Injury doesn't keep Obie Trice from hitting the town
Approximately 8 p.m., "Miami Ink" party, 20th floor of the Charter One building, Woodward Ave.:
Obie Trice is feeling lucky - and well enough to hit the town partying.
The Detroit rapper, who was shot in the head this past New Year's Eve, on Friday joined funkateer George Clinton and the stars of the TLC reality show "Miami Ink" at a party in the Charter One building downtown.
Smoking a cigar and showing off the "Detroit City" tattoos splashed across his forearms, he talked about his brush with death - and the bullet that remains lodged in his head.
"I've got a bullet in my head. I narrowly escaped death on New Year's Eve. A bullet in my head cracked my skull," he said, explaining that a procedure to take it out immediately could have been life-threatening. "So I'll just let it heal, and eventually take it out. I'm blessed to be alive. Hate is a weak emotion."
Trice said he'll release "Stop Snitchin'," the first single from his new album, later this month.
The party was thrown by folks connected with the reality show, which documents life inside a South Beach Tattoo shop. They converted the 20th floor space into a trippy, New York-style loft, and guests drank from the open bar and dined on Cuban sandwiches, shrimp wrapped in bacon and fruit kabobs.
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