Authorities Blame Drugs In Canadian Rapper's Murder, 2 Suspects

Canadian authorities have revealed that drugs may have been a motive behind the murder of an aspiring rapper in Ontario this past weekend. As SOHH previously reported, Tactix (born Jermaine Alexander Malcolm) was found suffering from multiple stab wounds outside a Mississauga complex around 1:53 A.M. on Sunday (September 23). Paramedics who arrived were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Constable J.P. Valade of Peel Regional Police revealed to The Toronto Sun yesterday (September 24) that 24-year-old Tactix was very well known by cops in the Missiaisuaga region. "There is a drug angle to this," Valade said. "We're receiving varying levels of co-operation." Valade refused to comment on whether Malcolm had any gang ties. On his MySpace page, Tactix made several references to the Meadowvale Bloods and MDV (Money, Drugs and Violence). In related news The Toronto Star reports that two suspects,Cleavon Sherwin Joseph, 31 of Mississauga and Andrae Parris, 24,. have been arrested and charged with first degree murder.