New Orleans rapper affiliated with Birdman’s Rich Gang, BTY YoungN was shot and killed Saturday night, The Times-Picayune reports. New Orleans police said the shooting occurred at a Shell gas station on Airline Highway in the Hollygrove neighborhood. He was reportedly shot several times and pronounced dead at the scene. BTY YoungN was only 27 and was a rising star who was turning his life around when it was maliciously taken from him. Several rappers and others in the industry, including Birdman himself, have expressed their condolences on social media, for the young artist.
BTY became known to the music world after doing some features on Juvenile records BTY YoungN released a host of mixtapes over the past few years, including 2nd Feed Up, which came out in early this year in February. He actually just released his new album Cut the Check with Hollygrove Keem and Jay Jones was released. The NOLA Music Awards named him the “Breakthrough Artist” of 2016.
There has been on arrests in connection to the crime.
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