E-Moneybags

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E-Moneybags
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Background information
Birth name	Eric Smith
Born	1969
Origin	Queensbridge, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died	July 16, 2001
Genre(s)	East Coast Hip hop
Years active	1995–2001
Label(s)	Grand Imperial Records
Associated acts	Prodigy 2Pac Live Squad

Eric Smith (1969 – July 16, 2001), also known as E-Moneybags, was an American rap artist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in the Queensbridge Housing Projects. He released one album. DJ Kay Slay released a tribute mixtape to E-Moneybags after his death. The mixtape contained freestyles and unreleased tracks by E-Moneybags.

Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 Discography 3.1 Solo albums

[edit] Career

During his career, E-Moneybags worked with several well-known Hiphop acts, like Prodigy, Noreaga, 2Pac and Nas. He released his first (and only) album in 1999, entitled In E-Moneybags We Trust.

Later, he would find himself in a dispute with fellow rapper Jay-Z. The bad blood is thought to have originated over Smith's displeasure with Jay-Z having an artist on his Roc-A-Fella Records roster named "H Money Bags". A verbal confrontation between the two occurred during an interview with Jay-Z on New York's Hot 97 radio show. Prodigy, an associate of E-Moneybags, called the radio station and asked for Jay-Z. After being connected with the rapper, he handed the phone to E-Moneybags and the two began to argue on air.

Following the very public argument, E-Moneybags recorded a couple of diss songs aimed toward Jay-Z (none of which provoked a response from Jay-Z). The most known of these records was entitled "The Gospel." This song is also significant as it is the last song he recorded before his murder.

[edit] Death

E-Moneybags was killed 9:45 PM, at Queens Village, July 16th, 2001. Many believe he was murdered by hitmen connected with Queen's infamous drug trafficking gang, The Supreme Team. It is alleged that the murder was retaliatory after E-Moneybags killed McGriff's associate, Colbert Johnson on December, 1999[1].

In February 2007 drug-gang Supreme Teams founder Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff was found guilty for ordering the gunning down of E-Money Bags and Troy Singleton in 2001. He was sentenced for life for it and another drug-related crimes.

E-Moneybags was shot ten times in July 2001 as he sat in his Lincoln Navigator parked on the street. In late August 2001, polices found a videotape. On the video, which was filmed July 13 - July 16, Smith is seen driving and parking his car on the Queens street where he was gunned down at 9:45 PM. The video was shot by Dennis Crosby, a drug-dealing McGriff associate, and Nicole Brown, Crosby's girlfriend.[2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

Album cover	Album information
	In E-Moneybags We Trust Released: 1999 RIAA Certification: ? Billboard 200 chart position: ? R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: ? Singles: "Regulate"
	The Gospel Released: 2007 RIAA Certification: TBA Billboard 200 chart position: TBA R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: TBA Singles: TBA Persondata NAME Eric Smith ALTERNATIVE NAMES E-Moneybags SHORT DESCRIPTION Rapper DATE OF BIRTH 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn, New York, United States DATE OF DEATH June 16, 2001 PLACE OF DEATH Queens, New York, United States