A LESS HUMBLER MAN WOULD GET GASED & GOOO CRAZY IF THEY RECEIVED THE SAME LOVE I GET FROM THE PPL... SOME DAYS I FEEL LIKE THE WORLD IS AGAINST & THE PPL IN MY OWN CITY HATES ME... BUT THEN I WAKE UP TO REALITY... & TWEETS LIKE THIS!
[YOU ONLY DIE ONCE] HOSTED BY DJ CAPCOM
Showing posts with label REAL LIFE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label REAL LIFE. Show all posts
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
INTERVIEW BY: REV DR. MOORER
EACH ONE... TEACH ONE...
THEY SAY THOSE WHO CANT DO... TEACH.
WELL I CANT BE A SUCCESSFUL KID... BUT I CAN CREATE ONE.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Saturday, June 1, 2013
FEELING THE LOVE ON TWTTER...
ITS TWEETS LIKE THIS... THAT FUELS MY DRIVE & MAKES ME GO HARDER!
ITS ONE THING TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF... ITS ANOTHER WHEN YOU HAVE OTHERS.. PEOPLE YOU DONT KNOW... PEOPLE U NEVER MET BELIEVING IN YOU!
I WAS BUILT FOR THIS... I JUST GOTTA AKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE SEE & BELIEVE THE SAME THING... AND BOOM! #PRAY4ME #HOLDMEDOWN #SHOWSUPPORT
Monday, May 20, 2013
BAR BY BAR BREAKDOWN: "TROY CEASAR BIRTHDAY" FREESTYLE
TOUCH KEYS… NO PIANIST CANT PLAY A LICK/ - THIS BAR SETS THE TONE FOR THE VERSE & LETS THE LISTENER KNOW THAT THIS SONG IS GONNA BE TOLD MORE FROM A DRUG DEALERS POINT OF VIEW & THESE ARE NOT THE VIEWS OF A MUSICIAN.
"LATEX GLOVES POWDERED FINGER PRINTS/" - WHEN PACKAGING COCAINE MOST DEALERS WEAR LATEX GLOVES TO PREVENT THE DRUGS FROM ENTERING THEIR SYSTEM… THE GLOVES ALSO HELPS TO CONCEAL FINGER PRINTS.
"PUT THE WRAPPERS IN THE TRASH… BETTER BURN'M FAST/" - AFTER YOU OPEN A KILO YOU HAVE TO DISCARD OF THE WRAPPER… INSTEAD OF JUST THROWING IT AWAY IN A TRASH BIN… ITS BETTER TO BURN THE WRAPPER TO GET RID OF THE EVIDENCE.
"YOU CAN TELL A STASH HOUSE BY THE TALL GRASS/" - MOST STASH HOUSES ARE ONLY USED FOR ONE THING… TO STASH DRUGS, MONEY, GUNS. SO IN MOST CASES THE LANDSCAPE & NORMAL MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY IS IGNORED…
"TALL CASH BLESS THE FIENDS WITH THE TALL CAN/" - THIS BARS JUST STATES…WHEN IM IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LOOK OUT FOR THE DRUG ADDICTS (FIENDS). I GIVE THEM MONEY OR BUY THEM BEER.
"TELL YA MANS CUT THE GRASS FOR A SMALL BAG/"- IN MOST CITIES DRUG ADDICTS ARE OFTEN PAID IN DRUGS INSTEAD OF CASH… TO DO VARIOUS ODD JOBS SUCH AS LAWN WORK.
"THE NEIGHBORS BEEN COMPLAINING BOUT THE YARD TRASH/
A BUNCH OF SPANISH NEWS PAPERS & AND SOME SALES ADS/"- AGAIN, MOST STASH HOUSES ARE ONLY USED FOR ONE PURPOSE SO THE LANDSCAPE & NORMAL MAINTENANCE TENDS TO GET IGNORED… INCLUDING NORMAL EVERYDAY TASK COLLECTING MAIL, BRINGING IN THE NEWSPAPER ETC. MOST THINGS THAT ARE DELIVERED BY THE POSTMAN USUALLY JUST PILES UP ON THE FRONT PORCH OR OVERFLOW FROM THE MAIL BOX… INTO THE YARD.
