Imprisoned rapper
Mac Minister is preparing an album titled Minister of Defense for SMC Recordings/Fontana.
Mac
Minister, who is preparing to be tried for the 2005 murders of Kansas City rapper
Anthony "Fat Tone" Watkins, 24 and Jermaine "Cowboy" Akins,
will tell his side of the story on the album, as well as details that led up to
the brutal murders. Police
believe that the two men were murdered in retaliation for the 2004 murder of Andre
"Mac Dre" Hicks, who was shot and killed after an alleged dispute over
a payment for a performance. The
bodies of Watkins and Akins were found in a construction area outside of Las Vegas
a short time later. Both men suffered multiple gunshot wounds.In
November, Mac Minister was indicated in Las Vegas on two counts of murder and
two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. The rapper escaped and eluded police
on several occasions before his capture, which led to his profiling on the long
running television series, America’s Most Wanted in February.Mac
Minister was finally apprehended last March in San Francisco when FBI agents and
local police raided a home in San Francisco’s South of Market district and charged
him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. "After
my first meeting with Mac I was inspired," said Ralph Tashijan, CEO of SMC
Recordings. "He has the charisma and the inspiration from above to take himself
to the top and overcome any situation. Mac Minister is a powerful man, a strong
guy and most importantly a gentleman."The
album features appearances by Snoop Dogg, Mac Dre, Bad Azz, Too $hort and B-Legit
and features production by Mannie Fresh and LT Hutton.Mac
Minister will also be featured on Snoop Dogg’s upcoming release Blue Carpet Treatment,
with Young Jeezy & Nate Dogg.