- The world of rapping is melodious but also has its other dark side namely that of gang wars and crimes
- Young rappers have fallen prey to such gang war shootouts and the latest to be a victim of it happens to be Young Greatness who was shot fatally outside the Elysian Fields Avenue Waffle House in Louisiana, New Orleans on early Monday morning
- He was 34
Young Greatness and his death
Young Greatness was killed on 29 October 2018 in his hometown of New Orleans. The CBS affiliate WWL-TV reported that the rapper whose real birth name is Theodore Jones was shot dead on the morning of 29 October Monday at approximately 1.35 am.
The killing took place outside the Elysian Fields Avenue Waffle House in Louisiana as per the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD).
Young Greatness was only 34 years of age when he died. He was pronounced dead even before the arrival of the law enforcement people to the scene. The cause of death as per the coroner is excessive bleeding post gunshot injury.
There have been no arrests made so far and the police are hunting for the culprit. They are still accumulating evidence in this matter and have urged the public and eyewitnesses to come forward and help them solve the crime.
They have asked the public who has some information on this matter to call detective Brett Mathes on his cell number 504-658-5300.
The police might also check the CCTV footage around the crime scene to have more details into the exact scenario when he was shot at and killed.
The food chain itself may be covered by CCTV cameras. There were supposedly two people involved in the crime and the police are on the lookout for those two suspects.
Young Greatness and the tributes on his death
Young Greatness was signed with the Quality Control Label who moaned his death and expressed their tribute for him on their Twitter thus:
“Rest in Paradise Young Greatness.”
They put up this tweet the same day that Young Greatness was shot dead. Young Greatness’ fellow rapper Wale also posted a tweet to honor his dead friend.
