WARNING: This video is very disturbing and very graphic. The N word is used repeatedly.
The owner of Canton Estates Apartments filed several complaints against tenants in Madison County Justice Court last week after a rap video was shot at the apartment complex in May (video posted below). The landlord claimed several individuals in the video were children of the defendants and thus violated the terms of the lease.
The video is rather shocking in nature, as 25-30 black youths and children lip-synced "Welcome to my Hood". Guns repeatedly brandished. Small children always present throughout the video. Roughly half the youths in the video are shirtless. The song uses the word "nigga" over and over. Canton Estates is owned by North Mart Corporation, which is in turn operated by Bruce and Carol Kirkland. The same Bruce Kirkland who owns Baymeadow Apartments in Ridgeland. Canton Estates is also listed by HUD as a recipient of Section 8 payments.
Canton Estates attempted to evict the tenants involved in the video in June only to have a lawyer threaten them with legal action. Attorney Damon Stevenson declared in a letter to the property manager on July 25, 2011 (entire letter is posted below):
"As you should be aware, my clients received a 30 day notice of lease termination on June 30, 2011. The letter stated my clients and/or members of their household violated the lease agreement due to certain members of their household being identified in a video titled "Welcome to my Hood."
While my clients and their family members deny any wrongdoing, my office is interested in knowing why only certain individuals received lease termination letters when the video featured "an exorbitant number of individuals." Additionally, my office has seen no proof that "weapons" were real and not props. Your letter states the video was filmed without the knowledge or permission of management. However, nothing in the lease agreement states that the use of recording equipment requires prior management approval..."
My office is only attempting to put you on notice that we do not believe any of my clients have committed a substantial breach of their lease agreement and therefore my clients do not intend to vacate their apartment units or increase their monthly rents. Please understand that ANY attempt to prevent my clients from exercising their lawful right to enjoy the use and possession of their apartment units without a valid court order will result in immediate legal action from my office against Canton Estates Apartments...."
The two sets of documents posted below contain the eviction lawsuits, eviction notices, lease agreement, and letters from Mr. Stevenson threatening legal action against Canton Estates. Mr. Stevenson is a graduate of Tougaloo College and Mississippi College School of Law. He is a former attorney for Legal Aid and is currently a candidate for Justice Court Judge in District 4 Hinds County.
Editorial note: I wonder what Ed Blackmon, Karl Banks, Barbara Blackmon, Mayor Truly, and Vickie McNeill think of this video.
Links in case docs do not appear: Complaints Complaints II
83 comments:
Last year during the Canton Flea Market the gang presence was constant throughout the whole Market. I won't be going back again.
Wow.....that will make your mama proud, won't it?
Wow. My virgin ears are burning.
For your reading pleasure, KF is on the road, will update the documents later. In the meantime, here are the links to the documents.
Complaint
Letter in Response
Jackson junior is on the rise . Homicide last night , thugs everywhere this could spiral out of control soon . CPD an SO better ring this in quickly.blung
Has Society really decayed so much or have we just become better at shining the light on the decay?
Being late to the party, I didn't know Kangaroot was in charge here in Kingfish's absence. Not sure what that will mean to my ability to post.
Regarding this video, though, I just wish I had not clicked on the 'start' arrow. Almost makes me remember I live here.
That is the problem with Jackson, New Orleans, Memphis and anywhere Government assistance is prevalent. This is the true Hood Rats that the Liberals defend and make anyone saying negative things about them "Racist". It is not racist....would you live near that place? not me!
you know I am no weapons expert other than the fact I grew up in Mississippi. I own several weapons of various types but for that idiot of an attorney for the defense Damon Stevenson to claim he has no proof that the weapons are real or not is a bunch of crap. I can identify at least 4 weapons and also identify 3 illegally modified weapons the ATF would love to have off the street maybe this video need to make it into the hands of an ATF agent friend of mine.
Let me see, a man rents through the section 8 program, makes money. then gets upset when his tenants behave like folks who rent through section 8. What did he expect? Tea parties at 4PM?
Do the Feds know about all those guns on the premises? All the paperwork on the gun permits squeaky clean? None of those brandishing weapons would happen to be felons, would they?
Modern day minstrel show.
But of course that's just their culture. N word, B word.
And this is why our gov is broke. Because we pay their rent every month.
Maybe this was an 'Occupy E. Peace St.' protest?
Going to itunes now to get me some Welcome to my Hood so I can have on my phone as a ringtone so all will know 'I'm down and represent and dont hate, yo!'
Lol, who wants to bet those rap sheet of those artists isnt thick enough to make a phone book.
