| Blade Icewood | |
| Birth Name: | Darnell Quincy Lindsay |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Occupation: | Rapper |
| Years Active: | 1998–2005 |
| Label: | Dirty Glove Entertainment, Icewood Entertainment |
Darnell Quincy Lindsay (March 14, 1977 – April 19, 2005), better known by his stage name Blade Icewood, was an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. He was a member of the rap group Street Lord'z. Lindsay was shot and paralyzed in 2004, then shot and killed in 2005[1] due to gang-related violence.
Lindsay was raised on the Eastside of Detroit in the vicinity of 7 Mile Road and Conant Ave. in the Grixdale/Conant Gardens neighborhood at his family's home at 3132 Berry Street. Later in life, he moved to Southfield and attended Southfield High School.
Blade Icewood debuted as a rapper in Detroit with Street Lord'z on their debut album Platinum Rolees Don't Tic Toc (1999). The Street Lord'z were also known as West Side Street Lordz, and they claimed the name Chedda Boyz.
The conflict over the name Chedda Boyz started after the formation of the rap group Eastside Chedda Boyz. After the second album released by the Street Lord'z, Platinum Masterpiece, boasted the subtitle, "Original Chedda Boyz," the conflict heightened between the Street Lord'z and Chedda Boyz. Icewood released a bonus DVD with his "Stackmaster" solo album. A retaliating diss track was later released by the Eastside Chedda Boyz titled "Boss Up and Take They Money" (an allusion to the Icewood song, "Boy Would You").[2]
On September 20, 2004, Lindsay was shot seven times in his Oak Park, Michigan home after gunmen had broken in. An officer stated that Lindsay refused to assist investigators. He was paralyzed from the chest down and used a wheelchair. Two days prior, another shooting happened outside of Candy Bar, a Woodward Avenue nightclub, that left Wipeout, a rival Eastside Detroit rapper, dead. A diss song called "Ride On Me" suggested that Lindsay knew the assailants.[2]
On April 19, 2005, Lindsay was shot and killed at a car wash on West 7 Mile Road and Faust Street on the west side of Detroit, when a gunman pulled up alongside his Range Rover and fired 17 rounds into the passenger side. He had hosted a nonviolence rally the year prior to his death.[3] After his death, his family founded Icewood Entertainment, a record label in his honor. On April 6, 2006, Larry Joe Davidson was sentenced to life in prison for the murder.[4]