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Rapper
PnB
Rock
was
shot
dead
during
a
robbery
attempt
in
Los
Angeles
on
Monday,
September
12.
The
incident
took
place
at
a
restaurant
and
by
the
time
he
was
rushed
to
the
hospital,
the
rapper
was
pronounced
dead,
according
to
Los
Angeles
Times.
The
Philadelphia
native
is
survived
by
his
two
young
children.
PnB
Rock,
whose
real
name
was
Rakim
Allen,
was
at
the
time
with
his
girlfriend.
The
duo
was
at
Roscoe’s
House
of
Chicken
&
Waffles
restaurant
in
South
Los
Angeles
and
his
girlfriend
had
also
posted
a
location-tagged
photo
on
a
now-deleted
Instagram
post.
The
LA
Times
report
further
quoted
the
police
as
saying
that
Mr
Rock
was
targeted
for
his
jewellery.
Los
Angeles
Police
Captain
Kelly
Muniz
added
that
the
shooting
took
place
at
1:15
pm
(local
time)
and
the
attacker
demanded
items
from
Mr
Rock
by
brandishing
a
gun.
The
police
captain
also
said
that
the
rapper
was
shot
after
a
verbal
exchange
during
the
robbery.
She
was
quoted
as
saying,
“He
shot
the
victim
and
ran
out
the
side
door
to
a
getaway
car
and
then
fled
the
parking
lot.”
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As
soon
as
the
news
about
Rapper
PnB
got
public,
tributes
started
pouring
in
from
all
corners
on
social
media.
DJ
Akademiks
took
to
his
Twitter
account
and
wrote,
“Wow..
this
PNB
Rock
situation
crazy..
i
just
did
a
interview
with
him
a
week
ago
where
he
detailed
how
someone
tried
to
rob
him
in
LA
recently
while
he
was
out
with
his
girlfriend
and
daughter.
Now..
this..
smh.
Pray
for
PNB
Rock.”
Juicy
J,
on
the
other
hand
tweeted,
“R.I.P.
PNB
ROCK
damn
mane
this
is
so
sad.”
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Rapper
PnB
Rock
gained
prominence
after
he
released
two
albums
–
Catch
These
Vibes
and
TrapStar
Turnt
PopStar
–
between
2017
and
2019,
which
were
well-received.
He
also
had
eight
songs
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100
list
between
2016
and
2019.
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