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:
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: