The former Bad Boy rapper says he didn't think the man he confessed to shooting 17 years ago died from his injuries.By Paul Cantor
G. Dep
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Just days after confessing to committing a murder 17 years ago, rapper G.Dep said he didn't know his victim, 32-year-old John Henkel, who he shot three times after a botched robbery attempt back in 1993, had actually died.
In an interview with The New York Post, Dep, born Trevell Coleman, said the police informed him of this fact when he walked into the 25th precinct to confess on Wednesday.
"I was surprised — for some reason, I really didn't think that he died," Dep told the Post from jail. "When they told me, I was like, 'Oh, I'm not going home after this.' "
Manhattan District Attorney's Office spokesperson Erin Duggan said Dep is charged with murder, and faces life in prison if convicted. Dep maintained that guilt drove him to confess to a crime that he initially appeared to get away with.
"I didn't think about it," he said of his thought process at the time of the shooting. "That's just the life I was living back then. [But] I started to wonder if all the bad things that happened to me in my life were karma for what I did . . . you start to think 'My happiness is because of someone else's sadness.' I thought that if I turned myself in, it might give me closure."
By confessing, Dep went against the wishes of his family, and left others puzzled by his logic.
"I told my mom and my girlfriend that I wanted to confess, and they both told me to leave it in the past," he said. "People in [jail] don't understand how you can confess. I'm just trying to get right with God. The only thing I regret is that I have to leave my kids."
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly wasn't wholly convinced. "Maybe he had a pang of conscience," he said. "We'll take it any way we can get it."
Citing law enforcement officials, the Post reports that Dep has been arrested over 30 times, most recently for trespassing with drugs on city housing property in November. Dep has also reportedly battled drug addiction. After his grandmother died four years ago, Dep is said to have turned to the drug PCP to help him cope. In September, he detailed his struggles with drug addiction in an interview with XXL magazine.
"Things were going wild with the label," he said. "I just kind of fell back into street mode. I can't fault anybody. I just fell victim to my own gluttony."
The rapper was once part of the stable of artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records. He released his debut LP, Child of the Ghetto, in 2001, but was dropped a few years later. In 2004 he dropped a mixtape, The Deputy: The Sheriff Is Back in Town Volume 1, but has since maintained a low profile in the music scene.
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'Bieber Fever' Strikes Gary LeVox's Household
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Country superstar trio Rascal Flatts have sung with Reba McEntire, Brian McKnight, India.Arie and Natasha Bedingfield, among several other big names in music. But it's their latest collaboration that is arguably scoring the them the most brownie points ... especially from their families. The guys recently announced they are recording a duet with teen heartthrob, Justin Bieber, for Justin's next record. That news has gotten lead singer Gary LeVox a lot of high-fives at home.
"They are fired up!" Gary tells The Boot of the reaction his two daughters, 10-year-old Brittany and 6-year-old Brooklyn, had when he shared the good news. "Brittany says, 'My dad's doing a duet with Justin Bieber, and I DO have Bieber fever!'"
The proud father admits that his daughters aren't quite aware of the magnitude of Rascal Flatts' success over the past decade. "My kids think the only thing I've done is 'Cars,' the 'Hannah Montana' movie, and now the duet with Justin Bieber. I've done three things in ten years!"
Country superstar trio Rascal Flatts have sung with Reba McEntire, Brian McKnight, India.Arie and Natasha Bedingfield, among several other big names in music. But it's their latest collaboration that is arguably scoring the them the most brownie points ... especially from their families. The guys recently announced they are recording a duet with teen heartthrob, Justin Bieber, for Justin's next record. That news has gotten lead singer Gary LeVox a lot of high-fives at home.
"They are fired up!" Gary tells The Boot of the reaction his two daughters, 10-year-old Brittany and 6-year-old Brooklyn, had when he shared the good news. "Brittany says, 'My dad's doing a duet with Justin Bieber, and I DO have Bieber fever!'"
The proud father admits that his daughters aren't quite aware of the magnitude of Rascal Flatts' success over the past decade. "My kids think the only thing I've done is 'Cars,' the 'Hannah Montana' movie, and now the duet with Justin Bieber. I've done three things in ten years!"
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Kenny Rogers Eyes Wyclef Jean for Duet Partner on Next Album
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Kenny Rogers has several interesting projects in the works for 2011, including plans for a duets album called 'Killer Combinations,' with old friends Dolly Parton and Lionel Richie. One surprising and unexpected addition on the project comes in the form of rapper Wyclef Jean. The former Fugees front man recorded Kenny's hit 'The Gambler' a few years back, and now the country star is anticipating what the two could cook up for his new album, especially since Wyclef hails from Haiti, a country where Kenny has quite a few fans.
"Wyclef Jean is a friend of mine, and he did 'The Gambler' on his record once before, and it was a pretty cool thing," Kenny tells Gannett.com. "He did a whole rap version of 'The Gambler,' and I sang -- actually spoke -- part of the thing. I'd like to do something with him that's musical, for lack of a better term, because he's a very big guy in Haiti -- that's where he's from -- and I have a really good following down there. I think we could do something musically very interesting."
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"Wyclef Jean is a friend of mine, and he did 'The Gambler' on his record once before, and it was a pretty cool thing," Kenny tells Gannett.com. "He did a whole rap version of 'The Gambler,' and I sang -- actually spoke -- part of the thing. I'd like to do something with him that's musical, for lack of a better term, because he's a very big guy in Haiti -- that's where he's from -- and I have a really good following down there. I think we could do something musically very interesting."
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