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(Elfe ^ìortlanò © bseruer Page B2 CANNON'S RJB EXPRESS (FORMERLYCHUC’KHINTON’S) May 07. 2003 Focus "Gotti is the public face o f Murder Inc., McGriff is the true owner o f the company... It is well-known in the music industry that McGriff has provided Murder Inc. with ‘muscle.'" Catering & Take-Out O ur S pecialty : R eal H ickory S moked B ar -B-Q • Sandwiches • Salads • Chicken • Pork Ribs • Beef Ribs HOURS: M on.-Thurs. I lam -9pm Fri.-Sat. 1 lam-IOpm Sun. 1 lam -8pm - CATERING EVENTS LARGE AND SMALL Fish Sandwich - $80Q & ™DAY Fish Dinner - $10°° SATURDAY * * * N ew L ocation * * * 5410 N.E. 33 rd 503-288-3836 ì,!eJÌortlitnò (Ohserner W o rld o f A u tos Investigation Connects Music Label, Drug Money (A P) Rap industry insiders have told investigators that the success ful M urder Inc. m usic label w as b ankrolled by a notorious drug d ealer w ho also w as involved in the shooting o f hip hop superstar 50 Cent. T he allegations w ere detailed in a new ly unsealed affidavit obtained T hursday by The A ssociated Press. The docum ent w as filed under seal in January in a federal m oney-laun dering investigation o f M urder Inc. and other rap industry enterprises. R ule and A shanti. The affidavit, signed by an Inter N either M cG riff nor G otti have nal Revenue Service agent, accuses been charged in the m oney laun K enneth M cG riff the convicted d erin g case, w hich p ro secu to rs leader o f a m urderous drug gang in have refused to discuss. Q ueens o f form ing an i I licit partner T he affidavit w as filed in sup ship w ith M urder Inc. ow ner and port o f a w arrant authorizing sei longtim e friend Irv G otti. It alleges zure o f bank accounts related to the M cG ri ff provided drug proceeds as straight-to-video film "C rim e Part "s ta rt-u p m oney” for the label in n e rs ." M cG riffhelped produce the the late 1990s. movie, starring Ja Rule, Snoop Dogg M urder Inc. is now hom e to top and Ice-T, w ith M urder Inc. selling recording artists such as Ja A ccording to the affidavit, one inform ant told federal investigators that w hile ‘ ’G otti is the public face o f M urder Inc., M cG riff is the true ow ner o f the c o m p a n y ... Itis w ell- know n in the m usic industry that M cG riff has provided M urder Inc. with ‘m uscle.’” T he unnam ed inform ants also linked M cG riff to acts o f violence, "in c lu d in g the shooting o f a rap artist nam ed 50 C ent w ho w rote a song exposing his crim inal activ i ties,” the court papers allege. 50 Cent to Publish Life Story REVIEWS MV EXCITIM. XEW V E IIIflES Hi HIE WORIH'S IT UHM. M 1M EW TIRERS 2003 Cadillac CTS Price tested...... $38,765.00 Engine................ 3.21. DOHC V6 Transmission..... 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T he V -6 en g in e leaves n o th in g to q u e stio n fo r th e d riv e r, it d e liv e rs o u tsta n d in g p erfo rm a n c e from tak e off. T h e au to m a tic tra n s m ission w o rk s fast an d p re c ise ly w ith th e en g in e. D riv in g the C a d illa c C T S is a v ery sa tisfy in g e x p e rien ce. Theater Stage Keeps Actress-Singer Busy A break betw een theater pro begin rehearsals soon for a m usi ductions gave a form er Portland cal revue cal led “ Black and Blue.” resident a chance to catch up with R itch ie’s roots go deep in Port friends and fam ily. land. She w as bom in the city and A nise R itchie stopped by the isa form erC leveland High School offices o f the Portland O bserver Rose Festival Princess. She be recently during a trip to the Rose gan her stage career playing the C ity to visit her son and grand part o f C rystal in L ittle S hop o f daughter. Horrors, which w as laterperform ed R itchie is an accom plished ac in A sh lan d 's fam ed Shakespeare tress and singer in the San Fran Theater. cisco area. She recently starred in R itchie has perform ed in Eu the production o f “The D ance on rope. She is currently w orking on W id o w ’s R ow ” at the H ansberry her C D featuring sm ooth ja z z T heatre in San Francisco. She will tunes. It ’s often easier to pick out the vehicle . . . than the financing! For an answ er you can trust, let your credit union help! ■ WILLAMETTE Federal Credit Union 2151 N.W. Front Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209 (503) ¿99 4539 (888) 900 w w w .w illaKA6Refcu.com 1 Rapper 5 0 Cent