G-unit-er Tony Yayo is due in court today in relation to that previously reported run in it's claimed he had with the fourteen year old son of Czar Entertainment chief Jimmy 'Henchmen' Rosemond. Yayo allegedly attacked the teenager because he was wearing a Czar Entertainment t-shirt - it's still not clear whether the rapper recognised the boy as the son of Rosemond, with whom G-unit have a long running feud. Either way, Yayo stands accused of one count of misdemeanor assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a minor.
This incident has led to a new campaign against feuding and violence in the hip hop community (albeit a campaign in part coordinated by Rosemond's company, he himself being something of a feuder). As a result, a rally is expected to be staged outside the court where Yayo's case will be heard, led by Cynthia Reed, the mother of the teenage victim. Local councilmen and community leaders are expected to participate, as are the family of Israel Ramirez, the bodyguard killed outside a Busta Rhymes video shoot last year. They have got involved in the campaign because it is believed Ramirez may have been shot when an argument involving Yayo at the video shoot got out of hand. Yayo has always denied knowing who the shooter was.