How sad.
Rapper Shawty Lo died in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Atlanta after his vehicle went over the guardrail, crashed into two trees, and ejected the Dey Know artist from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, two female passengers were injured and taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The 40-year-old — whose real name is Carlos Walker — is survived by his 11 children by 10 different women.
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The tragic news has also been confirmed by the rapper’s brother on Twitter:
My brother has passed he is no longer here but his spirit, his kind heart , and his music will live on Long live Shawty Lo King of Bankhead
— SHAWTY LO (@THATSSHAWTYLO) September 21, 2016
Just hours before the crash that occurred at 2:20 a.m., the D4L founder posted to Instagram from the ATL strip club Blue Flame, and then from inside his 2016 Audi:
Ohh #BNBempire #D4LWorld ├░┼╕ΓÇÿΓÇÿA video posted by Shawty Lo (@shawtylo_kob) on Sep 20, 2016 at 10:50pm PDT
Pull-up we-up #BNBempire #D4LWorld ├░┼╕ΓÇÿΓÇÿA video posted by Shawty Lo (@shawtylo_kob) on Sep 20, 2016 at 10:43pm PDT
#BlueFlame #BNBempire #D4LWorld ├░┼╕ΓÇÿΓÇÿA video posted by Shawty Lo (@shawtylo_kob) on Sep 20, 2016 at 10:19pm PDT
