO THAT TOMORROW BLACK MEN CAN START REBUILDING THEIR REPUTATIONS AND COMMUNITIES!
ADIAMONDCENTER
11/27/08, 15:15:pm
gooood!!!!
Nathalie
11/27/08, 16:04:pm
Good *****. The LAW at work. Niccas need to quit being so dumb. Die from cancer like normal people. Quit killing each other.
Prissy
11/27/08, 16:20:pm
oohhh *****! LOL @ Nathalie.. SOme real ***** boo…
*MiSsUnderst0od*
11/27/08, 18:19:pm
lol @ “***** a thug” hehe happii thanksgivin *****ez!
Thug Life
11/27/08, 18:27:pm
No ***** you bossip!!!
and ***** fake thugs like Ti who can rap and encourage our kids to “trap” but snitch like a lil ***** when he gets caught with 10 machine guns…
simonesdad2008
11/27/08, 20:11:pm
Let’s put people like this on notice. We, the black community, will not tolerate this. This is the new age of Obama. Let’s collectively step up our game and leave this nonsense behind.
afro..
11/27/08, 20:51:pm
what’s up with Bossip, updating only one article today?
CamronsMyHusband
11/27/08, 21:15:pm
T.I = The Informant!!!!
BOTTOM LINE! I respect him; he followed his heart but in the street world he will always be a snitch!
The same exact thing happened to Busta Rhymes and he did dot snitch, he did not take the stand or give a statement to cops cause hes from Brooklyn and he knows thats against the code. T.I AKA The Informant is from the country; yall breed different out there. Its evident.
I respect T.I for standing up for something he believes in. But no more street talk and all that TIPster… Thats over with now.
Opie Taylor
11/27/08, 21:32:pm
CamronsMyHusband
So when Busta’s bodyguard was murdered and less than a year later, another *****ociate was murdered, you feel that it was Busta’s duty to stay true to the streets and not *****ist the police in apprehending the offending parties? And with that said, you people have the gall to complain about the police and their perceived apathy when responding to the concerns of your community!?! You people are truly lost.
Christmas Jones
11/27/08, 21:33:pm
shut the hell up, CamronsMyHusband…he is not a SNITCH…you keep perpetuating stereotypes like that around and no one will get justice this day and age…its a dawn of a new government system and you still talking about “well T.I. is still a snitch” man, go somewhurr. Busta Rhymes friend is probably cursing him to this day, what kind of loyalty is that? Loyalty to the person who killed your close friend? Then with friends like YOU, who needs enemies? I hate stupid people…
T.I., I commend you, I love you, and I pray for you. You are i believe the only rapper I admire more than just your lyrics and acting credentials (cuz you can act boo!) I’m sorry about T.I.’s friend, thats a devastating thing to happen to anyone, and if yo have the power to catch the killers and throw them in jail, I SUGGEST YOU DO JUST THAT AND RESPECT THE DEAD!
Bestlife
11/27/08, 21:34:pm
I’m soooooo glad for T.I. this nightmare is almost over. For all ya’ll who think being a snitch is negative had better wake up! Otherwise,your dumb azz will be sitting right along this ignant nicca in jail. If his brother gets a shorter sentence for telling the truth so be it. T.I’s friend did nothing wrong..he deserves justice. He was out to have a good time until this stupid-azz-country-fried negro came along. I said it before and I’ll say it again…keep your mouth shut if you want to. If I am ever faced with a jail sentence over telling the truth…I’m spillin my guts to anybody and everybody who can make a difference in my case. I suggest you stupid so-called thugs do the same thing rather than breaking the hearts of people who love and care about you. Enough said.
Christmas Jones
11/27/08, 21:35:pm
THANK YOU OPIE TAYLOR…though I don’t like being referred to as “you people” its the truth, when it comes to being tight lipped and at the same time resenting 911 calls that take cops 2 hours to arrive…although, that is another issue
And.....(with 5 dots)
11/27/08, 22:18:pm
CamronsMyHusband
T.I = The Informant!!!!
BOTTOM LINE! I respect him; he followed his heart but in the street world he will always be a snitch!
The same exact thing happened to Busta Rhymes and he did dot snitch, he did not take the stand or give a statement to cops cause hes from Brooklyn and he knows thats against the code. T.I AKA The Informant is from the country; yall breed different out there. Its evident.
I respect T.I for standing up for something he believes in. But no more street talk and all that TIPster… Thats over with now
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***** A STREET CRED AND A CODE! OMG! This wannabe thug, fake mobster ***** is soooooo tired. Thugs are not true mobsters. Mobsters get killed over money, turf, and messing with family. Thugs get killed over nothing at all. Real mobsters laugh at thugs.
I was in Cincinnati when this mess jumped off and it was all over this fool trying to gain some “street cred” with his homies. This dumb ***** picked a fight with T.I. and his crew because he thought he was “disrespected” over some dollars being thrown around. T.I. and crew left and these ignorant *****ers followed them and blasted them on the highway. Now look what the street cred has gotten us, another dead brother and one locked up. Either way they are both GONE! WAKE UP PEOPLE AND STOP THE IGNORANCE!