Hey maybe the Fondren Bugle can feature them in the entertainment section soon.
I wonder if the Brooklyn Mart paid money to be featured as a local hangout for these gentlemen? Nothing can bring in extra dollars like showing your potential customers the shopping experience they can expect when patronizing your business.
Pretty good production value on the track.
Being late to the party, I didn't know Kangaroot was in charge here in Kingfish's absence.
Count your blessings that I'm not in charge.
Your Question: Is this what Canton has become?
Your Answer: Yep.
That gun is clearly real looks like a Hi point gun . This is why the economy is bad , lay up and have babies has become a profitable job. Food stamps and section 8 and now cell phones . As an African American I am disgusted by these gutter holes the government continues to fund around the country .
Downtown we call this The Locker Room on any given weekend night.
*** The Nexus of Failure ***
The intersection of insanity connecting the metro area's highest crime rates and highest rates of tax millage.
Meanwhile Jackson's "leaders" blindly follow the fools and bond whores who play the fife that despite a cratering tax base Jackson should take on hundreds of millions of dollars in new public bond debt to finance "low risk" projects the private sector won't touch. It is an orgy of bailout, stimulus and civic circle jerk all rolled into one massive rape of the already shrinking city treasury. Spend, spend, spend and all of Jackson's problems will magically go away because the Creative Class cavalry has money to burn and everyone in the United States can't wait to get here for conventions!
While over in Canton the Blackmons and their lackey Mayor want to shakedown Nissan to pay for more videos over at the Canton Estates.
<<>> WELCOME TO OUR HOOD <<>>
### Ad Valoreum Millage Rates (2009-2010) ###
Jackson = 58.03 mils
Canton = 57.03 mils
Edwards = 43.0 mils
Clinton = 38.74 mils
## AVERAGE = 30.64 mils ##
Flora = 30.5 mils
Byram = 30 mils
Madison = 28.8 mils
Terry = 27.85 mils
Brandon = 23.0 mils
Pearl = 21.5 mils
Raymond = 21.17 mils
Florence = 20.9 mils
Ridgeland = 20.03 mils
Flowood = 20.0 mils
Richland = 19.0 mils
*excludes County & School District
Saw this on a section 8 site :
DRUG-RELATED OR VIOLENT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
families may be terminated if any family member has engaged in drug-related or violent criminal activity within 3 years. Termination from Section 8 does not depend on whether the family member has been arrested or convicted. It only depends on whether there is evidence to indicate a family member engaged in drug-related or violent activity.
Notice an arrest or conviction is NOT needed for termination of benefits.
Where was the truancy officer?
KF,
I am surprised this post is titled "Is this what Canton has become?"
Canton has always been this way! Anyone surprised at this video doesn't know shit about the "actors" in it, or Canton for that matter.
Don't blame the Kirklands, you see what happens when they take action. Here comes a sorry fuckin' lawyer representing a bunch of armed gang members as "the poor tenants".
Perfect example of your tax dollars at work.
Wonder how many of them "chilrens" know their daddy?
Well if you listen to the Democrat Dorsey Carson campaign all of this is an example of what happens when voters don't elect candidates who promise to fork over more tax dollars to fund a public education system (that produces diminishing results).
And you are surprised why??? Canton is a death trap...No offense of course
12:53, no paperwork necessary, at least not yet. Felon in possession has toofies, however.
Ok, really. You people are surprised about this going on in Section 8 housing? really?
Can we just move them all to Jackson and get them the hell out of Madison County?
JKev will you take this case pro Bono?
Hmmm....
Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
Success is measured by how much money and bling one has.
Bullying is epidemic in our schools because it works. It works in politics as well.
Brawn is better than brains.
If you can afford ( or attract through infamy) the best lawyers, you don't have to do the time.
So...explain why some of you are shocked by this?
Rebekah is right.
Such videos are no longer disturbing.
This is the norm across our country.
It'z da Kul'cha of da pe'poze,
...people are offended ? ... GOOD !
On a positive note, as the kids used to
say on American Bandstand:
"Since i like the beat, and I can dance to it,
I'll give it a 98 "
I honestly hope there are no thug problems at the
Canton Flea market this year.
I always said you can only run so far north till you get to Canton. Let me put this in perspective. You take the biggest baddest thug in JACK-U-STAN and put him in Canton and he wouldn't make it to sundown before running with his tail tucked between his legs back to the much safer Jackson or getting shot by some 16 year old thug who has no fear and doesn't give a f*ck...