"VOTE FOR DOLE SIGNS… THOSE WERE GOOD TIMES/
BUSH WON, GAVE US REAGAN PLUG IN 89/" - DOLE RAN FOR PRESIDENT AGAINST GEORGE BUSH SR. IN THE LATE 80'S… BUSH WON & TOOK OVER WHERE REAGAN LEFT OFF… IT WAS SAID THAT PRES. REAGAN ALLOWED MORE DRUGS INTO THIS COUNTRY THAN ANY PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY. (SO FAR)
"TEN YEARS LATER… AGENT HICKS PAPER/
ON THE RUN FROM THE FEDS NO NAVIGATOR/
IN THAT PONTIAC 6000 THAT MY MOMMA GAVE US/
NOW WE ON THE AMTRAK ALL KINDS OF PAPER/" - I WAS FEDERALLY INDICTED NOV. 9TH, 1999… I WAS SET UP BY AN UNDERCOVER DEA AGENT NAMED HICKS. ONCE I FOUND OUT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ME… I GRABBED EVERY DIME I HAD… PACKED MY BAGS… & I WENT ON THE RUN… WITH NO PLAN OR IDEA OF WHERE I WAS GOING.. NO NAVIGATOR… NO ROAD MAP… I FIGURED THE FEDS KNEW ABOUT ALL MY CARS SO THIS WOMAN I USTA CALL "MOM" GAVE ME THE KEYS TO HER OLD CAR… A RUSTED WHITE PONTIAC 6000… I THEN PAID A DRIVER TO DRIVE US TO THE AMTRAK TRAIN STATION IN CHICAGO.
"TEXARKANA D.E.A WANNA CHECK MY BAG/
CUZ I BROUGHT THE TICKET SAME DAY PAID CASH/
THATS A D.E.A RED FLAG… PRAYING THAT HE DONT SEARCH THE BREAD BAG/" - WHILE ON THE TRAIN… IN TEXARKANA… A DEA AGENT IN A BLUE JEAN MICKY MOUSE JACKET APPROACHED ME AND ASKED IF HE COULD SEE MY ID, TICKET & SEARCH MY BAGS. WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY HE SAID "WELL, YOUR TICKET WAS PURCHASED WITH CASH, SAME DAY IN CHICAGO…" SO I ASKED THE AGENT… "IS THAT A PROBLEM" HE THEN REPLIED BY SAYING.. "IN MOST CASES… THATS A SURE SIGN OF A DRUG TRAFFICKER" #REDFLAG
"TEN YEARS LATER JET BLACK JAG/
DIGI SENT A JAG TO SOPHIE INA GIFT WRAP/" - IN 2009 DIGI HAD A PAIR OF JAGUARS… HE MAILED ONE OF THEM TO ATL… AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND.
"ATL WITH THEM MICH TAGS/
VALET… LEAVING LENNOX LIKE 6 BAGS/
WE GOT RIDES LIKE SIX FLAGS/" - WE NEVER FLY TO ATL… WE ALWAYS DRIVE THERE… AND ITS ALOT OF US… WERE USUALLY ABOUT 10 CARS DEEP… ALL OF US WITH MICHIGAN PLATES (TAGS). AND WHEN WERE IN ATL WE LOVE TO SHOP AT LENNOX MALL… LENNOX MALL WAS THE 1ST MALL IVE BEEN TO THAT HAD ITS OWN VALET SERVICE (THATS A LOT OF CARS TO VALET).
"I KNOW U NIGGAZ MAAAAAAD" - SELF EXPLANATORY
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Friday, April 26, 2013
HOOD ILLUSTRATED DID AN ARTICLE ON ME...
