Defsounds

In the latest episode of "When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong...."

Rico Todriquez Wright, 25, was sentenced to 20 years in jail and 20 years of probation on 2 counts of aggravated assault for shooting Chad Blue. A Laurens County jury convicted Wright in August for the September 2006 shooting.

Blue testified that he and Wright knew each other, but admitted that the two did not get along. “I heard one of the men tell Rico, ‘go ahead and shoot him’,” Blue testified in August. “When he raised his gun I knew I had to run, but I knew if I ran a straight line, I was dead. So I started weaving, running between houses, trying to avoid the bullets.”

One of the bullets struck Blue behind his thigh and shattered into his groin. Blue said since he was shot, he has incurred over $50,000 in hospital bills and continues to experience pain and he is permanently disabled.

A while after the shooting a friend of Blue's came by his house to show his some music he heard. As he was listening, he heard a familiar voice

“I heard the song.” Blue said, “and I recognized Rico’s voice. The song was called ‘Hitting Licks for a Living’ and there’s a line that says ‘Chad Blue knows how I shoot’.”

“Hitting licks” is a term used in rap music as slang for robbery.

“Yeah, he recorded that before he went to trial,” said Blue, shaking his head, after Wright’s conviction. “Can you believe that?”

Unfortunately....yes we can.