Yeah Right
11/27/08, 22:41:pm
@CamronsMyHusband
What the hell is this code *****? I saw your comments on MTO talking that same bull*****. ***** Busta Rhymes if he didn’t do right by his so called friend. Did Philant deserve to die, hell no. Does his child deserve to be without a father, hell no. Why should anyone care about the life of those two thug ***** *****s when they didn’t give a ***** about who died that night when they was shooting and *****? The code didn’t save Philant, so why should it save those two *****s from jail? Stop watching those damn gangsta movies and jump back into reality.
Slim
11/27/08, 22:53:pm
It’s trife ***** people like CamronsMyHusband that are making Opie’s comments TRUE. (well-said, Opie)
And CamronsMyHusband- did you even listen to Paper Trail?? If not, you wouldn’t have even said that dumb sh*t about T.I. needs to drop the “street talk” –> lyrics from “Top of the World” : “Man I remember, before I say that wait, let me issue this statement- No way should reflection be mistaken for glorification”
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deesac
11/27/08, 23:51:pm
I’m glad black people are starting to realize that there is a big difference between black people and *****s. If that what you want to be then you will fall right into society wrath, in jail on 6ft under there no acception God Bless the family for there lost. The poor young brother and the fool because both family suffers from this.
YGB
11/28/08, 01:25:am
@CamronsMyhusband
You are a prime example of what is wrong with the world today. You consider street cred more important than a person’s life – how sad is that *****? Would you be saying the same thing if Philant had been a relative of yours????Somehow, I doubt it. You need to wake up before it’s too late!!!
Kevin W.
11/28/08, 02:25:am
Street Cred huh? It’s a shame that some people don’t see that prisons are no longer here for punishment. Prisons are here to warehouse those individuals deemed by the government and society as undesirable. Are you in a gang? Wonderful! That means you’ll be spending most of your time on the streets committing crimes and easy to pick out with those special colors. At some point, street cred will lead some young, black, male to commit a homicide, which can be seen in this case. That means that he’ll be placed in the new-age slave, uh hem, warehouse to rot away during the best and most productive years of his life. If people would just start standing up to all of the nonsense that goes on in our commuties, the majority of social strife that has plagued our people for years will be a thing of the past.
Pervster
11/28/08, 02:52:am
Man I have not come across a more poignant, profound statement in a long time….”***** A THUG”!
That’s some cool *****. I will adopt it as my own, because I feel the exact same *****in’ way.
Yep… definitely believe in there being a difference between Black folks and *****S. *****S are a *****ing cancer and have done nothing but held us back and destroyed our communities with their *****ing ignorance, closed minded thinking and lack of respect or regard for anything that doesn’t prop up that ghetto ***** “keepin’ it real” stereotype.
I grew up in that *****ty environment….hated it then.. hate it now – more. Wise up *****S and get your ***** together. Patience and tolerance has run out for you.
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Get Smart
11/28/08, 05:31:am
To CamronsMyhusband… FYI: several of us are concerned with your ignorance.
To the rest of you like minded ignorant individuals, all I’m gonna say is ‘there’s a big difference between free speech and cheap talk’. Get ur mind right.
ms meca
11/28/08, 08:27:am
im glad they locked him up and his brother should be locked up to… this is the prime example i dont party at club ritz it is a club for hoodrats .. when this ish first happened these cincinnati cats thought this ish was gonna put them on the map and look what happened not a d*m thing.. this is the talk in cincinnati now all yu hear is how hood cincinnati is because they almost killed t.i and then killed his body guard . smh
ms meca
11/28/08, 08:29:am
i think t.i did the right thing… i dont see how people r saying he ah snitch … f*ck that if my people got murdered ill testify and wouldnt giva f*ck about who sayin ima snitch and dest real
mzsweetface
11/28/08, 08:35:am
I’m glad justice was served.
Christmas Jones
11/28/08, 08:54:am
“in the street world he will always be a snitch!”
Oh and another thing, if all you know are facts about the “street world”, you MUST get out more! Black people have moved on up, I don’t know where you be squattin
Film
11/28/08, 09:35:am
Bossip,
Since you all post so many threads about rappers, can we get some Hip Hop, such The Roots (Black Thought), Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, etc.
Film
11/28/08, 09:36:am
such as. TYPO
fatimaamore
11/28/08, 11:43:am
Alot of yall still fail to recognize, lol..It WAS SAID THAT THE GUY’S BROTHER IS THE ONE WHO GAVE THE DEVASTATING TESTIMONY!! HE SNITCH ON HIS OWN BROTHER!! WHY MUST YALL KEEP SAYING TIP SNITCH?? ON WHAT?? PLS, BOSSIPERS YALL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND ESPECIALLY IN BETWEEN THE LINES!! KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
dfiestyone
12/1/08, 14:33:pm
@ Opie Taylor and Christmas Jones, I concur with you 300%!!
T.I. did the right thing. Hell I would have too if it was my friend!!!
They need to put him in the same cell where they execute people!! He needs to sleep in that same bed until it’s his day to fry also!!!!
Gannon
1/7/09, 09:52:am
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