Whitney Houston

[J. Edgar]

FAAAAK

R.I.P

Didn't know Ray J was seeing her.

[Skola]

Grew up to her music.

RIP

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Jokes have surfaced already.

[The Somalian]

Hayley you watching pierce Morgan

[Zizouz]

people we grew up on are dying

rip

[Dipset]

Nah im fully still shocked

this was my jam growing up

chuh

r.i.p

[Niall Ferguson]

RIP to a legend

[Don Crack]

Whitney Houston to star in her new film. The Bodybag.

[Elementalism]

R.I.P

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Interesting side story, not sure if it'll make her biography but it's true.

One of the most ferocious cats to ever walk the streets of New York, Was, Clarence(Preacher)Heatly, From Uptown(Harlem), Preacher was one of New York's premier cats, In regards to movin weight, During the 70's/80's, Though, Preacher was more well-known(And, Very respected/LOL), For kidnapping Drug-Dealers, Along with cats who could not

Pay their drug debts(Like, Bobby Brown/LOL), Po/Alpo, Was crew Preacher and his crew(The family from Uptown), Infact, Po used to ride motorcycles with cats who were down with the Family, During the 80's(Po used to do 3 block wheelies/LOL), On the low,

Preacher and his crew(The Family), Kidnapped Bobby Brown in 1993, Over a drug debt that Bobby Brown owned, From a drug dealer from New Jersey, Preacher paid the debt, Which,

Meant that Bobby Brown owed his drug debt to Preacher, the Family kidnapped Bobby Brown and held him for ransom for a few days(Along with tourturing Bobby Brown too),

Until, Bobby Brown, Mentioned that Whitney Houston could pay the ransom and the drug debt(Which was 400G's total), Whitney Houston payed the ransom for the release of Bobby Brown(400G's), In 1993, Also, It was once believed that Preacher, Kidnapped Rich Porter's brother(Darrell Porter, Who was kidnapped and killed by his uncle named Apple, In 1987),

Though, Preacher was crew with Po, Rich, Az, Fritz(Bigtime drug Kingpin from 112thst and Amsterdam ave in Harlem, During the 80's), Cats knew that Preacher had a very long Dossier ,In regards to Kidnapping drug-kingpins and their family memebers, Here's some more information on Preacher Heatly from Uptown/Harlem, Including the story in regards to Bobby Brown and Preacher too.

Much Respect

Mike Barnes

Troubled diva Whitney Houston secretly paid a $400,000 ransom demand to kidnappers who threatened to kill her ex-husband Bobby Brown, according to a new bombshell book by former gang member David Collins.

Brown was snatched and held “naked and hog tied” at gunpoint by members of a notorious New York street gang known as the Preacher Crew, according to the author.

He was later allowed to make one phone call to Whitney, in which he pleaded with her to personally deliver the ransom to an abandoned building in the Bronx.

Disguised in a wig and dark glasses, the terrified singer obeyed, and handed over a duffle bag containing the cash 24 hours later to 6ft 7in gang boss Clarence “Preacher” Heatley, says Collins.

He claims the kidnapping, which was never reported to police, happened in April 1993 when Whitney was at the peak of her fame with her film The Bodyguard and its soundtrack album, both huge hits. Unlike the movie, however, in which Kevin Costner co-starred as her heroic minder, Whitney was forced to face her then husband’s kidnappers alone to hand over the ransom before they were both allowed to walk away free.

Former gang member Collins claims in his autobiography, Preacher of the Streets, that Brown was snatched over a $25,000 debt to a New Jersey drug dealer. Heatley, currently serving life without parole after admitting being involved in 13 gang-related killings, allegedly paid the dealer and “took over the debt”.

Heatley – described by Collins as an eighteen-and-a-half stone “mountain of evil” – then told gang members he had a plan “to make a whole lot more than $25,000”. His henchmen were sent to a Manhattan nightclub, where they allegedly plied Brown with high-grade cocaine, later luring him to a Bronx apartment with the promise of more.

Collins claims Brown was taken to a sleazy, abandoned apartment that had been taken over by Preacher Crew members. There, he was “knocked out with one punch” by one of Heatley’s henchmen. “When he awoke, Bobby was naked and hog-tied, his mouth stuffed with a rag,” says Collins.

The Pre-acher then showed up and took the rag out of Bobby’s mouth. ‘It’s a shame we have to kill you,’ Preacher told Bobby. Bobby begged for his life and said Whitney could pay the debt.

“The Preacher left the room and his men then terrorised Bobby for two hours. They kicked him. They told him they would kill Whitney. One of them put a gun to his head. Bobby was weeping when the Preacher came back in the room, begging the Preacher to let him call Whitney.”