Too bad Madison didn't elect Sandridge as Sheriff. He could have "kept this all across the middle of the road". Ooops - this happened before the film clip - guess Toby and boys don't look at issues like this as long as they are in Canton.
WAPT did a story on this tonight.
The kids apologized in broken english-errrr! Ebonics- and said these were props, not guns. However, reporter failed to ask to see the ''props.''
I've got to agree with 5:55. Canton has been that way for as long as I can remember!!! This isn't a shock or revelation. It may be worse than ever, but believe me, it's always been this way. We used to have a saying when we had to go to the Canton courthouse to search titles...will the last one leaving Canton today please just burn it down? I'm sorry I know this isn't the helpful, loving, liberal attitude to have, but here we have a shining example of The Great Society plan at work! I'm sick of it. If people choose to basically live like animals, then what do you do?
question...
Who is ur fave rapper in this video? Me thinks the shirtless skinny ass somali lookin chap with the dreds is the most talented
whacka flacka?? did a much better job with Hard in da paint. http://youtu.be/WkkC9cK8Hz0
He filmed it in the "Jungle" (an area in Los Angeles); yes it is called the Jungle (go figure). The anti-gang unit came and busted up the shoot. That is part of the video. I am sure he paid to use that location. It is the norm or you WILL be sued by the property owner for a cut of the profits (yes this is LA). I am an African american so no flames about the "Jungle" use. That is what is is called.
Screw the Canton Flea Market! I'm taking a slight derour and headed to the Canton Estates apartments. No gun show for weeks so I plan on shopping for some ''props.''
http://youtu.be/zQ-hPNrKdZI
Called news editor at wapt and asked if they could do a followup for reporter to ask to see the ''props'' used in the video. Was informed by wapt that the video was filmed ''months ago'' and thanked me for calling.
Have the Madison County Police or the Canton PD done an investigation?
Hate to burst your hopey bubble there Chris but that WAPT gang is as dilute a newsroom as they come. Another example where they trolled JJ for an easy story. The reporter didn't have to do anything except bone up on the details off KF's back, go out there, listen to the bullshit about props and such, nod her pretty head, call it a day and head back to the shop. Dilute. Weak. WAPT.
Bruce Marshall is the news director. what do you expect?
You all are surprised by this? This is what government housing has done to society almost everywhere it exists, not just in Canton. Let me guess, you aren’t aware of the Canton Schools 50% drop out rate either?
On the other hand, Canton as a city is for the most part safe. But, word has it the Blackmon’s are taking over, and we all know what they say about pigs: you can wash them down and put a bow on top of their head (or a Mercedes under its ass), but as soon as they get loose they’re running straight to the mud hole. So, the little thuglets in this video might very well be helping run Canton one day.
Take away their checks, fight a new revolution for a few years, and then let's just start over. Stop the free flow of money!
And there sits little Madison, the oreo cream sandwiched between gang baked cookie.
$5 gets you $10 that this will stimulate a Brad Franklin column shooting the messengers.
Can anyone confirm that the 2 Gutta & Fam crew will be at the Canton Flea Market today signing autographs and unveiling their new designer line of prop weaponry?
Here's the WAPT apology story:
http://www.wapt.com/news/29469493/detail.html
It's claimed that the sheriff dept. was on scene during the video shoot and didn't shut it down.
We need to follow florida
MIAMI (AP) — State figures show that hundreds of welfare applicants in Florida have declined to take drug tests that have been required for the assistance since mid-July.
Thirty-two applicants failed the test, 7,028 passed and 1,597 didn't take it, according figures released Tuesday the Department of Children and Families. People who decline to take the test aren't required to explain.
8:37 you are right on. The Kaze "never wastes a crisis".
Interesting 9:03
Let's wait to see what alternative income streams the 1629 drug users choose to supplement their loss of welfare before adopting Florida's plan.
Since drug addicts aren't employable ( for long) and aren't likely to show up for rehab assuming there are enough rehab programs to accommodate them, let's see what the unintended consequences might be before jumping on this bandwagon.
I'm assuming Florida politicians didn't consider or bother to PLAN for consequences. That'd be far too rational for a politician.
And, I can't help but note that 19% of the total is smaller than I would imagine but not as small as less than 9000 on welfare given the population of Florida ( your wording) or just Miami ( more likely).Miami has nearly 2.5 million people and only 9000 have applied for assistance since mid-July in this economy?
Flip those numbers around and you'll likely have the case for Mississippi. Food Stamps is the system that needs to be fixed. I know of people that work for the State that have EBT Cards and make 70k year. These people finally get caught and the State does NOTHING, let me say that one more time, NOTHING to them for providing FALSE RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS to them. Seems like the people running the system have adopted the "it's not my money, why should I care" approach.
