Philadelphia rap star PnB Rock (real name, Rakim Hasheem Allen) has been murdered in South Los Angeles at the age of 31. :\'(  Ge was fatally shot at Roscoe's House of Chicken 'N Waffles during a robbery.  :-\\

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/entertainment/pnb-rock-rapper-shot-los-angeles/index.html

PnB made waves at the end of the 2010s with two albums between 2017 and 2019 -- "Catch These Vibes" and "TrapStar Turnt PopStar." Between 2016 and 2019, PnB Rock had eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100, four of which were in 2019. 8)

This comes just days after aspiring UK rapper Chris Kaba was gunned down by the London cops:

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/aspiring-rapper-chris-kaba-shot-dead-by-the-police-in-london-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-1189528

And the untimely stabbing death of acclaimed Canadian rapper Pat Stay in Halifax:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/downtown-halifax-stabbing-lower-water-street-sunday-september-4-2022-1.6572399

Looks like rappers aren’t safe anywhere…  :-\\

The LA County Medical Examiner, upon conducting an autopsy, has concluded that PnB’s death was the result of gunshot wounds.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/17/pnb-rock-body-released-family-tension-mom-medical-examiner-lapd/

According to the TMZ account, there was a brouhaha at the M.E.’s office when the M.E. refused to hand over PnB’s body to PnB’s mother until after the autopsy was completed. The LAPD was called in to calm things down.  :-\\

Three people have been arrested in the murder of PnB.

https://www.foxla.com/news/pnb-rock-court-documents-reveal-details-on-rappers-final-moments