Rappers already had a bad reputation in this city, and at least two more artists have died here in the past month.
Latauriisha O’Brien, 32, who went by the stage name “Half Ounce,” was found dead from a gunshot wound late on Monday, according to police and his family. He is the latest notable rap artist to die in Los Angeles over the past two years.
Around 11:30 a.m., there were several reports of shots fired in the Koreatown neighbourhood. When police arrived, they discovered a man who had shot and killed himself in front of an apartment complex, according to Los Angeles police.
O’Brien, a father of three who worked at UPS while going to school, was killed, according to NBC Los Angeles, which received confirmation from the victim’s relatives.
O’Brien’s victim status was additionally validated by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office. A spokeswoman for the office stated on Tuesday that an examination was forthcoming.
According to police officials, the inquiry is still in its early stages, and a motive is not yet established. A man in dark clothing who escaped from the shooting scene on New Hampshire Avenue in a dark SUV is being sought by investigators.
Three weeks had passed since the shooting death of rapper PnB Rock during a failed robbery attempt at South Los Angeles’ Roscoe’s Chicken ‘N Waffles. Three people have been detained and charged in relation to the murder of the 17-year-old on September 12.
Rapper Drakeo the Ruler, whose real name was Darrell Caldwell, died in December after being stabbed during a fight at Banc of California Stadium during the Once Upon a Time in LA music festival. The fight took place behind the main stage.
Rapper Pop Smoke, real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, from Brooklyn, died on February 19, 2020, while on a business trip in Los Angeles. He was shot and killed in a reported home invasion. In that case, four people—two of them minors—were accused.
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and died in March 2019 in front of his South Los Angeles apparel business. Eric R. Holder Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of Nipsey Hussle in July.
The rapper formerly known as Notorious B.I.G. and Biggie Smalls was killed in a car-to-car shooting on March 9, 1997, which occurred 25 years ago.
The rapper, whose real name was Christopher Wallace, was shot, but the murder is still unsolved.
It occurred after a gathering at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles’s Mid City district, which is thought to have been the climax of an ongoing dispute between East Coast and West Coast rap artists.
