[Faceman]

1.) His mother was part of the Black Panther movement but not overly criminal AFAIK.
2.) He cast her out of his life when she became an addict (crack IIRC) and took her back some years later.
3.) He was himself charged with numerous criminal offenses and even jailed. He was the first jailed man to have a #1 hit at the time of his imprisonement.
4.) He was shot four times on Sept. 7th and died from the wounds on Friday 13th September 1996.

5.) I don't like rap too much therefore I don't like his music but he's one of the few rappers I can take without getting a headache.