The heat was pretty intense in the summer of June 9th 2001, it had to be at least one hundred degrees that day.  Being in that scorching heat my skin felt like as if it was melting off of me like chocolate when you leave it in the sun to long.  My AAU basketball team and I were packing our bags inside of a fifteen passenger van to get ready for our basketball tournament in Charlotte.
   Once we finished cluttering the back of the van with our duffle bags we all bum rushed each other into to the van to escape the dreaded sun and we were on our way to Charlotte.
   The whole trip the team was arguing about who the best rapper in the industry today; Jay-Z or 50 cent.  Personally, I thought it was Jay-Z, but I didn't want to turn everyone against me so I kept my mouth closed.  After that little confrontation we just listened