#FREE MOE PECHI... #RIP BIG PERM... HUGE SHOUTS TO THE HOMIE EAZY MONEY
Sunday, August 19, 2012
#TEARSOFJOY
I DONT REMEMBER THE DAY I WAS BORN OR HOW MUCH I WEIGHED ON THAT DAY... THE ONLY FUN FACT I KNOW ABOUT THE DAY I WAS BORN... IS THAT I WAS BORN ON 4/21 AT 4:24 (THATS IT)
MY 2ND DAUGHTER WAS BORN TODAY 4:25AM AUGUST 19TH 2012, SHE WEIGHED IN AT SEVEN BOWS & 3 BOLY'S (19INCHES LONG).
SEEING HER BEING BORN WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, I WAS PRESENT FOR MY 1ST SON BIRTH ALSO SO IM NO ROOKIE, BUT THIS ONE WAS DIFFERENT.
THIS ONE MADE ME NERVOUS!
I FILMED THE ENTIRE PROCESS... SHAKING... TREMBLING... A NERVOUS WRECK,
A PROUD NERVOUS WRECK, BUT NERVOUS NONE THE LESS.
[WHY] I WAS NERVOUS? I HAD & STILL HAVE NO CLUE...
NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT... IT WAS MORE A FEELING OF EXCITEMENT THAN NERVOUSNESS.
AT FIRST, I WAS CALM & COOL THEN CAME THE 1ST PUSH! AFTER THAT THINGS STARTED TO GET INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST. THERE WAS A MOMENT DURING THE 1ST PUSH WHEN THE DOC SAID "THIS BABY HAS A LOT OF HAIR" THEN I HEARD MY WIFE YELL "I CANT DO IT" O_0
AT THAT MOMENT IT FELT LIKE MY F'N HEART WAS GOING TO JUMP OUT MY CHEST... RIP THRU MY OLD NAVY SHIRT... AND LAND ON MY JORDANS... I ALMOST DROPPED MY CAMERA!
AFTER THE SMOKED CLEARED AND THE NURSES FINISHED CLEANING, POKING & JOKING AROUND WITH US & THE BABY THEY MOVED US TO THE ROOM WHERE MY DAUGHTER WOULD SPEND HER 1ST NIGHT / MORNING IN HER MOTHER ARMS.
(NOTICE I SAID MOTHER) BECAUSE I DECIDED TO GO HOME & GET SOME SLEEP... NO WAY IM SLEEPING IN THAT SMALL, PLASTIC COMMUNITY CHAIR THEY CALL A "CHED" (CHAIR + BED) SO I WENT HOME TO SLEEP IN MY CALI KING.
AFTER I WOKE UP I SAT MY TWO BOYS DOWN AT OUR HUGE DINNER TABLE AND GAVE THEM THE "BIG BROTHER SPEECH" THEY OVERSTOOD AND AGREED.
I KISSED THEM BOTH ON TOP OF THEIR HEADS AND HEADED INTO MY OFFICE, I CLOSED THE DOOR BEHIND ME AND SAT AT MY DESK TO INFORM THE INTERWEB THAT I WAS A NEW FATHER... AND BOOM! IT HIT ME... #TEARSOFJOY
Saturday, July 7, 2012
PICS OF @RANRU x @TROYCEASAR + VIDEO FOOTAGE OF @TROYCEASAR MAKING A CRAZY BEAT!
THIS DUDE HAS NO IDEA IM RECORDING HIM... HE THINK IM TAKING PICS IN IPHOTOBOOTH... AH AH AH AH AH AHA HA
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
FREE DIGI...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Four men suspected of selling large amounts of cocaine in Grand Rapids have been sentenced to federal prison.
The group distributed kilograms of cocaine, federal prosecutors say.
Sergio Sosa Campos, identified in court records as one of the leaders, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
David Gonzalez was sentenced to 17 ½ years in prison. Treylon "Digi" Urquhart was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Francisco Javier Gutierrez was sentenced to 10 years.
They will spent at least five years on supervised release once their prison sentences end, records showed.
