Detroit Hip-Hop Rap Artist Obie Trice Shot Print
Written by Robert ID2233   
Saturday, 31 December 2005 00:05

Hip-Hip rap artist Obie Trice, the second rap artist who signed to rap artist Eminem's hip-hop based 'shady Records'' after the hip-hop group D-12, was shot early Saturday morning while driving on a Michigan highway, according to Michigan State Police.

Obie Trice (real name Obie Trice III) and his girlfriend , according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Mario Gonzales, were on the freeway at about 1:00 A.M., when another car started shooting at him.

The rapper and his girlfriend managed to keep driving and exited the freeway near the suburb of Southfield; where his girlfriend managed to hail a police officer.

The Detroit rap artist was taken to Providence Hospital in Southfield, and is listed in good condition, Gonzales said.

His girlfriend, who was not identified, was not injured.