Swedish Rapper Mows Down Pedestrian!

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After midnight Sunday, John Osnes, a pianist who performed jazz standards and Beatles songs at piano bars in Hollywood, put an empty glass down on the counter of one of his favorite haunts, The Spotlight, and waved goodbye to an employee. "He said, 'Benji, I will see you tomorrow for sure,' " bartender Benjamin Avery recalled.

An hour later, Osnes, 55, lay dying in a crosswalk a few blocks away, the victim, police say, of a violent road rage attack by a Swedish hip-hop artist. The rapper, David Moses Jassy, also known as Dave Monopoly, 34, made a brief appearance in Superior Court on Wednesday. His arraignment was postponed a week to allow him to hire an attorney.

According to authorities, Osnes, who did not own a car and was a stickler for pedestrian rights, was crossing a street near his residence when Jassy's rented SUV drifted into the crosswalk. After Osnes struck the front of the vehicle with his hands, Jassy allegedly got out, punched Osnes, kicked him in the head when he stooped to recover his glasses and then ran over him with the vehicle. Bystanders, including an off-duty Anaheim police officer, witnessed the assault and tried unsuccessfully to detain Jassy, according to authorities.

Osnes was pronounced dead at a hospital, and Jassy was arrested Monday after investigators traced the license of his rented vehicle.

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[voluptuary_manque]

Rest of the story here.

This is truly sad and very, very strange. For one thing the terms 'Swedish' and 'rapper' don't seem in sync. Shows how provincial I am, I guess.

 

[Liar]

Shows how provincial I am, I guess.

It sure does.

That being said... Dave Monopoly? Never heard of him.

Although he identifies himself as the "CEO of Jassy World Entertainment" on his MySpace page, Jassy is a minor music industry player whose biggest accomplishment to date is rapping on an album track for "High School Musical" actress Ashley Tisdale.

Ok, that explains it.

Just great, now "Swedish Rap" will forever be associated with some third rate clown from a Disney movie who ran over a guy.

 

[rgraham666]

Sigh.

You do not call incompetent drivers on their bad driving. The chances that they have a different opinion of their skills and that they will get very nasty about defending that opinion is too high.

Sad story.

 

[Guest]

It's a terrible story.

And yet, I'm still giggling over "Swedish rapper".

Yo.

 

[NoJo]

It's a terrible story.

And yet, I'm still giggling over "Swedish rapper".

Yo.

Change your name to Sweet Saab Sarah

 

[cloudy]

And yet, I'm still giggling over "Swedish rapper".

Yo.

Wouldn't that be "yo-de-lay-he-ho"?



(sorry, Liar...I couldn't resist)

 

[Guest]

"yo-de-lay-he-ho"?

Word.

 

[Liar]

Wouldn't that be "yo-de-lay-he-ho"?



(sorry, Liar...I couldn't resist)

Trying to find a way to work some Bork Bork Bork into your swiss there, but coming up short.

 

[cloudy]

Trying to find a way to work some Bork Bork Bork into your swiss there, but coming up short.

even the dialectizer came up short on that, so don't feel bad.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

It's a terrible story.

And yet, I'm still giggling over "Swedish rapper".

Yo.

Don't you mean "Jo"?

 

[Guest]

Don't you mean "Jo"?

Momma?


Oh - I see.

Ja.

Fan ja!