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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Rapper Drakeo the Rule aka Darrell Caldwell dies after stabbing at LA music festival
2021-12-20
[BBC] US rapper Drakeo the Ruler has died after being stabbed at a music festival in Los Angeles.

The 28-year-old, whose real name was Darrell Caldwell, had been scheduled to perform at the Once Upon a Time in LA festival on Saturday night.

His publicist confirmed his death to several US media outlets on Sunday morning.

The artist was reportedly stabbed during an altercation backstage around the time he had been due to perform.

Los Angeles police are investigating, but told reporters no arrests had been made as of Sunday morning.

Drakeo the Ruler had more than 1.5m monthly listeners on Spotify, and collaborated with Canadian rapper Drake on the single Talk to Me.

Paramedics responded to a call about a stabbing at about 20:40 local time on Saturday (04:40 GMT on Sunday). Reports say the rapper was then taken to hospital but later died from his injuries.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  Poor rappers! Like lambs at the slaughter,
They die much more young than they oughtta!
But why? Deutsche Welle
Assigned a brave fella
To find out what poisoned... the water.
Posted by: Shusolet Panda3990   2021-12-20 23:50  

#7  Deutsche Welle’s photo journalists weigh in on this so important story:

Rappers who have been murdered
On the street, at a concert or while shopping: The cause of death for about half of all US rappers is murder. Rappers have also been killed in other countries.
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-12-20 15:56  

#6  oh well, only a few million more rappers left.
Posted by: Chris   2021-12-20 14:00  

#5  formerly vibrant. now mordant
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-20 11:35  

#4  from Aspiring Rapper to Expiring Rapper
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-20 08:48  

#3  It's a very sick "culture." Or as ZMan describes it, "vibrant."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-12-20 08:41  

#2  CaldWell
DiedBadly
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2021-12-20 01:28  

#1  I'm so old, I remember when musicians died young from drug overdoses.
Posted by: Raj   2021-12-20 00:44  

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