has found a home for his life story at MTV Books. Although hip-hop writer Vanessa Satten was to have worked with the Eminem protégé on the book, initially title d No. 1 j With Nine Bullets, both she and the title have been dropped. MTV Books said it is looking at writers and possible titles and expects the hardcover book in stores by December. Actress and singer Anise Ritchie on the set o f a recent production with her director Buddy Butler (left) and actor Danny Glover. Richie grew up in Portland and is an accom plished per former in the San Francisco area. Serving all who live, work, worship or attend school in the Portland communities of Arbor Lodge. Boise. Bridgeton. Buckman north of S.E. Hawthorne, Cathedral Park, China Town, Concordia west of N.E. 33rd Avenue. Concordia University. Downtown Portland. East Columbia, Goose Hollow, Humboldt, Irvington west of N.E. 17th Avenue. Kerns. King west of N.E. 24th Avenue, Laurelhurst west of N.E. 32nd Avenue, Northwest Portland. Northwest Industrial Portland, Old Town, Overlook, Pearl District. Piedmont. Portland Community College-Cascade Campus, Portland State University, Portsmouth, Sabin west of N.E. 24th Avenue, St. Johns. Sullivan's Gulch west of N.E. 20th Avenue, Sunnyside west of N.E. 20th Avenue, University of Portland, University Park, Vernon, and Woodlawn. A (A P )— A ff er a six-m onth inves tigation into the cause o fa fire at her M ich ig an m an sio n in O ak lan d C ounty, A retha Franklin now has 10 days to clean up the m ess. “ T he investigation is com plete, an d now it is tim e to clea n up the p r o p e r ty ,” K ay e C h a rtie r, B loom field T o w n s h ip 's co d e and o rd in a n c e d irecto r, told T he O a k lan d P ress fo r T h u rs d a y ’s e d i tio n s. Investigators earlier this year ru le d th e O c t. 25 fire at th e Bloom field T ow nship mansion w as arson. N o charges have been filed. Frankl in, w ho w as in Texas at the tim e o fth e fire ,h a s lO d ay sto clean up the site and 30 days to inform the tow nship o fh e r plans to either reno vate or dem olish the house, C hartier said. “ If she d o e sn ’t cooperate, the tow nship can take legal action,” said C hartier, adding that she ex pects the singer to fully cooperate. Singer Aretha Franklin is under a 10-day notice to clean up her property after the completion o f an arson investigation into an Oct. 2 5 fire o f her mansion in Oakland County, Michigan. Documentary Features Former Supreme (AP) Mary Wilson hopes more people will pay attention to soul greats o fth e 1950s and ’60s with the release o f the docum entary “Only the Strong Survive, ” w hich pays tribute to her, Isaac Hayes, the Chi- Lites and other classic soul acts. “This is a m usic o f A m erica right here, this is R& B m usic, that people tend to forget," the form er Suprem e said affer the film 's prem iere Tues- day night. “We in A m erica have becom e so com m ercialized. . . the turnover is so fast that th ere’s not enough room Soul great Mary Wilson will be the subject o f the documen tary ‘Only the Strong Survive' which comes out Friday, May 9. for the old and the new ,” she said. “ Y ou have to put the old out to pasture, and th a t’s kind o f w hat has happened, and th a t's unfortunate, because this is great, great m usic." T hose w ho turned out for the after-party at B.B. King’sgotachance to experience som e o f that m usic as W ilson, Ann Peebles,Sam M ooreof Sam & Dave fam e and the C hi-Lites perform ed som e o f their hits. “ I hope that it (the m ovie) starts a trend that wi II help people to look back and bring som e o f these great perform ers to the front so people will know w ho they are today,” W ilson said. "O nlv the S tro n g Survive, " d i rected by docum entary veterans D .A . P e n n e b a k e r a n d C h r is H egedus, com es out Friday, M ay 9. New Magazine for Fashionable Teens New and talented fashion de- signersare featured in a new m aga zine for African A m erican girls and young women. ZURI, which is Sw ahili for beau tiful, aim s to increase aw areness o f stylists and designers o f color, such ( a sceleb rity stylist M isa H ylton- The current B rim and the c o lle c tio n so f Vusi issue o f Zuri, M chunu and Tyrell. featuring A nother goal is to encourage actress Kyla young w om en to be fashionable Pratt ofUPN's and stylish w hile m aintaining a One on One. ladylike appearance.