In his Lil Wayne and Tyga-featured track “The Motto,” rapper Drake introduced the acronym “YOLO” to wide-spread fan support. Now, in a recent report from the Huffington Post, it looks the popular phrase has some tragic unintended consequences.
The acronym, which stands for “You Only Live Once,” is at the center of a recent tragedy involving the death of an aspiring rapper. California native Ervin McKinness was killed while drunk driving at excessive speeds minutes after the 21-year-old emcee Tweeted Drizzy’s motto.
According to McKinness’ Tweet, he and four other men were driving 120 miles per hour while intoxicated. Police reports indicate that minutes after publishing the Tweet, the car careened into a wall, killing all five parties inside.
Police indicate that they are unable to definitively rule whether the accident was a case of drunk driving, as another man and not McKinness had been driving at the time. Still, investigators are taking the infamous Tweet into serious consideration.
“[Police are] certainly looking at that because it will be a vital part of the investigation, but it’s too early to give an opinion as to whether it [drunken driving] was a cause or contributed to the crash,” explained an officer.
As previously mentioned, McKinness was an aspiring rapper at the time of his death. He went by the stage name Inkyy and had reportedly signed a deal with a label.
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LOLZ!!!
LOLZ
…LOLZ
LOL FTW
I mean, Drake didn’t invent stupidity…
the irony in this is untouchable
im 25 and had my first kiss last week!!
Inkyy?
ooooh the irony, still that is a life, rest in peace
YOLO
Stop this YOLO bs, Pharrell told us that N.E.R.D!
first off this is like a week or two old
second the guy who tweeted that apparently was not the one driving the car
R.I.P MY NIGGA
when a drunk person is going over 100mph on 70 max road, THEN IM TELLING HIM TO PULL OVER AND LET ME THE FUCK OUT.
EXACTLY!!!!!!!
or, don’t drive with a drunk person…
You Only Die Once too, idiots. Could’ve killed alot of innocent people.
I don’t feel bad for these niggas at all…Irony is cold muhfucca…and now these niggas is cold in the morgue…
if that doesn’t send a fucking message, I don’t know what will.
that YOLO bullshit… ALL FIVE PARTIES WERE KILLED, that’s some shit yo cause I’m sure at least one of ’em wasn’t down with the idea. ffs.
R.I.P my dude but honestly it’s hard feeling sorry for you.
you niggas is retarded, it says right here he wasnt the one driving
I guess that doesn’t make him a complete fucking idiot. OH WAIT IT DOES, HIS BITCHASS STILL GOT IN THE CAR. Don’t be a lawyer, son.
^ lol great response. he wasnt driving but he clearly advovated it with that tweet he sent out,
omg “y.o.l.o” is killing the youth! lol jk, the idiots that say yolo would have done it anyway, even if it was never trendy
I would never let drunk person drive me any where. Never.
Lol. Smh.
this shit happened almost a week ago, it was reported on other sites at the beginning of this week… SMH hiphopdx is laggin’
Congratulations idiot. Sorry I don’t feel one ounce of sympathy for you or your family.
LMAO I really thought this was a joke when I read the headline.
Dam that is crazy them cats died right around my way. Youngins really need to be careful how they move out here. Party like you should do because you are young, but be more tactful of you movements. Before you get behind the wheel go to a spot like Lenny’s or where ever and eat and sober up first. And stop letting these artist raise you alot of them have never finish school THINK 4 YOUSELF!!
He obviously doesnt get whay YOLO mean, it means be all you can be because “You Only Live Once” not do stupid shit because YOLO… Fucktard.
YOLO SUCKASSS! Let the stupid inherit the earth and all shall perish.
Dat nigga mad… YOLO! How you gunna not just hurt your own fam, but 4 other niggas families… PPL dont think about the PPl who are close before doin stupid shit like dat!
He wasn’t driving
they were all doing the same thing Charles, you fucking idiot.
Proof that Drake’s music kills.
Prolly a lot more fucked up shit has happened from this then this one incident. I seen that the song was fucked up as soon as it dropped. Fuck Drake! He a snake ass nigga!
#Fuckit. You dead.
Y O D O…
this tweet was from september 2nd
AND 4 GUYS DIED SEPT 2ND
dumb niggazz
cute tat of lipstick on dudes face
HHdx is wack for starting the article making it seem as if the guy was drunk tweeting and driving at the same damn time.
