![]() ![]() In the case of Nipsey Hussle, Eric Holder, the man who killed Hussle and wounded two others, was an acquaintance and fellow member of the Rollin’ ’60s, the Crenshaw-area gang that Hussle was affiliated with. Why are so many rappers killed in the cities that birth their careers? As the old school adage goes, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” More than a third of those deaths occurred within the last three years. ![]() TACO analysis found that out of more than 90 deaths, at least three-fourths of rappers killed since 1987, died in the cities where they grew to be stars.Īt least eight rappers have been killed in Los Angeles since the mid-1980s and when you include the cities of Compton and Inglewood, that total jumps up to at least 11. TACO for the first time, the trend of rappers being killed in the cities that they represent tracks nationally. ![]() Out of the four rappers killed in Los Angeles since Nipsey Hussle was murdered, all were from the Los Angeles area with the exception of Pop Smoke.Īccording to data compiled by L.A. The recent homicides have made Los Angeles one of the deadliest cities for rappers while illuminating a perplexing phenomenon in rap music: most rappers get killed in their own city. Within a month, the city lost three promising young artists. The suspects accused of killing Nipsey Hussle and Pop Smoke have all pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial. Three weeks later, 26-year-old Swavey was fatally shot near the University of Southern California (USC) after reportedly opening fire on five people at a party, sending them to the hospital, according to police and the medical examiner.Īs of earlier this year, no suspects have been identified or arrested in the killings of Swavey, Drakeo, or Slim 400, according to the LAPD. “I’m mad niggas kilt drakeo (sic) now it ain’t nothing funny to watch Ona gram (laughing emoji).” Ironically it was his final post on the social media platform. The back-to-back killings, long-standing beef between YG’s camp and Drakeo’s Stinc Mob as well as a searing eye-witness testimony from LA Magazine reporter Jeff Weis, fueled speculation that the murders were connected.įour days after Drakeo was killed, Early Swavey, the “Bompton” protege of the late ASAP Yams, tweeted about the murder. County jail cell before famously beating a possible life sentence, was jumped and stabbed to death shortly before taking the stage at an L.A. underdog who spent three years in an L.A. I just feel like I'm blessed just to be here 'cause I could have just died then and there.Less than two weeks later, Drakeo The Ruler, the South L.A. My family came out, kept me alive, talking to me, dragging me in the house while they still shooting.My family, love her to death for just saving me. "I just feel like when you meant to be here and God have a plan for you, it ain't no stoppin' it," he said one month after being released from the hospital. ![]() At the time, he sustained life-threatening injuries after getting struck with 10 bullets. Slim 400's tragic passing comes two years after he survived a drive-by shooting in his hometown. Police believe, while there is a raging gang war going on between the Bloods and the Crips, Slim's murder does not appear to be a targeted hit, but more a case of "wrong place wrong time." No suspect has been arrested yet. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. When they arrived, they found Slim in a bad shape with a gunshot wound in the driveway of a home. Law enforcement sources later confirmed to TMZ that the rising star in the West Coast hip-hop scene was gunned down in Inglewood, California on Wednesday night, December 8.Ĭops say there were called to the area on a report of gunshots. Popular hip-hop podcast "No Jumper" was the first to report Slim's passing. ![]()
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