backstage at the Once Upon a Time in LA festival, an event held near the Banc of California Stadium and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Exposition Park.
The victim was transported to a local area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries,” CHP said in a statement.
“There was an altercation in the roadway backstage.
CHP Public Information Officer Shanelle Gonzalez said investigative services were working on the incident, reviewing tapes and speaking to witnesses.
His budding career was repeatedly limited by legal troubles.
As the journalist Jeff Weiss has reported, prosecutors in the murder trial attempted to use Drakeo’s lyrics and music videos as evidence against him, arguing his rap group constituted a criminal gang.
Those legal troubles also played a central role in his music.
The rapper Drake, who collaborated with Drakeo the Ruler earlier this year on the track “Talk To Me,” posted a remembrance to his Instagram story.
My love to his friends, family, and anyone who understand the struggle that he endured and loved his music.
“I’m not with anything negative and as one of the many performers, I was there to spread positive vibes only to my city of L.A.