Rapper PnB Rock was shot and killed this week at a South Los Angeles Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles, only days after admitting that he had been the victim of multiple unsuccessful robberies before his murder.
PnB Rock, real name Rakim Hasheem Allen, discussed the brazenness of criminals in LA in comparison to his homeland of Philadelphia in an interview with DJ Akademiks on September 2.
He said, “Where I’m from, we prefer cunning criminals like LA is like they brave.”
They want you to be aware of it, and they want to have a dialogue with you before engaging in inappropriate behaviour.
Some of them “could simply go nuts,” as the saying goes.
The 30-year-old said that seeing this illegal action in broad daylight and with his family members around astonished him.
He added, “You feel me? They drop up too soon the bulk of the time I get into some sh*t.”
They wanted me to hear their chat, so the second time I joined in to it.
And I’m thinking, “Why you talking about this gangser sh*t with this around,” while I’m with my folks, my kid, and my girl.
According to authorities, PnB Rock was shot and killed on Monday during a heist at a South Los Angeles Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles.
The restaurant, which is situated at Main Street and Manchester Avenue, was the scene of a gunshot, Los Angeles police Capt. Kelly Muniz said to the Los Angeles Times. Monday. Muniz declined to confirm the victim’s identity.
His girlfriend geotagged the 30-year-old rapper, whose actual name is Rakim Allen, in a post that was later removed from Instagram.
According to a video going viral on social media, the rapper was being treated inside the restaurant while laying face down in a pool of blood.
According to Muniz, a suspect in the incident grabbed a gun and demanded that PnB Rock give over certain belongings before shooting the victim and fleeing the scene in a getaway vehicle.
The musician was especially targeted, insiders informed the newspaper, since he was wearing jewellery at the time.
According to Muniz, the gunshot victim was transferred to a local hospital and declared dead at 1:59 pm.
According to police sources with the LAPD, detectives are looking into surveillance video from the location as well as from surrounding businesses in an attempt to identify the shooter and determine if they fled the area on foot or in a car.
Rock originally gained notoriety in 2015 with the song Fleek. Since then, he has collaborated with artists including Ed Sheeran, Meek Mill, YFN Lucci, and Chance the Rapper.
Selfish, a song he released in November 2016 and which peaked at number 51 on the Billboard Hot 100, was commercially successful for him.
This past September 2, he had made available his most recent track, Luv Me Again.
The terrible loss of Monday was mourned by a lot of well-known people, including Drake, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj, and Offset.
Offset wrote: “Pray for pnb rock…the man has family and children. God be with the man,” and Juice Wayne: “PnB Rock truly died as a result of the greed of bummy a** n*****.” Disgusting. Let those who have died in peace.
“PNB Rock life is worth a lot more than sum money & ice,” another user said. We are not going to learn.