Prince.....................................That was the first time I remember R&B singers cursing like that. Unless you count Aaron Hall saying "dumb bytch" on Piece of My Love
So Devante Swing walked in the studio with a pitbull and smacked Missy Elliot, Timbo and Ginuwine
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BmoreGorilla
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Prince was his own genrePrince.....................................
nikkas must not have wanted to be blackballed...maybe Devante had pull in the industry...
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ucanthandlethetruth
Failure is not a option
Anytime i hear "no more pain" by pac you cant tell me timbo aint ghost produce that track just listen to the drum patterns
m0rninggl0ry
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Right! Devante showed Timothy the ropes. I will say, all three, missy, ginuwine and timbaland mentioned the incodent but was vague about it
m0rninggl0ry
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m0rninggl0ry
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Never heard any of these Devante Swing stories. I need to go google the Suge story.
Missy Elliott mentioned it on VH1 "behind the music" She ran away because the situation reminded her of her traumatic childhood.
m0rninggl0ry
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He was about too smack Aaliyah, until I stepped in.I was all but 4 years old
He wanted Aaliyah as an artist but he was signed under rkelly @stomachlines
@Ol' Otis
Don'tCallMeLuckyB
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I'm picturing timbo fukking up the drums or something related on the record and devante storms over to timbo furious n start biting him on his ear like a pitbull who ain't ate in months
But I know you talking about stealing his style.
Big Meat 5000
Un-Harlem like
But ask Devante what Suges b00ty g00ns did to his rectum
Allegedly. Pause tho
when that situation happened, they didn't even link with suge yet.
Here is an excerpt from XXL magazine.
Lance "Un" Rivera, who used to be Biggie's business partner, told XXL that Biggie invited him to go to the video shoot for Jodeci's "Feenin" video. When Puffy realized that, he told Biggie he just couldn't be inviting anyone to Devante's house, since he had just got robbed.
From XXL Magazine:
"Well, one day, Big came to me and said, "I want you go come with me to this video shoot." At the time, I was still hustlin', still wasn't really into the music business. It was for Jodeci's "Feenin." All of a sudden, Puff pulled up across the street, and he called Big over. I seen him talkin'. Then I seen Big put his head down. Somethin' told me they was over there talkin' about me. So when Big came back across the street he just looked at me, and he ain't want to say nothin'. I was like, "You ain't got to explain." I'm from the streets, so I knew certain vibes. What he said to Big was, "You just can't be bringin' n*ggas to n*ggas cribs 'cause the n*igga Devante just got tied up and robbed."
here's the original news report
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/25/1993; JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-25-1993
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME -- SINGER SAYS $20,000 LOST IN TEANECK ASSAULT
By JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
Date: 07-25-1993, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
TEANECK -- Two robbers armed with a handgun tied up and assaulted a member of
the rhythm-and-blues group Jodeci and another man before ransacking
their house and escaping with more than $20,000 in jewelry, police
confirmed Saturday.
The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Queen Anne
Road home of Donald DeGrate, 23, whose stage name is Devante Swing, they
said.
In April, DeGrate and another member of Jodeci were charged with
sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman and threatening her with an
assault rifle. Both men have denied those charges, which are pending
presentation to a grand jury, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said
Saturday.
Thus far, police have found no links between the two incidents.
"The two armed men didn't say or do anything that would lead us to
believe it [the robbery] was done in retribution for the first
incident," said one investigator, who asked to remain anonymous.
Citing a pending investigation, police declined to release a report
on the Friday night incident, but sources said that DeGrate allegedly
was struck in the head -- possibly pistol-whipped -- by one of the robbers
after being tied and blindfolded. Another man living in the house, who
couldn't be identified, was tied up and then kicked by one of the men.
Neither DeGrate nor the other victim was seriously injured, police
said. Both declined medical treatment.
The intruders entered the house through an open garage door, police
sources said. After they entered the first floor of the house, the
unidentified victim, who was talking on the telephone with a friend,
spotted the men and called out to them thinking they were also friends,
they said.
"One guy came up to him armed with the handgun and then tied him
up," said the investigator.
The men searched the house and found DeGrate sleeping in a
second-floor bedroom. They awakened him, tied his hands behind his back,
and blindfolded him. Moments later, he was struck four times in the head
by one of the men, possibly with the handgun. "He couldn't see what was
used to hit him," the investigator said.
The men then ransacked the house for about a half hour before
fleeing with the jewelry, which included watches and gold chains, police
said. No money was reported stolen during the incident.
After the men left the house, DeGrate freed himself and called
police.