Federal authorities say Juan Carlos Hernandez, while free on bond, cut a GPS tether nearly a year ago, and has not been found. Another suspect, Alfredo Corona-Vazquez has not been arrested.
A seventh suspect named in the indictment was acquitted at trial.
The government said that Campos “has been distributing large amounts of cocaine in the Grand Rapids area for at least five years,” ending in late 2010. Campos and Hernandez obtained cocaine from sources in Indiana and elsewhere then used the others to make hand-to-hand deals.
Campos and his associates used a 2001 Ford Focus with “an elaborately concealed compartment to move large quantities of cocaine around Grand Rapids and avoid detection by law enforcement,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Clay Stiffler wrote in court documents.
In December 2010, undercover police bought a “large amount of cocaine from Campos and Hernandez,” which led to the arrests, the prosecutor wrote in court records.
The government said that Campos sold “well over five kilograms of cocaine.”
His attorney, Jason Ronning, said Campos is a U.S. citizen whose only previous brush with the law was an impaired driving charge a decade ago.
“His life here in West Michigan was remarkable only in that it was a stable situation with plenty of love and support from his family. He attended school until he was 18, and then he began to work, and has worked his entire adult life.”
He said his client did not reap huge financial benefits. He was arrested after suppliers “fronted” him cocaine.
“While Mr. Campos was a ‘leader’ in a local sense, he was still a middle to low level player in the larger dealing picture, and his cooperation with the government is certainly not looked upon with favor by those people.”
Monday, January 2, 2012
LETS SAY A PRAYER...
LETS SAY A PRAYER FOR THOSE WHO AINT HERE & THOSE WHO CANT BE HERE!
DEAR GOD FORGIVE US FOR OUR PAST & FUTURE SINS... THE SINS WE COMMITTED KNOWINGLY & UNKNOWINGLY... WATCH OVER MY LOVED ONES... GUARD US & PROTECT US FROM SATAN... YOU SAID ASK AND SHALL BE GIVING... AMEN
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
RANRU RANTS ON TWITTER... "THE RECORD LABEL CONSPIRACY"
THE 1ST STEP IN THEIR PLAN WAS TO RUIN RECORDS SALES. NOT FOR ALL ARTIST... THE ELITE ARTIST WERE SAFE. BUT ALL OTHER ARTIST WERE TARGETS! I KNOW UR THINKING "RUIN RECORDS SALE" WHY WOULD THEY F' UP THEIR OWN MONEY? LIKE I SAID IN THE BEGINNING THE LABELS WERE MAKING VERY LITTLE OFF OF THE ARTIST LABELS WITH DISTRIBUTION DEALS.
AND SOONER OR LATER THE ARTIST WERE GONNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR OWN MUSIC AND THE BIG LABELS KNEW IT. STEP TWO WAS CONTROLLING, DESTROYING THE DJ'S & WEBSITE WHO SOLD MUSIC "ILLEGALLY". AFTER THEY DESTROYED THE MIXTAPE GAME & SHUT DOWN INDUSTRY RECORD SALES IT WOULD SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD BE FINISHED... RIGHT?.
NOOO... STEP 3 CREATE A DEAL FOR NEW & UNSIGNED ARTIST THAT WOULD LIMIT THEIR SUCCESS & AWARD THE LABEL MORE REVENUES OFF OF AN ARTIST SALES IN COMES THE "360 DEAL" A DEAL THAT ENTITLES YOUR LABEL A PERCENTAGE OF ALL PROFITS MADE! SHOWS, CD, MERCH, OUTSIDE DEALS & CONTRACTS ETC. CD (HARD COPY) SALES WILL RETURN TO ITS GLORIOUS STATE ONCE THEIR PLAN IS FULLY IN MOTION THEIR NOT GONNA STOP MAKING CDS IT MADE TOO MUCH $
Sunday, November 6, 2011
[CORPSE ON ICE] THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE...
