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The Friend is the nameless villain in the song "Ross Capicchioni" by rapper Joyner Lucas.
He was portrayed by Lucas himself in the music video for the song.
Biography[]
First Side of the Story[]
The music video starts off with a 17-year boy old going into his new school for the first time. He gets picked on by various students. As the boy enters the cafeteria, a random students approaches him wanting to be friends.
As they were chatting, the boy ends up bringing him to his family, meeting him with his mother. The mom said that he should always look up at him, because he gets easily picked on and needs someone to protect him, in which he responded everything is under control.
The next day bullies attack the boy, after which instantly the Friend and his friends attack the bullies, beating them. Eventually the boy brought his uncle's car, and his Friend asked him for a ride. As they were driving they made a lot of jokes and had fun chatting. In the end, the Friend brought the boy to an abandoned place. The Friend instantly went out of the car, pulling his gun out, shooting the boy three times and then drove away.
Second Side of the Story[]
In the second side of the story, as told by the Friend, it is revealed that the "friend" only pretended to be friends with the boy so he could become a part of a gang. To do so he needed to show his power of a gangster and murder someone to be accepted.
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Trivia[]
- The whole song and video are based on a real-life event which happened on June 6, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, the song's title is the name of the real-life victim. While in the song it is left ambiguous if the victim died or not, in real life Ross Capicchioni actually survived the attempt on his life.