Freaky Tah

Tahliq Raymond Rogers (May 14, 1971 – March 28, 1999), better known as Freaky Tah, was an MC, hype man and promoter. Freaky Tah was a member of a hip hop group called the Lost Boyz, together with Mr. Cheeks, DJ Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou. On the night of March 28, 1999, after leaving Mr. Cheeks’ birthday party with friends William Brown and Thomas Roman of Boston, Massachusetts, Rogers was fatally shot by Kelvin Jones while he was going towards the exit of a Sheraton hotel in Queens, New York. It was a case of mistaken identity. He was pronounced dead at the nearby Jamaica Hospital. The getaway driver, Raheem Fletcher, was sentenced to seven years in prison. Jones pleaded guilty to murder. Rogers was aged 27 at the time of his death.