on July 7, 2025, 16:25:56, in reply to "Damn. That's some high art right there. No doubt destined for preservation at the Smithsonian.*"
“Mello Buckzz is ripping apart any beat that comes her way,” the online music magazine wrote at the time.....
....The Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday the rapper pleaded guilty to a 2023 assault of another rapper and was sentenced to three years probation.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/river-north-mass-shooting-mello-buckzz-melanie-doyle/
Age 24 today, so maybe 22 when convicted of assault on another rap """artiste""" ???
Off-topic: didn't know you could teach a course about race and media (maybe?) at a public university.
The 24-year-old rapper released her first song “Damn Buckzz” in 2021 and has been “on the verge of” a breakout moment since, said Jabari M. Evans — a media scholar, assistant professor of race and media at the University of South Carolina and Chicago rapper known by his stage name Naledge.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/03/who-is-mello-buckzz-the-chicago-drill-rapper-at-the-center-of-river-north-mass-shooting/
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