This, according to Collins, was the fear tactic Heatley believed would help him score a big financial hit. Brown was allowed to phone Whitney, telling her he would be killed unless she paid the gang. Heatley, according to Collins, then took the phone from Brown.

As Whitney pleaded with him to spare her husband, “they came to an agreement. She was personally going to bring $400,000 to get her man back. The next day, she did just that. She was wearing a wig. She paid the money. Bobby was free to go.”

Collins writes: “Once they were gone, Preacher sat there with the duffle bag of money and split it with his men. Preacher kept over $200,000 of it.” Collins believes both Brown and Whitney were lucky to escape shaken but virtually unscathed.

In his book he recounts his own years as a member of the Preacher Crew, whose income was derived mainly from drug dealing in Harlem and the Bronx and whose trademark was torturing victims who couldn’t or wouldn’t settle their drug debts.

Writes Collins: “Members would slice off body parts of rival dealers or defaulters before killing them.” The gang was eventually busted by police in a series of raids that landed its key figures in prison.

The Black Hand of Death AKA Preacher Crew

If you say the word extortion in Harlem, the next words would probably be "THE PREACHER CREW" aka "THE FAMILY" and "THE BLACK HAND OF DEATH!"

They were called the most ruthless men in Harlem, extorting drug dealers and killing by torture those who didn't pay. They've been accused of a lot of murders dating back to the 70's. When individuals were ordered to be murdered, acid was poured on their bodies to remove tattoos that could possibly identify them. Thier bodies were then dismembered and left in a crumbling abandoned building. Crew members were then ordered to scrub down the killing room with boric acid after each murder.

After three decades of allegedly terrorizing, extorting, murdering and torturing Harlem�s major drug dealers, "THE PRECHER CREW" was captured by the F.B.I.'s C11 squad.

The PRECHER CREW"S leader Mr. Clarence "Preacher" Heatley allegedly cooperated with the F.B.I., snitching on his own crew!

The Preacher crew's chief lieutenant: Mr John Cuff aka "Captain Jack Frost (rumored the only man preacher feared)", was sentenced to life plus 145 years after preacher's testimony.

She was Bobby's ride or die for real. Hope she's at peace.

[Risky]

Heard this at work just now...

f*ck..

[carpedeum]

MJ was my top male, Whitney my top female..ive just been trawling thru the night doing what i did when MJ died looking for youtube old videos.

they arent joking when they say she had a voice like no other..

i havent seen someone belt out such high notes so effortlessly compared to the other big vocal talents

[Beavis]

R.I.P

Gonna be loads of people going on like they knew her personally today

[Da Luv Doc]

Deep!

RIP

[Benicio del Toney]

MJ was my top male, Whitney my top female..ive just been trawling thru the night doing what i did when MJ died looking for youtube old videos.

they arent joking when they say she had a voice like no other..

i havent seen someone belt out such high notes so effortlessly compared to the other big vocal talents

Yeah, technically you probably won't see a female singer like that again.

The clarity, range, power and pitch were effortless, no bad habits either.

You would advise any young person to follow her except her voice was a gift, you can't learn or train to sing that good.

[Afroman]

Woah!.

R.I.P..

just came on here saw a topic with her name. Thought it was to do with the pic of her in the club the other night.

Sad stuff.

Legend.

[Benicio del Toney]

Superb live performance.

[Mr. Gayle]

Wasnt/Isn't Mariah close to her ?

Clive Davis even only yesterday said that Jennifer Hudson is a modern day Whitney, anyone agree ?

Just watched the vid where Whitney sings the national anthem, sings it like was nothing. But the way she sings "will always love you" damn. The bit where she has her eyes closed then belts it out FACCCKK

[Afroman]

Wasnt/Isn't Mariah close to her ?

Clive Davis even only yesterday said that Jennifer Hudson is a modern day Whitney, anyone agree ?

Just watched the vid where Whitney sings the national anthem, sings it like was nothing. But the way she sings "will always love you" damn. The bit where she has her eyes closed then belts it out FACCCKK

Jennifer will never have a quarter in quality of whitneys catalogue imo

She is good don't get me wrong. But she hasn't got those song writers, producers who wrote/produced hits like those for whitney.

+ she aint seeing whitneys charisma either.

[Haze-e]

RIP

[Francis Coquelin]

bobby brown is getting SLAUGHTERED

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the skanks>>>>>>

new jack swing>>>>>>>

[Niall Ferguson]

new jack swing>>>>>>>

this

but dont act like u knew it as this until u wikipedia'd bobby brown tho

[Francis Coquelin]

new jack swing>>>>>>>

this

but dont act like u knew it as this until u wikipedia'd bobby brown tho

[KayGee]

RIP, I grew up on this its so sad.

[Guest petercrotch]

One of the greatest ever . RIP

[Trim]

crazy

R.I.P

[Heero Yuy]

R.I.P