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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery in South Los Angeles, according to police and his representatives.
The rapper,
whose real name is Rakim Allen, was eating inside a Roscoe’s Chicken and
Waffles restaurant with his girlfriend Monday afternoon when a suspect
approached their table, media reports said.
PnB Rock is
best known for his 2016 hit “Selfish.” He released his latest song, “Luv Me
Again,” on Sept. 2.
Los Angeles
police confirmed details of the shooting, which occurred around 1:15 p.m., but
would not identify PnB Rock as the victim and referred reporters to the
coroner’s office, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
PnB Rock’s
label, Atlantic Records, confirmed his death Tuesday morning, calling it a
“senseless loss” in a post on Instagram. The statement was confirmed by a
representative for the rapper.
TMZ first
reported the shooting. A graphic video reportedly taken at the scene shows PnB
Rock laying in a pool of blood on the restaurant’s floor.
Atlantic
Records called PnB Rock a great friend and a “wonderful father to two beautiful
little girls.”
Roscoe’s
Chicken and Waffles offered the company’s condolences to the Allen family.
“The safety of our employees and guests are
our utmost priority,” the restaurant posted on Facebook. “We have and will
continue to keep our place of business as safe as possible.”
Officer Jeff
Lee, an LAPD spokesperson, said the suspect brandished a gun and demanded items
from the victim. A verbal exchange ended when the suspect opened fire, striking
the rapper multiple times.
The suspect
took some items from the victim and fled in a car that had been waiting in the
parking lot, Lee said. No one else was injured in the shooting and the victim
was pronounced dead at the hospital.