d'smoove - "I can't lie, hands down, u gotta be da most creative nigga from Gunrule... just sayin, #CorpseOnIce is da perfect blend of imagination and talent. Not alot of people could pull dat off"
downlopaz - "love your creativity of basically making a horror movie of a mixtape. but u need a stronger flow. keep grinding you will be fine"
dj kokaine - "This the best one off the #OnIceTrilogy hands down! #LetsGoGR... murder! That was mixed perfect, transitions, tracklisting, production (14kt needs a major btw) and of course your left field lyrics... I REALLY like how cap didn't tag anything. Bro I haven't heard a tape/ movie like this in a minute. Very impressed "
cole karrip - "Snacks on snacks on snacks while listening to corpse on ice... You've done it again, another banger from the streets of GunRule and the man RanRu. I know you know how much I dig AOS but COI is #1... How the fuck you gonna run in skinny jeans and vans"
dj capcom - "My favorite track off @RanRu #CorpseOnIce .. Is the Bonus Joint! Too bad yall gotta wait for #FloydMayweather to hear the full version... I heard the Insane Clown Posse is trying to sign @RanRu after they heard #CorpseOnIce .. LMFAO!"
jackofallarts - "One thing I can say about @Pyrex_Pacino & @RANRU rather u like em or not they droppin something every other month..."
hookiebear - "All on my Tl all I`ve been seeing is wale & @RANRU but I got love 4 ranru. i dont mess with wale like that. lol"
mr. bankroll - "NP @ranru"Corpse On Ice" this shit crazy so far. #respects... this peepin ran joint catchy as hell lol it aint hit me till the song was over"
ken dil - "boss the tape dope bro like the beat selection in the flow its milder they can here u better... Told you niggas a couple years ago @ranru was nice... Word man I feel like my brother @ranru I throw down cherioos when it was the grotto lol I been fuck the city"
caramelcupcake - "Can't download @ranru because my sd filled with all his music and mixtapes #truefan"
cashcow redd - "yea bruh yu killed it! so creative!"
JayaywhydashP - "Ayeeee Support GR and go download @RANRU "Corpse on Ice" mixtape my nigga"
Pyrex Pacino - "man u a fool > " I stabbed her and stabbed her and stabbed her" 0_o... that shit pure heroin I'm talkin that Frank Lucas"
lil j - "MAKE SURE YOU GET MY BOYS NEW MIXTAPE.. STOP LISTENIN TO THAT BULLSHIT!"
tyson kruz music - "@RANRU... FRESH NEW HIPHOP"
rod b gutta - " maaaannnn that motherfuckin "Sicko"....oh my fucking god... i just banged Sicko 3 mins ago on my monitors and that bitch gave me goose bumps! wooooooooooo"
ant mosley - "dudes like to get pissed on to bro. #KeepKillinEmRan... I like it. I love the originality you have. I respect it! That trailer was crazy too. Concept!!!... that's why you will always have my support!"
Sunday, October 30, 2011
@RANRU RELEASES STATEMENT... SPEAKS ON [CORPSE ON ICE] MIXTAPE
HUGE SHOUTS TO EVERYONE THAT's F'N WITH THIS PROJECT... I ADMIT ITS A LIL WEIRD & LEFT FIELD... BUT CREATIVELY I THINK ITS A GEM. THE FAMILY WANTED THIS MIXTAPE (ALBUM) TO FIT THE COVER ART (CREEPY, SCARY & WEIRD) & IT ALSO HAD TO RELATE TO HALLOWEEN B'CUZ OF THE RELEASE DATE. SO I TRIED MY BEST TO DELIVER LYRICS, SONGS & PRODUCTION THAT WOULD FIT THE CONCEPT. THERE IS ONLY 1 "INDUSTRY BEAT" ON THIS ENTIRE MIXTAPE ("NORMAN BATES" PROD. BY DR. DRE "NATURAL BORN KILLAZ") HUGE SHOUTS TO MY DJ DeeJay CapCom & ALL THE PRODUCERS THAT BLESSED THIS MIXTAPE. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A EVEN BIGGER SHOUT TO MY BROTHER Troy Ceasar Braden WITHOUT HIM THIS PROJECT WOULDn't HAVE SOUNDED ANYTHING LIKE IT DOES NOW! HE MIXED, MASTERED, ARRANGED & EXECUTIVE PRODUCED [CORPSE ON ICE]. I RE-WROTE THIS MIXTAPE 2 TIMES IN ORDER TO FIT THE CONCEPT.