The robbers were described by DeGrate and the other victim as being
in their mid-20s. Further physical descriptions were unavailable
Saturday.
Police said they have not determined whether the intruders had
targeted the house because it is owned by DeGrate.
"Nothing about the group [Jodeci] was mentioned during the
incident, so we don't know yet," said the investigator.
Jodeci's debut album, "Forever My Lady," has sold 2 million copies.
The group's music videos appear regularly on MTV.
Keywords: TEANECK. MUSIC. PROFESSION. THEFT. ASSAULT
Copyright © 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
this was the work of some east coast n*ggas
when that situation happened, they didn't even link with suge yet.
Here is an excerpt from XXL magazine.
Lance "Un" Rivera, who used to be Biggie's business partner, told XXL that Biggie invited him to go to the video shoot for Jodeci's "Feenin" video. When Puffy realized that, he told Biggie he just couldn't be inviting anyone to Devante's house, since he had just got robbed.
From XXL Magazine:
"Well, one day, Big came to me and said, "I want you go come with me to this video shoot." At the time, I was still hustlin', still wasn't really into the music business. It was for Jodeci's "Feenin." All of a sudden, Puff pulled up across the street, and he called Big over. I seen him talkin'. Then I seen Big put his head down. Somethin' told me they was over there talkin' about me. So when Big came back across the street he just looked at me, and he ain't want to say nothin'. I was like, "You ain't got to explain." I'm from the streets, so I knew certain vibes. What he said to Big was, "You just can't be bringin' n*ggas to n*ggas cribs 'cause the n*igga Devante just got tied up and robbed."
here's the original news report
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME
The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/25/1993; JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-25-1993
MEMBER OF JODECI ROBBED AT HOME -- SINGER SAYS $20,000 LOST IN TEANECK ASSAULT
By JIM CONSOLI, Staff Writer
Date: 07-25-1993, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday
TEANECK -- Two robbers armed with a handgun tied up and assaulted a member of
the rhythm-and-blues group Jodeci and another man before ransacking
their house and escaping with more than $20,000 in jewelry, police
confirmed Saturday.
The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Friday at the Queen Anne
Road home of Donald DeGrate, 23, whose stage name is Devante Swing, they
said.
In April, DeGrate and another member of Jodeci were charged with
sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman and threatening her with an
assault rifle. Both men have denied those charges, which are pending
presentation to a grand jury, Bergen County Prosecutor John J. Fahy said
Saturday.
Thus far, police have found no links between the two incidents.
"The two armed men didn't say or do anything that would lead us to
believe it [the robbery] was done in retribution for the first
incident," said one investigator, who asked to remain anonymous.
Citing a pending investigation, police declined to release a report
on the Friday night incident, but sources said that DeGrate allegedly
was struck in the head -- possibly pistol-whipped -- by one of the robbers
after being tied and blindfolded. Another man living in the house, who
couldn't be identified, was tied up and then kicked by one of the men.
Neither DeGrate nor the other victim was seriously injured, police
said. Both declined medical treatment.
The intruders entered the house through an open garage door, police
sources said. After they entered the first floor of the house, the
unidentified victim, who was talking on the telephone with a friend,
spotted the men and called out to them thinking they were also friends,
they said.
"One guy came up to him armed with the handgun and then tied him
up," said the investigator.
The men searched the house and found DeGrate sleeping in a
second-floor bedroom. They awakened him, tied his hands behind his back,
and blindfolded him. Moments later, he was struck four times in the head
by one of the men, possibly with the handgun. "He couldn't see what was
used to hit him," the investigator said.
The men then ransacked the house for about a half hour before
fleeing with the jewelry, which included watches and gold chains, police
said. No money was reported stolen during the incident.
After the men left the house, DeGrate freed himself and called
police.
The robbers were described by DeGrate and the other victim as being
in their mid-20s. Further physical descriptions were unavailable
Saturday.
Police said they have not determined whether the intruders had
targeted the house because it is owned by DeGrate.
"Nothing about the group [Jodeci] was mentioned during the
incident, so we don't know yet," said the investigator.
Jodeci's debut album, "Forever My Lady," has sold 2 million copies.
The group's music videos appear regularly on MTV.
Keywords: TEANECK. MUSIC. PROFESSION. THEFT. ASSAULT
Copyright © 1993 Bergen Record Corp. All rights reserved.
in 93 jodeci wasn't fukkin with suge
Ol’Otis
The Picasso of the Ghetto
them n*ggas interrupt too much 
I love Latina women
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This I never knew about.