By the way...not that facts matter, but the 4.4 million of over 300 million Americans is the largest number ever receiving welfare.
This is still a relatively small percentage when one looks at the percentage in ANY population who are disabled or crazy.
It's not welfare that's busting the budget, it's MEDICAID and MEDICARE, but let's not face that there's a PROBLEM in " the greatest health care system in the world".
There's an irony that people who don't believe in Darwin are FOR survival of the financially fittest when it comes to health care. Letting the uninsured die doesn't really weed out the sickly out of gene pool though...
Hey Madison County officials!
You better get Jackson Lite a.k.a. Canton, under control or this will be a CREEPING into YO HOOD (The City and Ridgeland). Madison the city will become Madison my shiznit! This is what is spreading and you better take control of this shit and do something about it. THese little good for nothing pieces of amphibious shit do nothing for society but waste space and use valuable oxygen.
To the Normal people in the African American community that can read this:Please, for goodness sake, accept responsibility for these children and instill some discipline and work ethic and turn your community around. This is not getting any better.
Y'all probably just got 2Gutta a recording contract. Nothing like free publicity for aspiring young rappers.
The WAPT is flat wrong about one part of this story.
Law enforcement wasn't contacted until other Canton Estates residents became worried about the open display of guns by those performing in the video. Law enforcement was not on scene monitoring the shoot nor blessed in advance or concurrently the usage of those "props".
But what do you expect from WAPT.
Y'all probably just got 2Gutta a recording contract. Nothing like free publicity for aspiring young rappers.
Nope. Ain't that easy per Kaze.
If we had known then, what we know now....
There's a guy on a.m. radio in Canton whose name escapes me. He would be all over this probably and may already be, but who among the JJ readership elite listens to Canton a.m. radio.
Maybe Irby's "ex wife in law" on the Madison P.D. should go up and investigate. It's really not that far out of her jurisdiction.
Pee Ess: You can find most of these aspiring young actors any day at Popeyes in Canton.
There's an a.m. radio station in Canton? Is it in the Witness Protection Program?
Shadowfax:
Yes, there's an AM station. The owner is Jerry Lousteau, whom I represented on a trumped-up criminal charge brought by the thugs who run the city. Called the AG. Called the feds. Imagine that, they don't care.
I begged, BEGGED for some media attention for a year. It doesn't interest people, aparently.
But watch the Federal court docket next week, mmmmmkay?
@10:34 --
To the Normal people in the African American community that can read this:Please, for goodness sake, accept responsibility for these children....
Heh.
Ha. Ha ha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha HA HA HA HA AAAHHHHAAAHAHA!
(wiping tears from face)
Sigh. Lord. That's a good one, dude.
What a bunch of thugs. We had our anti-establishment movement in the 60's, but we sang about them shooting us, not us shooting them. I don't understand why responsible black Americans everywhere aren't condemning this behavior. Our parents and establishment types sure condemned us. I don't know...maybe each generation is destined to suffer through this with their youth, although it's a good bet that some of the lads in this video won't make it that long. Bill Billingsley
10:52. WHAT?
Yes, JKev, Jerry Lousteau. I would bet my uncle's last mule he has had this on his show and that it ran for days in a row. He's pretty forthright and apparently honest in his coverage of 'all things Canton', without regard to his personal safety or who he might piss off.
Why do some of you think this warrents major nightly news coverage on Jacktown stations? There are car wrecks to be shot by Mary Weiden, trash on sandbars to be covered by her husband, Beerrrrrrrt, the chance of storms ten days out to be covered by Hartmann and WLBT's stand-in retired news-reader-girl from the past has to handle important upcoming stuff like Mistletoe.
But, really, who in the larger market shivs a git about a bunch of punks mimicking a rap-turd? If they get coverage, the blue-bloods in Fondren will just book them for the next Thursday-Night-Out event.
ShadowWhack why don't you start your own blog? Seriously. You've got something to say then why don't you say it. It is FREE to do your own thing. Not saying that in order to get you out of here but rather would find it interesting what you might produce freed from the bondage of the scat you find yourself compelled to leave in yards of others. What are you doing to help Lousteau? Or maybe your true intent is not to help him but to wound him like the others who don't want the truth to be told.
4:26; you make no sense. I'm the one who made the statement that there's an a.m. station in Canton with a man who tells it like it is without regard for his own safety. I listen to his show occasionally, thus my description of him as forthright and honest. Do you have a reading comprehension problem?
