Tag: the slide
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The rise and fall of former Mobolade booster Derrick Bernard Jr., and his radio station, The Slide
There was a time — just last year, in fact — when Derrick Bernard Jr. was by all appearances a respected community activist and rap artist in Colorado Springs. But in November he was convicted of first-degree murder, and separately indicted in federal court for a hate crime hoax. In the federal indictment, the 35-year-old Black man,…
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Trial of man accused of ordering rap artist’s killing begins Tuesday in Colorado Springs
The man accused of ordering the death of a local rap artist in 2019 is set to begin his trial Tuesday, despite numerous complications and the man’s insistence on representing himself at trial. Derrick Bernard, 35, is accused of ordering Aee Shawn Mathews, 26, to kill William Underwood, who went by the rapper name “FYL Jackk,” on…