 "Canadian rapper Smoke Dawg, member of Halal Gang, dies in Toronto shooting at age of 21")
Toronto: Canadian rapper Smoke Dawg has been shot dead here in an incident which left another man and a woman injured. Smoke was 21. [caption id=“attachment_4646041” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Rapper Smoke Dawg. Facebook/@crossbow.loc[/caption] “Multiple shots” were fired in the Entertainment District of the city on 30 June evening, police said, reports independent.co.uk. One of the two male victims succumbed to his injuries, the Toronto Police Operations Centre said on Twitter. Two suspects may have fled in a black SUV or a white car, it added. Mustafa the Poet, a Canadian spoken word artist, announced the news of his friend’s death on Twitter.
Smokey is gone, may our prayers follow him to heaven
— Mustafa (@MustafaThePoet) July 1, 2018
He further tweeted,
Smoke Dawg’s death comes just weeks after XXXTentacion, a US rapper, was shot dead in Florida . As a tribute to Smoke Dawg, Toronto-based rapper Drake shared a message along with an image on Instagram.
Drake via his IG story. RIP Smoke Dawg 💔 pic.twitter.com/xRnKVZzncX
— Drake Direct (@DrakeDirect_) July 1, 2018
Smoke Dawg, of Trinidadian, Jamaican and Somalian heritage, was part of an up and coming group of rappers called Halal Gang. He gained success with hit song ‘Still’ three years ago and later collaborated with American hip-hop artiste French Montana and the UK’s Skepta. Last year, he started gaining international attention after supporting Drake on his Boy Meets World European tour. [caption id=“attachment_4646071” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Smoke Dawg with Canadian rapper Drake. Image via Twitter[/caption] Smoke Dawg’s song ‘Still’:
(With inputs from Indo-Asian News Service)
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