Rapper gunned down in Queens
A rapper associated with a controversial record label was murdered in Queens late Thursday night, and police are now looking into whether the murder was connected to a war with a rival record company.
Police said 26-year-old D.O. Cannon, whose real name is Gerard Fields, was shot at 177th Street and 104th Avenue shortly before midnight.
Investigators said Fields was shot three times, twice in the chest and once in the leg. He was rushed to Mary Immaculate Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Fields leaves behind a 10 month old son.
NY1 spoke with his family this morning.
“It's devastating, I'm telling you,” said Mary Fields, the rapper's grandmother. “I don’t know if I’m going to get through it or not, but I’m going to try. With the help of God, I’ll make it. But it’s really hard.”
Fields was part of the Murder Inc. label which is under investigation by the federal government for alleged money laundering.
Police are also looking into the possibility that Fields' murder is a result of a rap war between his label and Shady Records.
Shady Records is owned by Eminem and represents rapper Fifty Cent.
