Phora was shot early Tuesday morning (August 25) while driving with his girlfriend on the freeway in Pasadena, California, according to KTLA.
The Corona, California rapper’s car was shot with a .45 three times and he was hit in the back. Once at the hospital, doctors said the bullet was dangerously close to his spine. Phora checked himself out of the hospital out of fear of further attack.
“There’s no doubt in my mind that they were definitely trying to kill me and whoever was with me in the car,” he says.
Phora was stabbed when he was 15 and says that was when he tried to distance himself from the street lifestyle.
“I just don’t wanna be looked at as a typical rapper,” the 20-year-old says. “I’m trying to spread positive message. I have hundreds of songs and not one time do I talk about guns or glorify that type of lifestyle.”
Phora took to Instagram to share more thoughts on the shooting.
“We’re supposed to look out for each other, build with each other, make this world a better place,” he says in one of the posts. “But jealousy, or envy, or even ‘the hood’ can turn good people into something they’re not. Whoever did this, I don’t know how I feel about them. I don’t hate them, but I wanna see your face. I want you to at look me in my eyes. I had my girlfriend inside that car. This is what ‘the hood’ teaches you to do?? Try to kill a person who’s trying to make a difference and set a positive influence in this world while he’s driving with his lady minding his own business ? Don’t you know I’m a son? A brother? and a friend to many people? The people that listen to my music know what I’m about. I’m not a gangster, not affiliated with any of that “hood” bullshit. I’m a man trying to provide for my family. Ignorant people and those who think they’re hood will continue to try and bring me down… But I know who I am. I know what I stand for.”
He has a concert scheduled in Long Beach, California tonight (August 27) and KTLA says that he is planning on still performing, but doing a shorter set for the show.
Yeah cause no ones heard of you tell you got shot 50 Cent lol
Who?
Wow, first two comments have no compassion. Who cares if you never heard of him? If you were coming here to type that, then you should’ve just ignored the article. All I wanna say is that man and his girl are blessed to have survived that shooting. Get well soon, keep your head up, and keep God in your heart.
its just a fleshwound doe
Kills cali for a reason he got lucky .someone just got smoked last Sunday on the 110 freeway in south central just because u don’t bang or kick it with bangers doesn’t mean Ur safe
Keep Ya head up Phora!
Well the bitch ratted back in the day that’s why he’s got the green light on his ass. He tried to be thug, got arrested, and tarred and sent homies to jail instead of him.
This just goes to show the ignorance in some people today I listen to Phora all the time and it sounds like hes a man who’s been through a lot of struggles in his life and he tries to reach his fans on a deeper level to let them know even in their darkest times they arent alone and someone truly understands I had seriously considered suicide after loosing my mom in the manner we did and I sat in a bathroom listening to Phora over and over and over again and by some grand design I hadnt even heard him before then and it was as if he knew exactly what I was going through and it honestly talked me off the ledge my dad and I walked up onto my mom and my grandmother after they had been hit by a semi and I watched my mom take her very last breaths and that’s a pain I wish on no not even an enemy because no one knows real pain till you have walked that path yourself I’m very great ful for phora and “ALL” oh his music he’s a true inspiration of how I wish alot of artists today should take a look at and consider the message they are presenting to fans, children, people who just need an uplift in a bad time the world needs more positivity and stop all the hate and negativity I’m not saying that I am a saint by any means but all the black lives matter and blue lives matter I am not saying I dont support but I will say that why don’t all lives matter no one person is better than the other everyone in this day and age especially should be equal