Rest in Power: Rappers We Lost In 2022
Gone too soon. Rappers we lost in 2022.
Throughout 2022, we have lost quite a few rappers and pioneers in the music industry who created a different sound and wave to Black culture and the world at large.
We pay respect to the rappers who have passed away in 2022 and the legacies that will continue to live:
1. Trouble [June 5, 2022]
Report: Atlanta Rapper Trouble Allegedly Shot & Killed https://t.co/MdtpbGynlQ
— RNB Philly (@rnbphilly) June 5, 2022
2. Lil Keed [May 14]
Lil Keed, Young Thug’s YSL Artist, Reportedly Dies at 24 https://t.co/ZxcunNfoaH
— RNB Philly (@rnbphilly) May 14, 2022
3. DJ Kay Slay (April 17, 2022)
DJ Kay Slay Dies After a 4- Month COVID-19 Battle https://t.co/FoxNw62XHi
— RNB Philly (@rnbphilly) April 18, 2022
4. Snootie Wild [February 26, 2022]
Rapper Snootie Wild Reportedly Killed In Houston Shooting https://t.co/OzOGjNCBSm
— RNB Philly (@rnbphilly) February 27, 2022
5. Tdott Woo [February 1, 2022]
Tdott Woo best known for his ‘Woo Walk’ & appearing in Pop Smoke & Fivio’s music videos, was fatally shot in front of his house Today pic.twitter.com/FYWDheLiLC
— rapczn (@rapczn) February 2, 2022
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Drill rapper TDott Woo lost his life in a shooting in Brooklyn, New York, in February. ABC News reports that the rapper (real name Tahjay Dobson) was outside when a bullet struck him. Woo was friends with Pop Smoke — one of the rappers who died in 2020 in a home invasion — and had apparently just finalized a recording contract with Million Dollar Records in the hours before his death. He was 22.
6. Wavy Navy Pooh [January 14, 2022]
Rapper Wavy Navy Pooh killed in drive-by shooting in Miami https://t.co/DNZU6lavN6 pic.twitter.com/uKzCRklqzu
— New York Post (@nypost) January 16, 2022
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Miami rapper Wavy Navy Pooh was killed in an ambush shooting as he drove with two young children.
7. J $tash [January 5, 2022]
Rapper J $tash found dead after allegedly killing woman in front of her children https://t.co/TeT9oDfsom pic.twitter.com/4sIx4q99mL
— New York Post (@nypost) January 5, 2022
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Rapper J $tash died in a murder-suicide. He reportedly shot and killed his girlfriend, 27-year-old Jeanette Gallegos in front of her three children, in a California residence before turning the gun on himself. J $tash was from Florida and had gained attention for his 2014 song “Guerillas.”