THE 1ST DRAFT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT (I WAS TRYNA MAKE HIT SONGS). THEN CEASAR CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT TO DO THE MIXTAPE LIKE A HORROR MOVIE TO FIT THE COVER ART & THE RELEASE DATE, SO I HAD TO RE-WRITE IT... THE FINAL PRODUCT WAS WROTE, RECORDED, MIXED & MASTERED IN LESS THAN 10 DAYS! ALL & ALL IT WAS FUN TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR A CHANGE, TELLING TRUE STORIES OVER BEATS GETS BORING SOMETIMES... THIS PROJECT REALLY CHALLENGED ME TO CREATE A DIFFERENT STYLE! BUT I HAD TO STILL MAKE IT "RANRU" LOL. WE Supreme FocusARE VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR FEED BACK ESPECIALLY WITH THIS MIXTAPE B'CUZ ITS SO UNIQUE & DIFFERENT! SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT U THINK HONESTLY! #GOOOGUNRULE #GOOOGLOVE #CORPSEONICE.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
WHO SNITCH'D ON KENNETH CARTER?
RATTIN IS AT A ALL TIME HIGH, SOMETHINGS WE WILL NEVER FIND OUT ABOUT!
BUT MOST THINGS COME TO THE LIGHT!
SO IF YOU WAS THINKING YOU COULD SNITCH AND GET AWAY WITH IT...THINK AGAIN!
*THIS IS A REAL COURT APPEAL DOCUMENT*
(BEFORE YOU CALL SOMEONE A RAT YOU MUST HAVE PROOF!)
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, UNPUBLISHED March 6, 2003 v No. 232862 Kent Circuit Court KENNETH CARTER, JR., a/k/a FRED JOHNSON, a/k/a/ WILLIE KADO, LC No. 00-008812-FCDefendant-Appellant. Before: Meter, P.J., and Neff and Donofrio, JJ.PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals by right from his conviction by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder, MCL 750.316, assault with intent to commit murder, MCL 750.83, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder conviction and twenty to forty years' imprisonment for the assault conviction, to be served consecutively to a two-year term for the felony-firearm conviction. We affirm. Defendant's convictions arose from a shooting incident that occurred during the earlymorning hours of November 1, 1999. Ruben Vance died from a single gunshot wound to his head. Jamar McDonald, the other victim, was not injured during the assault.
Defendant first argues that the prosecutor presented insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the person who shot several times at the Monte Carlo automobile, in which the two victims were seated. Defendant argues that there was evidence thatDamien Baker, the driver of the white Grand Am from which the shots were fired, could have committed the shootings. Defendant also argues that all of the witnesses who placed him at the shooting scene or identified him as the shooter were unbelievable because they either testified pursuant to plea agreements or testified contrary to earlier statements or testimony. In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we "must view the evidence in a light mostfavorable to the prosecution and determine whether a rational trier of fact could find that the essential elements of the crime were proved beyond a reasonable doubt." People v Hoffman, 225 Mich App 103, 111; 570 NW2d 146 (1997), citing People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508, 515; 489 NW2d 748 (1992), amended 441 Mich 1201 (1992). All conflicts with regard to the evidence must be resolved in favor of the prosecution. People v Terry, 224 Mich App 447, 452; 569
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-2- NW2d 641 (1997). Further, this Court should not interfere with the jury's role of determiningthe weight of the evidence or the credibility of witnesses. Id.; Wolfe, supra at 514-515. The evidence presented, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, was sufficient to establish defendant's identity as the shooter. DeYoka Freeman testified that duringthe early morning hours of November 1, 1999, he saw defendant in the passenger seat of a white Grand Am in the parking lot of the Amoco Station on Division and Hall Streets in Grand Rapids. Freeman testified that he observed the Grand Am exit the parking lot of the station and subsequently return, after which numerous gunshots erupted from the Grand Am. Kevin Buchanan, who was with Freeman, confirmed that defendant was in the passenger seat of the Grand Am at the time of the shooting. Additionally, Buchanan specifically identified defendant as the person who shot at the Monte Carlo from the passenger side of the Grand Am. Baker also identified defendant as the shooter.
