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4. Markese Bellamy, who goes by the rap name, Major League Polo, sings in his at-home studio in Rochester, N.Y. His brother, Jesse Everett, who goes by the producer name, Lennon Empire, produces his music. The duo are brothers of Jalen Everett, who went by the rap name, La Flare 2x. He was a popular rapper from the Maplewood neighborhood of Rochester and was one of the three suspects involved in the Genesee St. Boys and Girls Club shooting. He was indicted and charged but beat two trials and walked free. He was eventually shot and killed on May 4, 2019. A verse from a recent song released by Markese is as follows, “3 in the morning I’m up thinking about my brother off this pill / life would be different and I know it / why he be the one got killed / pistol totting with my partner / know these streets be for real.”