There’s no doubt anymore. Last night’s bloodbath outside the Artis Lounge on Chicago Avenue wasn’t random. It was a hit, and the targets were clear: Mello Buckzz, real name Melanie Doyle, and her boyfriend, Rodney “Lil Rah” Stokes, a known figure in the city’s underground music scene. Eighteen people were shot. Four are dead. But this wasn’t just senseless street violence. This was music industry beef turned bloody, and it’s about to unravel fast. In the shadowy world of local rap promotion and production, the egos are larger than the budgets, and everyone thinks they’re the next Suge Knight. Scratch the surface and you’ll find disputes over royalties, stolen beats, canceled bookings, unpaid studio time, and disloyalty worse than sleeping with someone’s baby mama. It’s a boiling pot of betrayal and ambition, and Rodney Stokes wasn’t just the rapper’s boyfriend. He was her fixer, her enforcer, her day-to-day gatekeeper. And that made him dangerous. Insiders say Stokes was deep in th...