Drakeo

DALLAS —  The Dallas sky is still half-dark when the black Escalade rolls into the gated community to pick up 03 Greedo. It’s shortly before 8 a.m. on March 16 — the Watts rapper’s first full day as a free man, after nearly a half-decade trapped in the Texas penitentiary system.A dozen hours from now, Greedo, who once described his sound as “emo music for gangbangers,” will perform at Billboard’s SXSW party in Austin, heralding a messianically awaited return.“The last time I saw you, we was living,” Greedo, 35, says…

In a new court filing, concert promotion giant Live Nation contends that it cannot be found liable in the fatal stabbing of L.A. rapper Drakeo the Ruler at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival in December.The filing, made public on Tuesday, came in response to a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court filed by Drakeo’s brother, Devante Caldwell, alongside suits from Drakeo’s mother, Darrylene Corniel, and his son, Caiden Caldwell. Drakeo, born Darrell Caldwell, was attacked by a group of men and…