"Rapper and activist Raz Simone, right, talks with Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best in the cop-free protest zone dubbed the CHAZ."
https://nypost.com/2020/06/12/raz-simone-accused-of-acting-like-warlord-in-seattles-chaz/
"One man, a rapper named Raz Simone, appears to have tried to position himself as the leader of the “No cop, Co-op," where hundreds have been encouraged to remain camped out to occupy the now graffiti-ridden zone in Seattle’s capitol district that includes a shuttered police precinct.
Simone on Tuesday denied accusations he had declared himself the “warlord” of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) – which has wooden barricades and armed checkpoints meant to keep out uniformed police officers, and a sign hung above the precinct that reads: “THIS SPACE IS NOW PROPERTY OF THE SEATTLE PEOPLE.”"
https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-autonomous-zone-leaders-warlord-no-cop-co-op
"Rapper Raz Simone has been accused of establishing himself as a 'warlord' within Seattle's 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone', allegedly patrolling the area with an AK-47 and a crew of armed men."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8415565/Rapper-Raz-Simone-accused-warlord-Seattles-police-free-CHAZ.html
"Solomon Samuel Simone (widely known as “Raz Simone”), a rapper whom some have called the “warlord” of June 8’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), reportedly owns several guns, as well as luxury goods and properties"
https://www.canyon-news.com/chaz-warlord-may-own-guns-tesla-club-record-label-million-dollar-properties/119721
"The hip-hop artist and so-called “warlord” of CHAZ, Raz Simone, has been demonized as the nefarious leader of a separatist movement that could quickly devolve into violence and mayhem. Simone has been called a terrorist, monarch and Osama Bin Raza by right-wing pundits."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/06/14/meet-raz-simone-the-alleged-warlord-of-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/?sh=6a59e612523f
City Of Seattle Gave $83,250 Grant To CHAZ/CHOP “Warlord” Raz Simone
https://www.canyon-news.com/city-of-seattle-gave-83250-grant-to-chaz-chop-warlord-raz-simone/119739