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Rapper Lil Marlo dies at 30 after reportedly being shot – 9TheFIX
Atlanta rapper Lil Marlo has died, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed to NBC News. While no cause of death had been confirmed, TMZ, which first reported the news, cites a police source as saying the MC, whose real name was Rudolph Johnson, was shot while driving. The medical examiner’s office said he was 30, although some reports say he was 27.
A rep for his label, Quality Control, confirmed the death.
Atlanta police confirmed to NBC that officers found a 30-year-old man dead of gunshot wounds in a vehicle on I-285 near the Benjamin E. Mays Drive overpass after responding to a call about an accident on Saturday night, although they did not confirm his identity.
Rapper Lil Marlo attends Traffik Thursdays at Traffik Nightclub on December 6, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (WireImage)
“At this time, investigators believe the victim was the intended target of the gunfire and they are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the shooting,” a police statement reads.
“So much potential that the world didn’t get a chance to see. Love you Bro. It’s really hard for me to say RIP,” wrote Quality Control co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas, who had taken Marlo under his wing.
Marlo signed with Quality Control home to Yachty, Migos, Lil Baby, City Girls and others in 2017 and released an album with Lil Baby, 2 the Hard Way, later that year, as well as his own debut, The Wire. He released a pair of mixtapes, The Real 1 and 9th Ward God, in 2018, and dropped his most recent album, 1st & 3rd, in February. He also released several singles and appeared on the first two Quality Control: Control the Streets compilations.
Marlo is survived by his mother, Santresa Maxey; his cousin, Denise Hill-Love, who helped raise him; and his two sons, R.J. and Marlo Jr.
Lil Yachty said in an Instagram post announcing Marlo’s death that the two rappers had been recording on Friday night. “We just did a song
