Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at LA festival

LOS ANGELES – A West Coast rapper known arsenic Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed successful an altercation astatine a Los Angeles euphony festival, leaving fans of the young instrumentalist heartbroken.

A publicist for the rapper, Scott Jawson, confirmed his decease connected Sunday to the New York Times and Rolling Stone. The artist's existent sanction was Darrell Caldwell.

Caldwell, 28, was assaulted Saturday nighttime astatine the Once Upon a Time successful LA concert, which was expected to diagnostic respective artists, including Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Ice Cube. Organizers called disconnected the festival aft the stabbing.

A combat broke retired down the main signifier soon aft 8:30 p.m., leaving 1 antheral severely injured by a fishy wielding an edged weapon, the California Highway Patrol said successful a bare bones quality merchandise that did not sanction Caldwell. The unfortunate was taken to a hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

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The Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Fire Department besides responded.

LAPD spokesperson Officer Luis Garcia told the Los Angeles Times that nary arrests had been made arsenic of Sunday.

Music journalists and fans delighted successful Caldwell's unsocial dependable and boundless creativity. His decease highlighted the convulsive demise of different talented young Black musicians, including chap LA rapper Nipsey Hussle successful 2019 and the highly influential Tupac Shakur successful 1996. Both men were shot.

Snoop Dogg posted connected societal media condolences to Caldwell's household and prayers to those affected by the tragedy. “I'm praying for bid successful hep hop,” helium said.

Caldwell, who started releasing mixtapes successful 2015 and this past February debuted his archetypal medium “The Truth Hurts,” has been called “the astir archetypal stylist connected the West Coast” for his darkly comedic lyrics and deadpan delivery. His mixtape “Thank You for Using GTL” contains verses recorded astatine the Men’s Central Jail successful Los Angeles.

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He grew up listening to acts similar Hot Boyz, Boosie, Webbie and Dipset, but said it was a conflict rapper named Cocky who influenced him to rap.

“He was truthful creaseless and calm portion rapping, contempt saying immoderate of the craziest stuff,” helium told Billboard earlier this year. “It showed maine you didn’t person to outcry oregon beryllium large to get your constituent across.”

Caldwell pioneered a benignant of rap called “nervous music,” with songs that were cryptic and dark, the Los Angeles Times wrote successful 2018: “His cadences tally counterclockwise to the drums, someway some herky-jerky similar a stickshift and swift and creaseless similar a luxury sports car it controls."

Caldwell was released from jailhouse successful November 2020 aft reaching a plea woody with LA County prosecutors who wanted to effort him connected conspiracy charges successful the 2016 sidesplitting of a 24-year-old man. Previously helium had been acquitted of felony execution and attempted execution charges successful the man's death.

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The Once Upon a Time successful LA Fest confirmed in an Instagram post that the lawsuit had been called disconnected early, and did not springiness a reason.

The festival was organized by Live Nation, the Beverly Hills-based unrecorded events institution that was down past month’s Astroworld euphony festival successful Houston, Texas.

Ten radical were killed and hundreds injured erstwhile a ample assemblage surged during a show by the rapper Travis Scott. An email connection seeking remark from Live Nation connected Sunday has not been returned.

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