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From YouTube: Councilmember Johnson on the death of PNB Rock 9-15-2022
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, September 15, 2022:
Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson (2nd District) introduces a resolution honoring the life and legacy Philadelphia’s own Rakim Hasheem Allen, known worldwide by the stage name PnB Rock, on the occasion of his untimely passing.
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A
Yeah,
thank
you.
Council
president
council,
president
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
all
my
colleagues
for
supporting
this
resolution.
Honoring
the
life
and
the
legacy
of
Rakim
Hashim
Allen,
better
known
as
pnb
rock,
who
is
fairly
shot
this
past
Monday
afternoon,
doing
a
robbery
at
Roscoe's,
Chicken
and
Waffles
in
South,
in
South,
Los
Angeles
on
pin
Rock
was
30
years
old.
A
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you,
council,
president
and
council
president.
You
know
for
me
the
reason
why
I
just
touched
home-
and
this
resolution
has
also
introduced
in
concert
with
my
colleague,
councilman
Cindy
baz,
who
represents
pnb,
because
this
was
a
young
man.
I
had
an
opportunity
to
meet
doing
a
couple.
A
Stop
the
Violence
rallies
one
started
off
in
South
Philadelphia,
but
that
was
one
of
many
that
he
has
done,
but,
most
importantly,
he
definitely
represented
I'm
a
generation
of
young
people
that
need
help
when
it
comes
to
issue
of
trauma
around
gun
violence
when
it
comes
to
the
issue
of
providing
them
opportunities,
but,
most
importantly,
making
sure
they
have
a
voice
in
the
city
at
the
table.
And
so
even
though
it
has
platform
where
he
could
have
just
said.
A
You
know
what
I'm
just
going
to
focus
on
making
money
he's
still
focused
on
particularly
trying
to
save
our
young
people
and
give
them
a
sense
of
direction
and,
most
importantly,
hope
in
the
midst
of
all
the
gun
box
that
we're
seeing
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
so
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
introduce
this
resolution.
Resolution
honoring
His,
Life
and
Legacy,
but
also
just
acknowledge
how
he
used
his
platform
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
One
of
his
first
songs
was
a
song
called.
A
My
city
needs
something
and
I
just
want
to
say
a
few
lyrics
from
that
particular
song,
because
because
for
me
it
was
an
example
of
who
this
young
man
was.
He
wasn't
a
gang
banger.
He
wasn't
out
there
having
beef
for
other
rappers.
This
was
a
young
man
who
was
sitting
with
his
with
his
girlfriend
at
a
restaurant
enjoying
himself
as
he
should,
and
someone
decided
to
come
to
Snuff
out
and
take
his
life.
A
Good
Die,
Young
And
how
it's
supposed
to
be
every
time
I
turn
around
I
lose
somebody
close
to
me:
I
try
and
hold
back
the
tears
and
be
a
soldier.
You
see,
but
memories
and
pain
just
seem
to
take
a
hold
of
me.
My
city
needs
something
and
that's
relevant
as
we
all
stand
on
the
front
line
address
this
issue,
a
sense
of
gun
violence
and
making
sure
that
we
have
our
young
people
at
the
table.
This
is
why
we
have
these
hairy.
A
This
is
why
Isaiah
Thomas
is
saying
it's
totally
unacceptable,
that
we
have
a
system
here
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
that
can't
pay
young
people
on
time
in
the
midst
of
close
to
400,
soon
plus
homicides,
they
were
saying
so
that's
the
trauma
that
young
people
are
facing,
and
this
is
a
young
guy,
a
young
brother,
a
young
king,
who
was
the
voice
of
our
young
people
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
honor
his
life
his
legacy.
Thank
you,
council
president,
and
thank
you,
colleagues.