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Infobox musical artist|image = Cool C.jpg|image_size = 200|name = Cool C|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Christopher Roney|birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|12|15|origin = Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States|U.S. |genre = Old school hip hop|Old School rap East Coast hip hop Hardcore rap |years_active = 1987& ndash;1996|label = Hilltop Records City Beat Records Atlantic Records Philadelphia International Records Ruffhouse Records|Ruffhouse / Columbia Records|Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records |associated_acts = C.E.B. ,|website =|current_members =|past_members =|notable_instruments =Infobox criminal| name = Christopher Roney| image_name =| image_size =| image_caption =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|12|15| birth_place =| death_date =| death_place =| alias = Cool C| charge = First-degree murder, bank robbery, grand larceny| conviction = Guilty on all counts, October 30, 1996; sentenced to death on December 13, 1996| conviction_penalty = Death penalty (execution stayed)| conviction_status = In custody on death row| occupation =| spouse =| parents =| children = Christopher Roney (born December 15, 1969 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ), known by the stage name Cool C , is an American rapping|rapper whose musical career peaked in the late 1980s. He is perhaps best known today for the notoriety surrounding his involvement in the murder of a Philadelphia Police Department|Philadelphia Police officer in a bank robbery in January 1996. He is currently incarcerated in a List of Pennsylvania state prisons|Pennsylvania state prison awaiting Capital punishment|execution . He was to have been put to death on March 9, 2006, but his execution has been stayed.
Music career
Early career
In the mid-1980s, Roney was an original member of the Philadelphia -based Hilltop Hustlers hip hop crew. His 1987 debut single, "Juice Crew Dis," which took aim at the New York City|New York -based hip hop crew run by influential rap Record producer|producer Marley Marl (a group that included heavyweights Kool G. Rap and Big Daddy Kane ), gained Roney a good amount of attention.
A pair of 1988 singles for Hilltop and City Beat Records landed Roney a contract with Atlantic Records , where he released two full-length solo albums: his debut I Gotta Habit in 1989 and Life in the Ghetto , in 1990.
C.E.B.
In 1991, Roney put his Solo (music)|solo career aside to join hardcore rap group C.E.B. (which stood for "Countin' Endless Bank"), with fellow Philadelphia rappers Warren McGlone ( Steady B ) and Ultimate Eaze. The trio released their only album, ''Countin' Endless Bank , on Ruffhouse Records in 1993, to disappointing sales and reviews. The single "Get the Point" reached #5 on Billboard (magazine)|Billboard ' s Hot Rap Singles .cite web|title=Hot Rap Singles: Get The Point|date=1993-04-03|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=369& cfgn=Singles& cfn=Hot+Rap+Singles& ci=3014279& cdi=6710290& cid=04%2F03%2F1993|publisher= Billboard (magazine)|Billboard |accessdate=2009-03-20Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot
Legal issues
On January 2, 1996, during the same time period that he was recording a comeback Extended play|EP ,cite web | url = http://xxlmag.com/online/? p=656 | accessdate = 2006-11-01 | author = | title = Philly MC Cool C awaits his fate on death row | publisher = XXL Magazine | date = 2006-03-24 Roney, along with C.E.B. band mate McGlone (a.k.a. Steady B ), and another local Philadelphia rapper, Mark Canty, attempted a bank robbery at a PNC Financial Services|PNC bank branch in Philadelphia. During the botched heist, Roney shot and killed Philadelphia Police Department|Philadelphia Police Officer Lauretha Vaird, who responded to the bank's silent alarm.cite web | url = http://www.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/len/96/15dec/html/nation.html | accessdate = 2006-10-28 | author = | title = Law Enforcement News: Around the Nation - Pennsylvania | publisher = John Jay College of Criminal Justice | date = 1996-12-15cite web | url = http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php? id=6217 | accessdate = 2006-10-28 | author = Volk, Steve | title = Shoot the Messenger? | publisher = Philadelphia Weekly | date = 2003-09-24Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot As he exited the bank, Roney exchanged fire with another police officer, before he and Canty dropped their weapons at the scene and fled in a stolen minivan driven by McGlone.cite journal | last = Newman | first = Hon. Sandra Schultz | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Pennsylvania v. Roney | journal = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania | volume = J-199-202 | issue = | pages = pp. 2–5 | publisher = Supreme Court of Pennsylvania | date = 2005-01-20 | url = http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Supreme/out/J-199-2002mo.pdf | doi = | id = | accessdate = 2006-11-05
Vaird, an African-American woman and the single mother of two children, was the first female Philadelphia Police officer killed in the line of duty.cite web | url = http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_n11_v89/ai_17900871 | accessdate = 2006-10-28 | author = | title = Philadelphia police charge rappers with female officer's murder; suspect still at large - alleged accomplice of Warren McGlone and Christopher Roney sought in shooting of city's first Black woman police officer, Lauretha Vaird | publisher = Jet Magazine | date = 1996-01-29
Roney was arrested and on October 30, 1996, convicted of first degree murder . At his subsequent sentencing hearing, Roney was sentenced to death by lethal injection . On January 10, 2006, his death warrant was signed by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and his execution date was set for March 9, 2006.cite web | url = http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=5243 | accessdate = 2006-10-28 | author = Sims, Seandra | title = Rapper Cool C's Execution Warrant Signed by PA Governor Ed Rendell | publisher = AllHipHop.com | date = 2006-01-11 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20061020064955/ http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=5243 |archivedate = 2006-10-20 He was granted a stay of execution from Pennsylvania Judge Gary Glazer on February 1, 2006 until all post-conviction litigation is resolved.cite web | url = http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=5328 | accessdate = 2006-11-01 | author = Strong, Nolan | title = Philadelphia Rapper Cool C Granted Temporary Stay Of Execution | publisher = AllHipHop.com | date = 2006-02-04 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070404061852/ http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/? ID=5328 |archivedate = 2007-04-04
Roney has steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout the Trial (law)|trial and appeal s process, despite the testimony of three eyewitnesses who placed him at the scene of the robbery, as well as Ballistics|ballistic and Forensics|forensic evidence and surveillance video that linked him to the murder. He is currently an inmate at SCI-Greene|Pennsylvania’s State Correctional Institution at Greene .
Discography
Solo albums
Album information
I Gotta Habit
Released: August 7, 1989
Chart positions: #51 Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums
RIAA certification :
Singles: "Glamorous Life", "I Gotta Habit"
Life in the Ghetto
Released: August 30, 1990
Chart positions: #72 Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums
RIAA certification :
Singles: "Life in the Ghetto"
Group album
Album information
' Countin' Endless Bank
Released: January 19, 1993
Chart positions:
RIAA certification :
Singles: "Get the Point"
References
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External links
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p26298/biography|pure_url=yes AllMusic.com Biography - Cool C
http://www.thuglifearmy.com/news/? id=2265 ThugLifeArmy.com article about Cool C's trial & sentencing
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