McDonald, the driver of the Monte Carlo, conceded that the driver of the Grand Am could have been the shooter, but he testified that he believed that the passenger did the shooting and that he saw a gun hanging out of the passenger window. Sheila Williams testified that she saw defendant in the passenger seat of the white Grand Am shortlybefore the shooting. Moreover, Thomas Birge, Baker's father, testified that when Baker and defendant arrived at Birge's house in the early morning hours of November 1, 1999, defendant handed an empty gun to Birge, which Birge reloaded using forty-caliber ammunition later seizedby the police. The ammunition used by the shooter at the gas station was forty-caliber ammunition. Ira Miller testified that when he asked defendant about the shooting, defendant said he "popped the ni---r, it's done and over with, you know what I'm sayin', f--k it." A crime scene technician concluded that the evidence supported the prosecution's theory that the passenger of the Grand Am was the shooter, assuming that at the time of the shooting, the passenger side of the Grand Am was closer to the Monte Carlo than the driver's side of the Grand Am.
Evidence at trial supported that the passenger side of the Grand Am was closer to the Monte Carlo. The above evidence, if believed, was sufficient to support defendant's convictions. Although many of the witnesses testified in exchange for plea deals or otherwise had credibilityissues, it was the role of the jury to determine credibility. Wolfe, supra at 514-515; Terry, supra at 452. We will not interfere with the jury's role in that regard. We therefore reject defendant's argument that the evidence was insufficient to support his identity as the shooter. Next, defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted into evidence a photograph of defendant's brother. Defendant was carrying the photograph at the time of his arrest. It depicted his brother, Quentin Carter, dressed as a gangster and holding amachine gun. Defendant argues that the photograph was irrelevant and, even if minimallyrelevant, the probative value of the photograph was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. Defendant objected to the admission of the photograph only on the ground that it should be excluded under MRE 403. He never argued that the photograph was irrelevant. An objection on one ground is insufficient to preserve an appellate challenge on another ground. People v Canter, 197 Mich App 550, 563; 496 NW2d 336 (1992). We review the unpreserved allegation that the evidence was irrelevant for plain error. People v Carines, 460 Mich 750, 763-764; 597 NW2d 130 (1999).
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-3- In a murder case, motive is generally relevant to show the intent necessary to provemurder. People v Herndon, 246 Mich App 371, 412-413; 633 NW2d 376 (2001). The intent to murder is also an essential element of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder. People v McRunels, 237 Mich App 168, 181; 603 NW2d 95 (1999). Circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn from that evidence may constitute satisfactory proof of thatelement. Id. In this case, the prosecutor offered evidence that defendant's motive for the shooting was revenge for the killing of his brother. There was evidence that the Lafayette gangand the Wealthy Street gang did not like each other. Defendant grew up on Lafayette and knew his brother was killed by Terrance Williams, a member of the Wealthy Street gang. Defendant was badly affected by his brother's death. There was also evidence that Vance lived on WealthyStreet and that the case against Williams for Quentin Carter's murder was dismissed. Theprosecutor used the photograph to support the offered motive, that defendant shot at the victims as an act of revenge for the killing of his brother, whom defendant cherished and whose picturehe carried with him. The evidence was relevant because it tended to prove motive. We thus can discern no plain error in the admission of the photograph as relevant evidence.
