Sam Ferguson Murdered On Florida Turnpike

The summer of 2009, which has been marred by celebrity deaths, added another name to its list yesterday. Sam Ferguson, a.k.a. Sam Silvasteen, was the president of Don Diva magazine was murdered in a drive by shooting on the Florida Turnpike yesterday (Aug. 17).

The late journalist was also no stranger to controversy. During the fall of 2008, he and Rick Ross had a falling out over an interview for the magazine.

Ross, who had known Ferguson prior to his job with Don Diva, took Ferguson to his Carol City, Florida neighborhood for an interview, presumably for the magazine.

The rapper became angry with Ferguson over an interview with Hip-Hop Weekly and for a Q&A with Don Diva magazine titled “Would the Real Rick Ross Stand Up.”

“Ferguson is a liar, he’s an informant, he’s a rat, he’s a b***h,” Rick Ross said of Ferguson during their feud. “I hope he’s offended; get at me in the streets n***a you know how we play. This s**t about to get Deeper Than Rap.”  – allhiphop.com

At the current time, the only lead police have on the potential shooter(s) is a black car with clear tail light lenses. Ferguson was 47.