Atlanta rapper Younger Scooter died on his thirty ninth birthday Friday in a freak accident that occurred whereas fleeing a confrontation with police, based on authorities.
The hip-hop artist, whose actual identify is Kenneth Edward Bailey, died at Grady Marcus Trauma Middle in Atlanta after sustaining an damage to his leg whereas leaping a fence, TMZ first reported.
Cops responded to a house within the southeast a part of town after receiving stories about pictures fired and a feminine being dragged again inside as she tried to flee, 11 Alive reported, citing Atlanta Police Division Lt. Andrew Smith.
When officers arrived on the scene, a person opened the door and rapidly slammed it of their face earlier than two males fled the rear of the house once they noticed cops establishing a fringe, based on the outlet.
“One male returned back into the house. The other male jumped two fences as he was fleeing. When officers located him on the other side of the fence, he appeared to have suffered an injury to his leg,” Smith stated throughout a press convention Friday night time.
Bailey later died on the hospital, and the Atlanta Medical Examiner’s Workplace has stated the rapper’s reason behind loss of life remains to be beneath investigation, 11 Alive reported.
Smith, who didn’t determine Bailey, denied preliminary stories that Younger Scooter was fatally shot by officers.
“Just to be very clear, the injury that was sustained was not via the officers on scene. It was when the male was fleeing,” he stated.
Bailey was born in South Carolina and transfer to Atlanta together with his household when he was 9, based on Billboard.
He had his first regional hit, “Colombia,” in 2012, the identical yr he signed to fellow ATL rapper Future’s Freebanz file label. Two years later, he teamed up with Future, Juicy J and Younger Thug on ““DI$Function,” the outlet stated, including that he was featured on the latter’s “Guwop” in 2016 with Quavo & Offset of Migos.
The monitor peaked at No. 45 on Billboard’s Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. In 2018, he appeared on “Jet Lag” with Future and Juice WRLD, which hit No. 72 on Billboard’s Prime 100 Songs.
APD didn’t reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
