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The headline of the article is Rapper Tim Dog accused of faking own death. The article was created on Thursday 23 May 2013 11.38 BST.The author of the article is Daniel Martin. The purpose of the article is to give the readers some information about accusation of Rapper Tim Dog of faking own death.

The writer states that when the rapper Tim Dog died in February from complications arising from diabetes, that might have been the end of his story. 

However, not as far as the authorities in Mississippi are concerned – a warrant has been issued in the state for Tim Dog's arrest, on suspicion of faking his own death.

Further the writer quotes Steven Jubera, a prosecutor in Hernando, Mississippi, told the Memphis TV station WREG:  "I need a death certificate showing that he's dead, because as far as I'm concerned, he's alive."

Then the writer reports that the curious case unfolded last week, when a woman named Esther Pilgrim claimed that Dog, born Timothy Blair, had faked his death to avoid paying tens of thousands of dollars in court ordered debts. 

The author points out that when rapper's death was reported, he was in the course of paying off $19,000 (£12,600) to Pilgrim, as ordered after his conviction for grand larceny.

Then the writer reports that Pilgrim was one of many women Blair defrauded in an online dating scam, over which he was eventually charged with grand larceny. He was reported dead in February at the age of 46, having suffered a seizure. 

However, all of the stories announcing the death linked back to a story at The Source, which can no longer be found at its original link, and none of them offered any solid information about where he died or how the body was discovered.

Further the author states that the situation was further muddled when Pilgrim sent a friend to Atlanta to search for Blair's death certificate, and was unsuccessful, while a private investigator working for WREG tracked down an address that was listed as "active", but confusion still surrounds what that actually means. Jubera says he will drop the warrant if the rapper's death can be proven. However, even Blair's former producer Cedric "Ced Gee" has cast doubt on the death – he refused to speak at Blair's funeral after family members could not produce a death certificate.

In conclusion the writer say that Tim Dog was best known for 1991 diss track, Fuck Compton, aimed at Dr Dre and NWA, which was instrumental in sparking the US east coast/west coast battles of the 1990s.

To my mind, this article is really worth reading. Having read about  accusation of Rapper Tim Dog of faking own death, I was really impressed because I believe that to play dead for the money is terrible!