We’re studying extra in regards to the circumstances surrounding the dying of rapper Lil Poppa … and it is fairly surprising.
TMZ broke the information … the rapper — actual identify Janarious Mykel Wheeler — was pronounced lifeless yesterday in Georgia on the age of 25.
Hapeville Chief of Police Bruce Hedley tells TMZ … Lil Poppa was in a single-car accident on Interstate 85 south of Hapeville … which is when he known as his supervisor asking what he ought to do. The automobile was nonetheless drivable.
The supervisor informed him they’d meet up in a close-by parking zone on the Hilton Lodge … and Hedley tells us after they met up, Lil Poppa stayed inside his automobile as she spoke to his supervisor via the rolled-down window.
We’re informed it is unclear what they mentioned — however sooner or later, the rapper pulled a handgun, put it to his head and pulled the set offcapturing himself lifeless. Hedley tells us … an off-duty officer who was working on the resort known as 911.
Lil Poppa was rushed to Grady Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless … no suicide observe left.
Lil Poppa was signed to Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group (CMG) and has launched a number of hit tracks over the previous few years, together with “Love & Struggle,” “Thoughts Over Matter,” and “HAPPY TEARS.”
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