Beenie Sigel Wants Eminem, Kid Rock, Scarface......

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Dwight Grant copped his Beanie Sigel moniker, in part, from Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a man who became one of the first "celebrity" gangsters in the early 20th century. At age 41, Siegel was killed by a bullet to the face in a mob-style shooting. And over the last couple of years, it seems likely that Sigel may have pondered the wisdom of his choice of monikers.

In May, the rapper was shot in the arm during a botched robbery attempt outside a nightclub in his Philadelphia hometown (see "Beanie Sigel Recuperating After Being Shot During Robbery Attempt"). In August