Cosign. Keep up the good work DX!
i dont believe it dude dies after tweeting you only live once …
i knew that tatted dude in that pic …
R.I.P. HOMIE
“i knew that tatted dude in that pic”
I wouldn’t tell to many people that.
“and had reportedly signed a deal with a label”
Probably Shady Records. Slaughterhouse got dropped.
that’s fuckin hilarious.
rofl
darwin awards
lLMFAO STUPID CUNTS, THANK GOD THEY DIDENT KILL A CHILD >>>> “Proof that Drake’s music kills” lol 🙂
….I mean, sad sad news for their families, but why the f*ck should I care?
YOLO didn’t kill these dudes….booze and no brains did!!
Damn, thats sour as hell
lil wayne and drake’s music kill people
sad stuff
No stupidity does
Poetic justice. You only die once. Hopefully people will learn drivin 120 drunk isnt living, its stupid ass fuck.
**LOLZ**
ok i take this back i feel bad mybad guys i was just trollin
YOLO
Really hiphopdx, this was a tragic accident but dude dying because he was a passenger texting, riding in a car with a drunk driver and because YOLO was the last thing he said, yeah real cute.
dont forget there black aspiring rappers too
it’s they’re jackass
tragic would of been if they had hit someone and killed THEM… could of been worse
what the FUCK kinda bullshit is this… YOLO
EL EM EH OH
sounds like a anti-drunk driving commercial. RIP but hopefully others learn from this. don’t drink and drive, but if you do fuckin take it easy.
“EL EM EH OH” what a nerdy faggot..lamest shit of the year, congratulations u fuckin dork
well thats five ignorants off the road and saved other lifes from death.congratulations YOLO
retard
a drunk driver and twitter user dead.. 2 birds one stone
and a Drake fan… 3 birds…
y’all some cold-hearted muthafuckas but i gotta admit that made me chuckle
FAG GOES IN ALL FIELDS
Dude’s still tweeting….
Can’t really say I feel sorry for dude, it’s never good for someone to die but this guy was being a dumbfuck and knew what he was getting into.
Also this news is from over a week ago, come on DX
“…it looks the popular phrase has some tragic unintended consequences.”
Sad story but that’s fucking stupid, DX, making it sound like that little four letter acronym is what killed these dudes. Like if Drake never said that they would have called a cab. It would be stupid even if the tweeter was the driver, since it’s not that makes the tweet totally irrelevant.
Fail.
Lol my thoughts exactly.
GOOD.
GOOD. YOU DO DUMB SHIT LIKE TWEETING THAT SHIT I DONT GIVE A FUCK. GLAD YOURE DEAD, YOUR MUSIC PROBABLY SUCKS. were just lucky he didnt kill anyone else
Theres so much to say about this, but “the dumbasses got what they deserved” sums it up. Fack yolo fack wayne and all his teenager wannabe groupies. Yolo now you dead homie
As Katt Williams says… get your 7 laughs a day in.. ha
anyone who says ‘yolo’ or listens to lil gayne or drake should get their teeth knocked the fuck out, but still RIP
HAHAHAHAA the most random headline ever!!!!
The dude wrote that on 2nd of September and last tweeted on the 11th, I find it hard to believe that he tweeted it just before dying.
Haha, what an idiot
When keepin it real goes wrong
this article is a couple weeks old. HHDX be trippin’
And im supposed to give a fuck why ?….damn right you only live once, all of a sudden cause some nigga say it yall wanna take a risk like the shit aint real…fuck outta here
YODO
you only die once
lol @ yodo, we not even speaking in real sentenses anymore!!
so many tats on his face…already he didnt have a bright future
what a dumbass
Maybe if enough ppl die YOLO style…they’ll stop saying it
only black people can do this stupid. first columbine, then colorado massacre. rap is for idiots. they are all black who do retarded things. real music is meta like linkin park, or dubstepl.
Obvious trolls are obvious. By the way, the shooters in Columbine and Aurora Colorado were white. Grow up, you attention seeking infant.
Jewish to be exact but no media outlet would tell you that.
Drake is a biter. – that phrase has been around since 2008.
www(dot) yolorestaurant(dot)com
was he not in raider klan?
2.7.5 Inkyy was part of the Raider Klan. He did a couple of songs produced by SpaceGhostPurp.
Aspiring huh aspiring what exactly to be yet another stereotype another false icon all the kids wish to be like. I’m so happy he and his friends were the only one to die from that accident and let’s just hope he didn’t have kids so his retardation ended with him
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