Slain rapper Dolla's mother on posthumous debut

A son's death is always unbearable. But Dolla, according to his mother, will live forever in his newest music.

Dawnee Robinson speaks out on the release of her murdered son Dolla's soon-to-be-posthumously-released album, to come out of Akon's label, Konvict Muzik. It is expected that Konvict's distributor UniversalMotown, through Steve Rifkind's SRC Records, which signed Akon, will be behind the album's release and distribution, and that Akon's label will do whatever it can to promote the LP.

Ms. Robinson said that her son was close to stardom when his life was taken away at the Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport's food court in front of his cousin, as previously reported.

Here's the mom to hiphopwired.com:

"I've never been allowed to hear his music until a few days before release, so with that being said, from the critics around me they say it's awesome. It's gonna set him aside, it's totally different than anything he's done in the past. So we're working with Konvict and Bu (Akon's brother) and out of respect for me they've pretty much allowed me to give them the thumbs up on when they can go ahead with the project. They're always supportive. We've known Akon, Omar and Bu for many years and the sky's the limit with those guys. They're always looking out."

Earlier, Robinson, with a heavy and broken heart, recalled the last time she spoke with Dolla, to allhiphop.com:

"Just a few hours before the incident, I spoke to my son and he was on his way home catching a flight out. I stay close to the airport, so he used to stop by. He told me what he wanted for dinner. He wanted some yellow rice, cabbage and chicken wings. So I went to the store and made sure I had everything. So when I got the call, I was cooking his dinner."

This saddens and angers many, without question.

Akon himself spoke on Dolla's last days to Rolling Stone magazine:

"He was a great kid, he didn't deserve it. The reason he got shot was probably the most miscellaneous thing ever. It's to a point now where we're always trying to find ways to deal with our issues, deal with all these main challenges which is very hard, especially when we're surrounded by an environment that don't really have morals. [This was] a very senseless crime."

According to Rolling Stone, the album will be called A Dolla & A Dream. The record was recorded largely in Los Angeles. No release date has been announced.

I am so sick and tired of hearing about MCs involved in violent crimes. Dawnee Robinson has to be in pieces right now. The Thanksgiving celebrated yesterday had to have been the saddest one she's ever had. And why? Because of some sick, jealous, foolish people who have no souls. This woman can't be looking forward to Christmas. Her only hope is that Dolla's story is told so that the younger generation can look in their respective mirrors and ask the persons in those mirrors to change, as Michael Jackson would say. If not in memory of Dolla, Mike Bell, and Derrion Albert, they should take time off from macho behavior for their own sake at least.

Enough is enough. I have had it these motherf**king guns on these motherf**king streets.

No, seriously, I'm not trying to sound clever. This is what Sam Jackson would say about the tragedies. You should, too. and do something about it, like throw away your guns if you don't have good reasons to carry any.

Nuff damn said.