The Atlanta rapper Younger Scooter died on Friday, March 28, in his Georgia hometown, Selection experiences. Whereas a proper explanation for dying for the musician, who turned 39 years outdated on Friday, has not been introduced, The Atlanta Journal-Structure experiences that Younger Scooter died from accidents sustained whereas attempting to flee from law enforcement officials.
Throughout a press convention final night time, an Atlanta police commander, Lt. Andrew Smith, mentioned an incident involving a 39-year-old man that occurred earlier within the night. (Smith declined to establish the 39-year-old man.) In accordance with Smith, and a press release launched by the Atlanta police division, law enforcement officials arrived at a home in Atlanta in response to an obvious dispute allegedly involving gunshots. Officers tried to make contact with the individuals contained in the residence, Smith mentioned, and two males fled the home. The 39-year-old man jumped two fences whereas fleeing, in response to Smith, and appeared to harm his leg. The 39-year-old man quickly died at an Atlanta hospital, and, whereas an post-mortem is pending, officers imagine he succumbed to the accidents he sustained. Smith maintained that no gunshots had been fired through the incident involving police, and he mentioned officers didn’t trigger the accidents.
Younger Scooter was born Kenneth Edward Bailey in Walterboro, South Carolina. As a baby, he and his household moved to Atlanta, the town the place he made his identify. He started his music profession, in earnest, close to the beginning of the 2010s, linking up with childhood buddy Future and his Freebandz label.
As a rapper, Younger Scooter was identified for his blunt, easy vocals and lyrics, a method that Jayson Greene as soon as known as “flatly declarative.” Younger Scooter was additionally usually lumped in with the lure rappers of his period, however he most popular to name his style “rely music.” “I name it rely music as a result of all I speak about is cash, and hustling and trapping and doing completely different road stuff,” he mentioned. “So I name it rely music ’trigger every part I rap about, it’ll relate to cash.”
After releasing a handful of mixtapes, Younger Scooter actually caught the hip-hop world’s consideration with Road Lottery, launched on New 12 months’s Day in 2013. The mixtape, hosted by DJ Swamp Izzo and DJ Scream, featured collaborations with Future, Bun B, Gucci Mane, Chief Keef, OJ da Juiceman, Mase, and others. It additionally included certainly one of his first signature songs, “Colombia.”
Younger Scooter continued his regular output all through the 2010s, releasing mixtapes and making songs with Future, Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Migos, Waka Flocka Flame, Younger Thug, Zaytoven, and plenty of others. He launched the ultimate venture of his lifetime, Streetz Krazy, in October 2023. “I really feel prefer it’s going to be certainly one of my classics,” Younger Scooter instructed AllHipHop.com round his venture’s launch. “It’s a whole lot of good songs on Streetz Krazy.”
