Crime: US rapper Drakeo the Ruler killed at festival

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US rapper Drakeo the Ruler killed at festival

According to US media reports, US rapper Drakeo the Ruler was stabbed backstage at a music festival in Los Angeles.

The 28-year-old, whose real name was Darrell Caldwell, got into an argument a few minutes before his performance over the weekend and was fatally injured, it was said. “I can confirm his demise,” said a spokesman for Drakeo the Ruler, Scott Jawson, the broadcaster CNN.

The rapper was supposed to appear next to hip-hop greats like Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and 50 Cent at the music festival “Once Upon a Time” on Saturday. Snoop Dogg said goodbye to his colleague on Twitter: “My condolences go to the family and relatives of Drakeo the Ruler. (…) I was in my cloakroom last night when I heard about the incident and decided to leave the festival site immediately ». There were numerous condolences from grieving fans on Drakeo the Ruler’s Instagram account.

“During the confrontation, a man was seriously injured by a suspect who carried a sharp-edged weapon,” CNN quoted the police as saying. The victim was taken to a hospital and later died there. The concert was canceled after the incident, reported several US media, citing the organizer Live Nation. The premature end of the event was also announced on the festival’s Instagram profile, but without giving a reason. There were initially no arrests until Sunday morning, reported the Los Angeles Times with reference to the police.

The rapper, who comes from Los Angeles, released his first studio album this year, the paper reported. He was raised by a single mother and spent a lot of time in penal institutions during his youth, wrote the New York Times. He saw music as an opportunity to earn money for himself and his family.

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