Man Slain at S.F. Party for Hip-Hop Star
Hip-hop musician Money B was questioned along with two dozen other witnesses after a record producer was shot and killed outside a nightclub, police said.
“We had 25 witnesses,” homicide Lt. Judie Pursell said Friday. “He, along with other people, were identified as possible witnesses. He and many others were part of the interview process.”
Ronald Blackburn, 31, of San Leandro was shot twice and died early Thursday after a release party for Money B’s latest album, “Talkin’ Dirty.”
Several fights broke out among the crowd that gathered outside the nightclub where the party was held.
Money B, an Oakland artist also known as Ronald Brooks, rose to prominence as a founding member of the Digital Underground, a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated hip-hop group.
Money B had a role in the Demi Moore-Dan Aykroyd film “Nothing but Trouble.” He is also a producer, TV host and owner of a record company.
No one has been charged in connection with the killing and no arrests have been made, Pursell said.
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