Drakeo the Ruler, who helped define the sound of LA hip-hop, dead at 28 in stabbing
LOS ANGELES — Drakeo the Ruler, whose surrealist slang made him one of the most original stylists in Los Angeles hip-hop, died Sunday morning from injuries after a stabbing at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival. He was 28. His attorney John Hamasaki said in a statement, “We spent the hardest two years together fighting for his freedom, facing life, before walking out a free man just over a ...
by August Brown, Los Angeles Times
Dec 19, 2021
3 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Drakeo the Ruler, whose surrealist slang made him one of the most original stylists in Los Angeles hip-hop, died Sunday morning from injuries after a stabbing at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival. He was 28.
His attorney John Hamasaki said in a statement, “We spent the hardest two years together fighting for his freedom, facing life, before walking out a free man just over a year ago. Through it, we became friends and then like family. I
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