ANOTHER DEADLEE BLOG: RIP DEMON X

IT WAS DECEMBER 14TH, 2004 WHEN ARTHUR ANGEL AGUILERA aka DEMON X WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN COMPTON, CALIFORNIA. DEMON X WAS WALKING BACK HOME AFTER DOING SOME XMAS SHOPPING. IT WAS THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHEN HE WAS KILLED FOR JUST BEING A BROWN MAN IN THE USA. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER DAY IN COMPTON WHERE BROWN ON BROWN - BLACK ON BROWN- BROWN ON BLACK CRIME IS A DAILY OCCURRENCE. I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT THE NEWS OF ART'S MURDER, AND I CALLED THE COMPTON POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY LEADS. I ALSO WONDERED WHY THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THIS ON THE EVENING NEWS. THEY, THE POLICE, CASUALLY SAID 'THIS HAPPENS EVERYDAY IN COMPTON, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN A WHITE AREA SO NOBODY CARES". I SEE IT ALL THE TIME, A WHITE WOMAN IS KILLED AND THE MEDIA MAKES IT FRONT PAGE NEWS, A BLACK OR LATINO YOUNG MAN GETS KILLED AND IT IS JUST ANOTHER STATISTIC.

DEMON X WAS THE FIRST DEADLEE FAN. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIM BY EMAIL TELLING ME HE LOVED MY FIRST CD, SEVEN DEADLEE SINS. HE RELATED TO MY LYRICS, AND THE FACT THAT I WAS A MASCULINE GAY MAN. HE TOLD ME ABOUT HIS DREAMS AND GOALS AS WELL AS ISSUES HE HAD COMING OUT. HE CONTINUED A DIALOG WITH ME, AND WE FINALLY MET AT A GAY FESTIVAL. DEMON X STARTED WORKING AT A SHELTER FOR HOMELESS YOUTH, AND TOLD ME REGULARLY HE WAS SO HAPPY. HE WOULD SEND ME PHOTOS AND LYRIC IDEAS HE HAD FOR HIS OWN RAP ALBUM. WE SPOKE OF DOING SOME SONGS TOGETHER, AND MAKING GAY HIP HOP EVEN BIGGER.

I HAVE HAD SO MANY EMOTIONS DEALING WITH HIS DEATH. I HAVE SERIOUS ANGER AT THE KILLERS. I WISH THOSE COWARDS WOULD ROT IN FUCKEN HELL. I GET SO ANGRY THAT A YOUNG MAN TRYING TO DO GOOD, GETS SHOT BY SOME LOW LIFE SCUM. WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?, IS THERE A LESSON TO BE LEARNED? THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED IS THAT OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE BETTER RISE UP AGAINST THE TRUE ENEMY - OUR OWN BROWN AND BLACK MEN. THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THE WHITE MAJORITY CAN BE BLAMED FOR, AND THIS WAVE OF BROWN AND BLACKS KILLING EACH OTHER IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THERE IS A A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE THAT DO NOT VALUE LIFE, AND THE RESPECT THEY ALWAYS CRY ABOUT -- THEY DO NOT GIVE IN RETURN. LISTEN TO A TYPICAL GANGSTER ALWAYS CLAIMING THAT YOU BETTER RESPECT HIS AREA, HIS TURF OR WHATEVER. THESE SAME LOW LIFE SCUM OF THE WORLD DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR OWN ADVICE. TWO YEARS AGO I ALMOST FELL VICTIM TO A SIMILAR FATE AS MY HOMIE DEMON X. I WAS WALKING MY DOG IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN A CAR FULL OF 4 LATINO YOUTH PULLED UP AND ASKED ME IF I CLAIMED A GANG. "WHERE YOU FROM"? THE CLASSIC QUESTION FROM THESE FUCK HEADS THEY ASKED ME. I WAS STARING AT 3 GUNS POINTED AT MY HEAD. THEY DEMANDED I TAKE MY SHIRT OFF TO SEE IF I HAD ANY TATTS REPPIN A GANG. THESE SCUM POINTED THEIR GUNS IN MY FACE AND COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED ME AND GOTTEN OFF. I HAD MY ANGEL DEMON X WITH ME BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON THEY JUST TOOK OFF.

3 YEARS AGO TODAY DEMON X LEFT THIS EARTH AND IF YOU LISTEN TO HIS FAVORITE RAPPER, AMIL ON HIS MYSPACE TRIBUTE PAGE, "SMILE 4 HIM". I KNOW I HAVE HIM AS MY ANGEL, AND HE IS WITH ME ON MY RAP JOURNEY. I RAP FOR HIM AND FOR ALL THE OTHERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES-- JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF THIS FUCKED UP WORLD.

http://www.myspace.com/RIPDEMONX

YO DEMON X - THIS GONNA BE OUR YEAR MAN- YOU AND ME GONNA TAKE THIS RAP GAME BY STORM. I MISS YOU MAN- BUT I KNOW YOU ARE WITH ME.