Incarcerated rapper
Chi-Ali is petitioning a variety of Hip-Hop heavyweights from prison in hopes
of getting exposure for his younger cousins, rap group Guns & Glamour.
Chi-Ali (real name Chi Ali Griffith) has started a letter writing campaign
to promote the male and female twin rap group that consists of members Hollywood
(born Darryl Alexander) and Beloved (born Diandra Alexander). Ali has
already penned letters to DJ Red Alert, Big Tigger and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
to garner there support and is expected to reach out to more industry contacts
in the coming months. In 1998, Guns & Glamour signed to Noontime Recordings/Capitol,
but their project was eventually shelved due to creative differences. The
rap group, who’s worked with the likes of Jazze Pha and others, are currently
putting the finishing touches on their Divinaire Entertainment/Woodroq Records
2006 debut disc set, Both Sides To The Story. Chi-Ali is currently
serving time for the 1999 shooting death of Sean Raymond, his ex-girlfriend’s
brother, over a dispute involving $300 and CDs. After
the killing, Ali fled prosecution of the crime for two years. He was eventually
captured in the Bronx after being profiled on America’s Most Wanted and sentenced
to 12-14 years in prison. At fourteen, Chi-Ali was the youngest member
of the Native Tongues coalition. His
only album, The Fabulous Chi-Ali, dropped in 1992 and a single from the
album, "Age Ain’t Nothin’ But a Number," became a top ten hit on the
Billboard music charts.