Chris King, a Los Angeles rapper, has died at age 32. WKRN News reported that the rapper was shot and killed in Nashville on Saturday (April 20). King was in the Tennessee city to perform at Cannafestival. The rapper and his friends were in an alleyway when a group of robbers approached them where the group was reportedly instructed to hand over their valuables.
Then, gunfire rang out, ultimately killing Chris King and injuring an unnamed 29-year-old friend. King, né Christopher Cheeks, and his friend began running in separate directions after being shot. Cheeks was found in a parking garage before being transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. There, the musician succumbed to his injuries and died.
The Tennessean has identified one of the assailants as Adrian Cameron, Jr. The 19-year-old has been free on bond after killing 50-year-old Josh Evans in 2021 during a “failed drug transaction.” Cameron was forced to wear an ankle monitor as a condition of his bond. Nashville authorities report that the ankle monitor’s data tracked him to the scene of the crime before being cut off after the time of the shooting. “The 29-year-old victim reported the group was hanging out cordially for some time before the three suspects attempted to rob his group of friends,” the police statement read. “It was then that he heard gunfire and realized he was struck.”