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Google PlayA gang from Brooklyn, New York allegedly plotted to kill drill MC Envy Caine for six years, according to a new indictment publicly released on Tuesday.
Per the New York Daily News, five members of Brooklyn gang Bamalife plotted to kill a man identified in the indictment as “John Doe 1,” although descriptions of music videos unambiguously paint Caine as the gang’s target. The rapper got involved in a beef with the gang after his girlfriend was injured in a shooting. The crew Caine was affiliated with, Weez Gang, believed Bamalife was behind the botched hit.
Prior to the shooting, which happened on Nov. 23, 2016, suspected Bamalife gang member Andrew “Drewski” Simpson shared a video on Facebook threatening to kill Caine’s girlfriend. Prosecutors added that Bamalife member Ronnie Warren was shot in the foot on the same day as the shooting of Caine’s girlfriend, and he alleged Caine was behind his foot injury. Prosecutors said three gang members, all of whom are charged in the indictment, later attempted to track down the rapper but missed their target when they opened fire.
Some of the lyrics from a song released by Warren, under the name Bossman Horse, appeared to threaten Caine’s life. On the 2019 song “Dying Together,” Warren rapped, “Them bullets gon’ leave him unconscious/N***as be ducking and dodging, catch him in traffic and rob him.”
“As alleged in the superseding indictment, the defendants wreaked havoc in East New York and nearby neighborhoods, with innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire as members of Bamalife carried out senseless violence directed against rival gangs,” said United States Attorney Breon Peace. “This Office, together with our law enforcement partners, are working tirelessly to protect our communities by dismantling criminal enterprises that are engines of a broad range of crimes, taking the violent gang members off the street and stopping the cycle of gun-related violence.”
In addition to the charges against the gang members for attempting to kill Caine, the five individuals have also been accused of “numerous gang-related shootings, use and discharge of firearms, drug distribution, various fraudulent schemes, and identity theft.”
“Today’s charges further illustrate our unwavering commitment to dismantling violent gangs while taking illegal guns off our streets,” added NYPD Commissioner Sewell. “We use every resource available to keep our neighborhoods safe, and any person who puts New Yorkers at risk must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. I want to thank the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the FBI’s New York Field Office, the Office of the Inspector General’s New York Regional Office, and all the investigators involved in this important case.”
Caine, meanwhile, previously pleaded guilty to possessing a 12-gauge shotgun as a felon. He has not yet been sentenced.
