[WEARTV] A Florida rapper spent an evening recording music in a makeshift studio and then fatally shot two men who were with him, authorities say.Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a news release that Billy Bennett Adams III, 23, was arrested Saturday on two counts of premeditated first-degree murder with a firearm and one count of armed burglary of a structure.
Adams, who records under the name Ace NH, was locked away
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in Tampa without bail Sunday. It wasn’t immediately clear from jail records if he had an attorney.
Chronister said Adams and one of the victims identify as members of the Crips gang and that the shooting was probably related to a gang feud. The names of the victims have not been released, but both were Black men.
They were shot Thursday night in a backyard shed Adams regularly used as a recording studio in the suburb of Lutz, Sherlocks said.
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"It is clear that this suspect had no regard for human life, and now he will face the consequences for his actions," the sheriff added.
The Tampa Bay Times reports that Adams has recorded three albums, two EPs and several singles, most recently an album called "Life Goes On."