Rick Ross – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 Rapper Fat Trel Arrested For Passing Counterfeit Bills At Casino http://bandwidth.wamu.org/rapper-fat-trel-arrested-for-passing-counterfeit-bills-at-casino/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/rapper-fat-trel-arrested-for-passing-counterfeit-bills-at-casino/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:36:17 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=62958 D.C. rapper Fat Trel was arrested Sunday for passing counterfeit money at a Maryland casino, police say.

Fat Trel (Anne Arundel County Police)

Fat Trel (Anne Arundel County Police)

The rapper signed to Maybach Music Group — the Atlantic Records subsidiary run by Rick Ross — was caught attempting to exchange $450 in fake bills for chips at Maryland Live Casino.

The 25-year-old emcee — real name Martrel Reeves — told investigators he acquired the counterfeit bills at 7-11 ATM in D.C., a police report says. But Trel told a different story on Twitter the next day, posting, “An ATM? I don’t even own a bank card. Picture Big Gleetchie [a nickname] at a ATM.”

In a tweet that’s since been deleted, Fat Trel said he got the counterfeit bills from a promoter.

The rapper, a native of Northeast D.C., first rose to prominence in 2011 with street hits like “Respect With the Teck.” He signed to Maybach Music Group in 2013.

Trel was charged with a misdemeanor in Anne Arundel County. He’s now back on the street, posting regularly on Instagram and Twitter.

Bandwidth could not reach the rapper’s attorney, who is on vacation.

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Wale Returns To Go-Go With ‘Miracle On U Street’ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/wale-returns-to-go-go-with-miracle-on-u-street/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/wale-returns-to-go-go-with-miracle-on-u-street/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 01:26:11 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=44891 Original fans of D.C.’s biggest rapper, Wale, know that he got his start rhyming over go-go beats crafted by production team Best Kept Secret. Today, those fans must be pumped, because the ex-Marylander has put himself into the wayback machine and released “Miracle On U Street,” a feel-good song that would have made sense on a Wale tape circa 2007.

With a go-go-infused beat crafted by That Boy Good and former Best Kept Secret talent Tone P — whom we interviewed back in July — the Rick Ross-introduced “Miracle on U Street” is probably already bleeding from thousands of earbuds in the D.C. area. (If I don’t hear it on the Metro on my commute home tonight, I’ll wonder what city I’m in.)

The song won’t appear on Wale’s just-announced tape Festivus — out Dec. 23 — nor his fourth LP The Album About Nothing, slated for 2015. This one is a Soundcloud goodie. Stream it below.

Warning: Explicit lyrics.

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