Chadwick Brice, known by his stage name Beazy, was a 28-year-old rapper from San Pablo, California, who was fatally shot on February 16, 2014. Deputies received a report around 3 a.m. that Brice had arrived at Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo with multiple gunshot wounds; he was later transferred to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he died.

The investigation led to the arrest of Beal Xavier Hickman, a 30-year-old acquaintance who was charged with murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Court records show Hickman had served as Brice’s security guard at a concert in Crockett the night of the shooting, a heated argument followed at a home in Rodeo, and Hickman later returned with a gun and shot Brice. Hickman initially represented himself and contested the charges; in April 2019 he accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Family members spoke at sentencing about Brice’s positive influence and the void left by his death. Does anyone have memories of Beazy’s music or information about the events that night?