Lor Scoota speaks on a panel of Baltimore rappers at Frederick Douglass High School on May 5, 2015, a few weeks after the death of Freddie Gray. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)
He was a rapper trying to stop violence in Baltimore. Tyriece Travon Watson, better known as Lor Scoota, had just finished hosting a charity basketball game. The fliers advertising the event had said, “Pray for peace in these streets.” Music artists and important faces from around the city had come together to prove they
