THIS IS FUCKED UP. Another friend lost. Tero Alexander Smith, aka Camu Tao was fighting lung cancer for about 2 years. I met Tero in my 1st freshman year at walnut ridge high school. we both were rumored to be the illest drawers in the school. this was b4 i started lettin cats know i rapped and b4 he had even started. we both had the same art class, so bam we battled it out and us and the crowd realized we both were ill as fuck,but had our own styles. we ended up bondin thru that and started hangin out regularly. My fellow Gemeni. one day we were skippin school and i decided we shld walk 2 my dude jakki's house. jakki's crazy ass throws a rocks at camu b4 knowin him...ijust laughed cus thats how jakki is and always has been (crazy. ask about him) anyways, we all ended up doin our thing in this game and being the first group out of cols with a hiphop record(its documented, peep vibe's history of hiphop book). we came in this game 2gether and paved the way for underground music being hed globally from Ohio. Me and Camu had our differences but once u call someone elses mom, your own mom, and are like brothers, any arguements or fights u get in with that person feel like sibling rivalry. Tero was good dude. had a great heart and anyone who met him will tell you the same. we all have our flaws and not one of us is perfect. I spoke with Camu on many occasions after our situation and it was all love. The first time we bumped into each other after our dumb situation was at Devero's at northern lights. I was with keenan (ttc) and he pulled up in an suv. We dapped each other up and he told me he had heard that Tage and I were gonna see him him in Grant hospital (the first time we had heard he was in the hospital). We exchanged numbers. Then the VERY NEXT DAY, I BULLSHIT YOU NOT, I RAN into him at Krogers on main st in reynoldsburg. I was with my mom and he was with his 2 sisters. we chopped it up again and he sd it was meant for us 2 be cool. those where his words. I bumped into him again at the PRZM reunion, but we spoke only briefly. The last time I saw him was about 3 weeks ago at the groove shack reunion at the hi 5. im thankful for that moment in time.He definitly was one of my best & closest friends. It wasn't a friendship based on music, it was MUSIC based on FRIENDSHIP. Him, Jakki,Les, Terrell & a few others i grew up with and consider brothers. my deep condolences go out to mr. and mrs.Smith, as well as his sisters cathy and sam, girfriend, supporters of his music and anyone who has ever met the man. we will all miss him and noone will ever replace his memories.He made an impact on so many peoples lives by just being him.He was and IS the illest producer ive ever known. he cldnt play keys, just played by ear on some timbo shit and if he broke down all the elements of how he did his beats youd be amazed. he was a great emcee and great drawer. dude was nasty in bball. i still cant believe this dudes gone. Rest in Eternal Peace, my brother for life.....MUUUU TAO PKA TERO SMITH AKA ONE IN A MILLION. GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. PEACE TO THE WEATHERMEN. AND ANYONE ELSE WHO IS GOING THRU IT LIKE I AM. P.S. TAKE TIME 2 enjoy this short gift while its here. AND HERES SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT, HOW LONG R WE GONNA BEEF OVER BULLSHIT ??? TILL SOMEONE DIES THEN WE WANNA START THINKING? PEACE TO BLUEPRINT, THE 3RD, ILLOGIC,GREENHOUSE,RJD2,DJ DRASTIC,TRUE SKILLS,BOMBAY,THE WEIGHTLESS CAMP,SPITBALL, ANYONE I FORGOT I GOT LOVE FOR YOU ALL. WE WERE ALL COOL B4 WE STARTED PUTTIN OUT THESE SONGS FOR STRANGERS 2 ANALYZE. LETS GET BACK 2 OUR SHIT AND MAKE COLS STRONGER, I GOT LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU.
p.s. me and cage have squashed our differences.
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