Cassidy new single feats Kanye & Ne-Yo : News

Thursday, Nov 1 - By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Sway Calloway

The way Cassidy described the fatal April 2005 gunfight he was involved in sounds like something out of "The Bourne Ultimatum." He had moved to Philadelphia's quiet Providence Street right next door to his mother to escape the carnage that has often plagued the busier areas in his hometown. He just had a newborn son, so why not keep the whole family together? It was supposed to be peaceful and serene, a hideout from the craziness of the music biz as well as the streets.

But what happened on that day was catastrophic. His onetime close friend, 22-year-old Desmond Hawkins, was part of an entourage of men who Cassidy said were in a minivan, posted up in a very narrow alleyway behind Cass' house, in front of his garage. When Cassidy and his friends pulled up in a Yukon Denali, gunfire erupted. Several dozen bullets lay on the ground, in cars, even in some people's homes. Read Full Story