One of the most influential rappers in the Detroit underground rap genre in the late 1990s to early 2000 was Blade Icewood. The American rapper was a local celebrity known in Detroit and environs.
He was a member of the Detroit-based rap group Street Lordz. And they even regarded him as the hottest rapper in the area from the Street Lordz family.
Just like rappers such as Eminem, Icewood rose to fame through performing in the underground Detroit rap scene. He made his music career debut as a local rapper with the Streetlordz group. Icewood later became involved with some gang rivalry which eventually led to his untimely demise.
Icewood’s Life And Tragic Death
The rapper was born Darnell Quincy Lindsay on March 14, 1977, and was raised on the east side of Detroit near a 7-mile road and evergreen. He attended Southfield high school when he moved to Southfield in his teenage years.
He made his music debut with Streetlordz on their album, ‘Platinum Roleez Don’t Tic Toc, and later performed with the group in the other subsequent recordings. The founding members of the group were Yacht, Jesse James, O Dolla, Brick, Baby L, Juan, TJ Da Thug, G Rock, Fat Mike, Lil Kuz, Rook, Cashout Calhoun, and K Doe.
The group later changed their name to Chedda Boyz which generated conflict between the groups with another rap group called Eastside Chedda Boyz. Icewood’s group even released their second album, a platinum masterpiece that even had a subtitle they boasted off.
Original Chedda Boyz’s album release worsens the conflict between the two groups. The other album the Street Lordz released was ‘Street Lordz: platinum masterpiece (2001).
In an interview concerning the origin of the name, Icewood explained in a slow, deliberate Midwest drawl in which he referred to himself as the original street Lordz Chedda boy. This was immediately after he released his solo album, ‘Stackmaster (2004) in which it featured the aforementioned interview.
His other solo releases were: Still Spinnin’ vol.1 (2003) and Blood, Sweat, and Tears (2005). The eastside Chedda Boyz later released a retaliatory diss song which they titled ‘Boss Up and Take the money’.
Until his death in April 2005, Icewood was a member of the aforementioned Street Lordz/Chedda Boyz.
Blade Icewood’s Major Works
Some of the late rapper’s songs include;
- Ride on me
- All to you
- Detroit
- My Life
- We gon ball
- Walk like me
- Love for my city
- Icewood
- Ride
- Sitting lovely
- Lean
- Money and muscle
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Interesting Things To Know About Blade Icewood
1. They Shot Him At Home With 7 Rounds Of Ammunition
Blade Icewood was shot in his house in Oak Park Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, on September 20, 2004. The gunmen broke into his house and shot him with 7 rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle.
2. Blade Icewood Became Paralyzed After The Shooting
He started using a wheelchair when he became paralyzed from the chest down. There were speculations the shooting which led to his paralysis was related to another.
They say it happened just a few days before he was shot. It was outside a candy bar, a Woodward avenue nightclub, and a rival Eastside rapper, Wipeout was left dead.
3. How Icewood Was Murdered
Blade Icewood was shot on April 19, 2005 while at a car wash on a 7-mile road and Faust on the west side of Detroit in gang-related violence. They reported the gunman fired 17 rounds into the passenger’s side when he pulled up alongside Icewood’s range rover.
4. Hosted A Nonviolence Rally A Year Before His Dead
Ironically, a year before he was shot dead, he hosted a nonviolence rally. It was at a location that was a mile away from his death point. It was also not far from where he was born and raised.
5. Blade Icewood Allegedly Knew The Gunmen That Broke Into His House
There were speculations that Icewood knew the gunmen who broke into his house. But an officer stated Icewood had refused to assist investigators in his shooting. Later on, a diss song, ‘Ride On Me’ was released, and it became an underground Detroit classic that suggested that Icewood knew his assailants.
6. His Family Founded Record Label In His Honor
After Icewood’s demise, his family founded Icewood entertainment. They founded the record label in honor of the fallen Detroit rapper. It will help to keep his legacies alive.
7. Icewood’s Son Is Keeping His Father’s Legacies Alive
Icewood’s son Lil Blade who is also a rapper was born on March 25, 2000. He later picked up from where his father left. They insinuated that Lil Blade was a spitting image of his father and also has plenty of potentials if he makes the right decisions.
His son, Lil Blade started rapping in elementary school and started proper studio sessions in his mid-teens. By the time the young rapper was 20 years old, he had already dropped four of his projects.
Music is his primary focus now. However, he aspires to be an actor and an entrepreneur.
