TITLE

RAPPER REMEMBERS SLAIN FRIEND

PUB. DATE
May 2006
SOURCE
Jet;5/29/2006, Vol. 109 Issue 21, p40
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on a eulogy given by rap star T.I. at the funeral of his best friend and personal assistant Philant Johnson. Johnson was murdered in a gunfight after a performance by the rapper at Bogarts nightclub in Cincinatti, Ohio. The funeral was held at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
ACCESSION #
20879415

Tags: EULOGIES;  JOHNSON, Philant;  T. I. (Rapper), 1980-;  FUNERAL rites & ceremonies

 

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