The rapper, born John Wilson, was a member of the well-known hip-hop group R.A.M. Squad.
A source provided AllHipHop.com with the details surrounding the shooting of Tommy Hill.
The source told AllHipHop.com that robbery was the motive, although
there could have been any number of reasons behind his murder, due to
his criminal background and alleged association with the mob.
Late Thursday, early Friday morning, the rapper was coming out of a
bar named Reuben’s Marc, which is located on Stenton Avenue and Mount
Pleasant in the Uptown area of Philadelphia.
“He was in a bar having a good time and after they shot him and
robbed him,” a confidential source told AllHipHop.com. “The dudes he was
with shot back, security came out and it was hectic situation.”
Although it cannot be confirmed, the source said that Tommy Hill was alive after the shooting on Thursday.
But he died from his wounds in a Philadelphia hospital, sometime over the weekend.
The Richard Allen Mob [R.A.M. Squad] was a popular Philadelphia
hip-hop group in the 80s and 90s who recorded with notables like Nelly
and Sticky Fingaz.
The R.A.M. Squad, named after the notorious Richard Allen Homes
housing projects, featured group members Tommy Hill, Boy Backs, Suave,
6’9 and Wiz Gam.
The group released albums like Operation Lock The City (1996), Thee Album Regardless (1997) and their major label debut, Universal’s 2001′s Random Access Money.
The album contained R.A.M. Squad’s best known single, “Ballers (Up In Here).”
Despite his career as a rapper, Tommy Hill ran into serious legal
trouble in 2003, during a federal investigation into the R.A.M. Squad’s
involvement in the city’s cocaine trade.
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