A rapper on the cusp of national fame was the first person to fire a shot at a strip club the night he was killed, according to testimony in a Detroit courtroom Friday. Hit the jump to see what exactly happened.
Surveillance video captured the scene outside Crazy Horse strip club before the fatal shooting of rapper Dex Osama, whose legal name is Byron Cox. Several angles were played in court during a preliminary examination for two men charged in the case, including footage showing Osama being shot.
Otis Davis, 46, faces charges of open murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and felony firearm. Dietrick Odums, 31, is charged with assault with intent to murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and felony firearm in connection with the fatal shooting.
As the two defendants sat handcuffed in jail garb in the packed courtroom, their lawyers, prosecutors and a judge gathered around a television, watching the video that was recorded about 1:30 a.m. ET Sept. 7.
The video “speaks for itself” 36th District Judge Kenneth King said, before ruling both men should proceed to trial on all charges.
“This kind of stupid, outrageous conduct in this city has to stop,” he said, noting he’s not saying Cox is “any angel.”
In the four months before his death, several of Cox’s tracks on the music service Soundcloud were listened to more than 175,000 times. In those songs, his musical vibe was rough, with lyrics about crime scenarios and street life.
Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill had signed him to a recording deal before his death.