In addition, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the evidence over defendant's objection based on MRE 403. MRE 403 provides that evidence may be excluded "if its probative value is outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence." Moreover, [t]he decision whether to admit evidence is within the discretion of thetrial court and will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear abuse of discretion. An abuse of discretion is found only if an unprejudiced person, considering the facts on which the trial court acted, would say that there was no excuse for the ruling made. A decision on a close evidentiary question ordinarily cannot be an abuse of discretion. [People v Aldrich, 246 Mich App 101, 113; 631 NW2d 67 (2001) (citations omitted).]The photograph at issue was described by the prosecutor at trial as a "fantasy" photograph. It depicted defendant's brother in a staged, gangster-like pose. The photograph was clearly not a picture of defendant's brother engaged in gang or criminal activity. Further, thephotograph did not portray defendant or reflect on his character or activities. Moreover, defendant does not argue that the photograph confused the issues, misled the jury, or caused undue delay. Under the circumstances, we cannot find an abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling on this evidentiary question. Moreover, even if the trial court had erred in admitting thephotograph, we would nonetheless find no basis for reversal under the harmless error standard from People v Lukity, 460 Mich 484, 495-496; 596 NW2d 607 (1999). Next, defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to give the standard cautionaryinstruction on accomplice testimony. Defendant neither requested the instruction nor objected to
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-4- its omission. Thus, the issue is not preserved. People v Lee, 243 Mich App 163, 183; 622 NW2d 71 (2000).1In People v McCoy, 392 Mich 231, 240; 220 NW2d 456 (1974), the Court ruled that error requiring reversal may be found if a trial court fails to give a cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony, even in the absence of a request for such an instruction, if the case is closely drawn. A case is closely drawn if a determination of the defendant's guilt essentiallycomes down to a credibility contest between the defendant and his accomplice. People v Perry,218 Mich App 520, 529; 554 NW2d 362 (1996). In People v Reed, 453 Mich 685, 692; 556 NW2d 858 (1996), the Court clarified that the McCoy rule "does not require automatic reversal when a case is 'closely drawn' and a judge fails to give such an instruction sua sponte." The Reed Court stated: Rather, McCoy states that such a failure to instruct may be error requiringreversal. This Court has never established standards for evaluating when the failure to instruct sua sponte requires reversal. In People v Atkins, 397 Mich 163; 243 NW2d 292 (1976), for example, we declined to extend McCoy to a case involving an addict-informer. One of the reasons was that defense counsel had thoroughly explored the addict-informer's motivation to lie on cross-examination. Id. at 168, 171-172. Clearly, it would make little sense to require a judge to caution a jury sua sponte on a witness' motivation to lie when defense counsel has thoroughly explored the witness' motivations. Rather, McCoy stands for the proposition that a judge should give a cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony sua sponte when potential problems with an accomplice's credibilityhave not been plainly presented to the jury.
[Reed, supra at 692-693 (emphasis in original).] In this case, the problems with Baker's testimony were thoroughly explored by defense counsel and were presented to the jury. Defense counsel extensively cross-examined both Baker and Detective Mark Groen about Baker's motivations for testifying and about inconsistencies between Baker's trial testimony and his original statement to the police. In addition, this is not a case where defendant's guilt was closely drawn. It was not a credibility contest between defendant and Baker because other witnesses testified that defendant was in the passenger seat of the Grand Am, and evidence other than Baker's testimony identified the passenger as the shooter. Moreover, Buchanan expressly identified defendant as the shooter. Therefore, the trial court's failure to sua sponte give the standard cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony did not amount to plain error. Moreover, even if a plain error were apparent, defendant cannot 1We note that defendant raised the instructional issue in his post-trial motion for a new trial. Weconclude, however, that this was insufficient to preserve the issue. In Carines, supra at 761-762, the Court noted that litigants are encouraged to seek a fair and accurate trial the first time around and that trial is the best time to address a defendant's constitutional and nonconstitutional concerns. The Carines Court treated the defendant's allegation of instructional error as unpreserved because the defendant failed to object to the instructions at trial. Id. at 761. Here, because defendant did not raise the instant issue at trial, it is unpreserved
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