Atlanta, GA
Atlanta rapper Lil Keed dies at 24, brother says on social media
Lil Keed was on the YSL report label based by Younger Thug.
ATLANTA — Atlanta rapper Lil Keed, a member of the YSL report label based by Younger Thug, has died on the age 24 in response to social media posts by his brother.
It was not instantly clear how the rapper may need died.
On Instagram, his brother Lil Gotit – additionally an Atlanta rapper affiliated with YSL however not signed to the label – posted: “Cannot imagine I seened u die immediately bro I did all my cries I do know what u need me to do and that is go laborious for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy.”
Naychur is Lil Keed’s younger daughter.
In an Instagram story tagging his brother’s account, Lil Gotit additionally posted: “Whyy bra whyyy u depart me bra.”
Based on the Instagram story nonetheless dwell on his account, Lil Keed was because of carry out Saturday in Charlotte.
Lil Keed – authorized identify Rahqid Render in response to his YSL Data bio – debuted in 2018 with the combo tape “Trapped on Cleveland 2,” and had recorded two full-length albums, 2019’s “Lengthy Stay Mexico” and 2020’s “Trapped on Cleveland 3.”
His report label profile describes him as a rapper who had a “knack for hypnotizing melodies and erratic flows.”
A number of of his songs racked up views within the thousands and thousands on YouTube – together with 2018’s “Anonymous,” which has greater than 33 million views, 2019’s “Snake,” which amassed greater than 12 million and 2018’s “Fetish (Remix)” which featured Younger Thug and acquired greater than 10 million.
He had reportedly posted a protection of the YSL – Younger Stoner Life – label earlier this week, after the RICO indictment introduced in Fulton County in opposition to numerous its rappers, together with founder Younger Thug, alleging affiliation with the Younger Slime Life road gang.
The YSL label, Lil Keed’s publish stated, is “not a gang, not a prison group, not a mob,” however reasonably a “household, a label, a lifestyle.”
