Bay Area rapper wounded in shooting at Hollywood studio, LAPD says - Los Angeles Times
Gilton credited the song with giving him “a platform. It gave me a fanbase” who connected with lyrics about wrestling with grief and mental health.
The shooting is the latest in a string of high-profile shootings and robberies of musical artists.
Local icon Nipsey Hussle was murdered outside his clothing boutique in South L.A. in 2019.
In February 2020, rising star Pop Smoke was gunned down in a home invasion after inadvertently posting his location in the Hollywood Hills on Instagram while in town visiting from New York.
And in 2022, three rappers — PnB Rock (born Rakim Allen), Compton’s Kee Riches (Kian Nellum) and Inglewood’s Half Ounce (Latauriisha O’Brien) — were killed in the L.A. area.
Earlier this week, TMZ reported that Le Vaughn — an influencer and the former boyfriend of “Gucci Flip Flops” rapper Bhad Bhabie — was shot in the hand during an altercation at a strip club near downtown L.A.
Libor Jany covers the Los Angeles Police Department. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2022, he covered public safety for the Star Tribune in Minneapolis. A St. Paul, Minn., native, Jany studied communications at Mississippi State University.