This is Lousteau's territory and I'm sure he's on top of it. Vickie McNeil, Truly, Blackmon, et al, will ignore it and chalk it up to chilluns wif no daddy. Nobody else in the media will give a hoot.
Canton Canton Canton . This is only the beginning. Good luck Tuck .
"Madison the City " has indeed become the cream filling of the Madison County oreo cookie.
The folks in the Gluckstadt area would be wise to expedite their plans to establish a separate municipality.
I doubt obtaining police radios would be an issue .
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Hip Hop Uncut --
Bravo, sir, for confirming every negative stereotype about you people.
Know what I'd pay money to see you film? Give every one of those future inmates real guns with live ammo.
Then, tell 'em to heold the firearms sideways and start wasting each other. Yell "action," and film to your heart's content. Your young thugs get to live the dream, and it's a benefit to society, to boot.
You can do it, G. EXPRESS YO SEF!
what good will it do Gluckstadt to 'establish a municipality' in the face of encroaching evil. They'd be wiser to build a moat filled with boiling oil. Or maybe fill it with some liquid that smells like work.
Or maybe fill it with some liquid that smells like work.
Ha ha......good one.
the mayor/judge/constable of Gluckstadt won't have none of that stuff.
money shot at 3:33
This is truly sad to see my generation act and behave as such and to think that this is cool, okay, and acceptable. If this is what I have to look forward to as far as leading this country in the next few years I ask God to please have mercy on us. Then again half of them may not be around in the next few years which is very sad. I also believe that all that govenment assistance should be cut out. I work hard everyday and have a college degree and those who don't work get more benefits and help than I do. My tax dollars allow them to do as such. Where are their mothers? Oh, I know watching and laughing thinking that it's cool to do so. God have mercy on us...better yet God have mercy on them!
To JKEv at 11:08 - that sounds like one of those Leslie Nielsen/Naked Gun movies. The scene where, after a shootout that left everyone dead (all African-American undercover agents), he says to other agents "These men died in the service of their country. Send flowers to their bitches and hos."
If only the greedy, rich oligarchs across this country would pay their fair share in taxes, maybe.......just maybe these decent, upstanding Cantonians could have higher quality Section 8 housing and more Hinds County Judicial candidates to protect their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to continue praising the fine art of raping, robbing and murdering those of us who work to pay for their sustenance. I know of at least one Madison County SO deputy who won't do a single thing about the thugs and illegal guns shown in this video as he is far too busy handing out absurdly bogus DUIs to over-inflate his law enforcement stats for ridiculous tv ads run during the most recent Sheriff's election.
Can someone refresh my memory? Exactly which side of County Line Road does Canton sit on?
That was why I did not like the ad. My first thought was Sandridge, what about Canton and SE Ridgeland. What you going to to do about those areas?
Just to show you how anti law enforcement canton is, during the county court race last year, the Ratcliffe people took the endorsements of Sheriff Culpepper and showed them to the black community up there. The storyline given was you don't like the roadblocks, well Toby is trying to put his judge in there. Drove up the turnout in that community. His people were laughing about it afterwards.
I have faith that Tucker and his regime will get with canton pd to address the Thuganomics in Canton , Sandridge was trying to use Jackson as a scapegoat to get elected . Canton is just as bad as Jackson they just dont have the population to get the coverage that Jackson gets.
@8:43 --
Then again half of them may not be around in the next few years which is very sad.
Is that a typo? How, exactly, would it be "very sad" if half those little urchin thugs are gone in the next few years? Did you mean to say "very funny" or "very just" or "very good," or some such?
I'm telling you, give them all guns and put them in a room together.
Cull the herd. For the benefit of mankind. If the choice is those wastes of oxygen taking up a prison bed, getting a monthly check, or being deep-sixed, I vote for the dirt nap.
The video was disgusting, but seeking removal for "unlawful entry and detainer" will not work in Justice Court. It must be filed in County Court in Madison County because Section 9-9-21(1) provides that "[t]he jurisdiction of the county court shall be as follows: ... It shall have exclusively the jurisdiction ... in ... actions of unlawful entry and detainer ..."
J Kev: I've been asked to speak for a group that wants you to not be so cryptic in your comments.
;-]
"I have faith that Tucker and his regime will get with canton pd to address the Thuganomics in Canton"
Why has he and his team done nothing already? After all, he has all those "years of experience". Experience doing what, if this is the result?
This is the best case that I have seen for sterilization, welfare stoppage of baby checks and crazy checks.
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