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Rapper gives account of Saskatoon hip hop show turned brawl

Dec 17, 2013 | 10:25 AM

One man is in hospital and another is facing a slew of gun charges after a hip hop show in Saskatoon turned dangerous over the weekend.

A Saskatoon man accused of pulling a gun and using bear spray at a Broadway bar over the weekend was in court Tuesday morning. While waving at friends and wearing a cast, 19 year old Timothy Muldoon’s case was quickly adjourned to the end of the month. He faces eight gun-related charges including possession of a banned weapon and possession for a dangerous purpose.

The victim of the attack, Rapper Sky Stoney, recaps the incident.

“I thought I was going to die,” Stoney said.

Stoney was on the stage at Rock the Bottom bar early Saturday morning. He said four men approached the stage and started to yell at him.

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“A bunch of individuals came up and started hating. I was in mid set … they were trying to tell me to come to them and stuff like that. I don’t know I’ve never really led the most perfect lifestyle so I guess you could say my urban connect, it kicked in,” he said.

It had only been six months since Stoney himself was released from prison. He said he moved from Saskatoon to Vancouver to get away from the lifestyle that landed him behind bars and to focus on his music.

Stoney had been one of the opening performers on the eastern leg of the Joey Stylez “Feather and Rosary” tour where he said they had no problems with violence. Stoney’s past life in Saskatoon caught up with him when the confrontation was escalated by the men at the stage.

“I didn’t want to approach these individuals. I (saw) one of them pull a shotgun out of his pants and he was like kind of holding it. All I heard him say was just shoot him bro… I was like (this) is getting real,” Stoney said.

“They proceeded to start flipping speakers and all that. One of them jumped on stage and I don’t know man, survival skills kicked in and I just hit him. It just turned into mayhem…I got bare maced in the face. My face is all scabbed up right now.”

Stoney, who has been shot and stabbed before said he just reacted on instinct.

“You know, am I going to see that flash again and end up in St. Paul’s Hospital getting surgery from a bullet wound or am I going to die? Is my daughter going to have to bury her father because of this rap music?” he said, adding that he’s taking a break from music for a while.

“I don’t even want to do music anymore. I thought this was a gift, and my gift almost killed me and it almost killed one of my friends.”Stoney said he went with his friend to the hospital but left when members from the Major Crimes Unit arrived because of his past in the city.”I’ve been really trying to do the music professionally…(Gang) life is a hard life to leave when it’s the only life you know. I don’t know white picket fences, I know gun shots and funerals and jail,” he said.

“That’s only going to lead to a jail cell or a coffin, that’s it.”

When asked if he recognized the men Stoney answered, “What can I say? I lead a lifestyle where snitches get killed everyday.”

Stoney was dropped from the Western leg of the tour. He flew back to Vancouver Monday afternoon.

“I’m sorry that Saskatoon had to see this. I take full responsibility. I just hope that I can maybe get back on the musical path because I am lost without it but it also tried to take my life. I love my city. I just apologize, they never had to see that,” he said.

– with files from NewsTalk Radio’s Bre McAdam

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