[Update: Drakeo The Ruler passed away on December 19 at a Los Angeles hospital following the stabbing incident. Read more here.]
The Once Upon A Time in L.A. Festival at Exposition Park in Los Angeles was forced to shut down early on Saturday night (December 18) after Drakeo The Ruler was reportedly stabbed in the neck.
An Instagram post from the festival organizers explained simply, “The Once Upon A Time In LA Fest is ending early. All performances are now over. Please head to the closest exit and head eastbound on MLK.”
No Jumper initially claimed Drakeo The Ruler was stabbed in the neck, but there were conflicting reports online. As two helicopters circled the concert site, a witness at the scene cast doubt on whether it was actually Drakeo who was injured.
“Mixed reports about incident at the #onceuponatimeinLA,” the person wrote. “Some say it was an artist sent to the hospital others say it was a fight between a member from an entourage. Prayers up. Video shows helicopters flying over crowd.”
According to the Los Angeles Times, Drakeo The Ruler is, indeed, in critical condition at a local hospital. Public information officer for the Los Angeles Fire Department Margaret Stewart said paramedics responded to a call about a stabbing around 8:40 p.m. local time in the 3900 block of South Hoover Street, and one person was transported to a hospital in critical condition.
A person with direct knowledge of the incident confirmed Drakeo The Ruler was “attacked by a group of people at the music festival and seriously injured.”
Drakeo The Ruler was expected to perform alongside Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and dozens of other artists as part of the event. But around 9:20 p.m. local time, the festival appeared to come to a halt as yellow police tape was put up behind the main stage.
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Drakeo had just been getting back to his normal life. After being acquitted of felony murder and attempted murder charges in relation to the 2016 shooting death of a 24-year-old man. Los Angeles County prosecutors retried him on conspiracy charges. Drakeo ultimately struck a plea deal and was released from custody in November 2020.
HipHopDX sends our support to Drakeo The Ruler and his loved ones. This is a developing story.
Most likely someone retaliating to him snitching (plea deal) to regain his freedom. Unfortunately, there’s always consequences for those actions if that’s what happened. Let’s hope not but way, I hope he makes it through.
No he was dissing rival gangs all summer long
Musta have been some wyte supremaciss in a maga hat,yessuh no doubt about it! when’s the Black Lives Matter protest???
Suck your mother in your toe jam smelling trailer Ooga Booga hopefully you get your cousin pregnant to strengthen the master race
BLACK PEOPLE DIDN’T PUT FELONS ON STAGE AND CALL IT RAP WHITE SUPREMACISTS DID WITH THEIR INTERNET ALGORITHM. TWENTY OR THRITY RICH GANGSTERS POSING AS MUSICIANS PAID BY WHITE BILLIONAIRES DO NOT REPRESENT BLACK PEOPLE
Die slow, asshole.
I’m mad cuz my father cousin brother gave me syphilis and now I can’t finish making America great again on the family pig cuz it hurts too much.
Oh no not Drakeo the Ruler he a gud boi who din du nufin
I’m pretty sure what happened to Drakeo is a cautionary tale why you should never snitch (take a plea deal) and expect the others to just accept it kindly. The End Result is a line from Rick Ross’s Nickel Rock ft Boosie BadAzz : “Young n**** took an L and he chose to tell
All the boys over there, they never took it well”. Hate to see it go down like that. He was just getting his life back on track too. Rest In Peace, Drakeo.
Funny that you quoted a literal phony to make your point though LMAO
R.I.P Drakeo The Ruler. Damnit can we please stop killing off our own people. This has gotten out of had.
How these promoters/venues book these rappers with real street issues with each other and have no security or police to provide some sort of protection for concert goers and expect this not to happen.
He passed away. That’s sad… rih
I guess we just have to quit rap music. It’s a Jake Paul world now. Fake garbage, bait and switch nonsense. Somewhere along the line bad faith people decided a hard beat was the same as living a hard life or being in a bad street situation. unfortunately rappers co-signed this nonsense now they have to share the stage with no -talent felons with ongoing cases and beefs. No one is going to answer for it best thing to do is forget rap music since everyone involves is a sellout, simp or clown
Damn I was hoping 50 was gonna close out the show bringing out The Game and performing How We Do and Hate It Or Love It.
Yeah, think word is that he died.
This shit is wack as fuck, Young Dolph, Pop Smoke, Nipsey and now Drakeo, long list of people dying who have so much talent and I guarantee it won’t stop. Rip
Major European and Asian owned major record companies that are operated by whites in America will divest in Hip Hop.
they did that a long time ago – these felons and thugs aren’t hiphop don’t represent anything of value to anyone in particular
They are not operated by whites. J0os are not white, they hate white people and have weaponized blacks against them.
Come on now, update your stuff already. He’s been pronounced dead more than 6 hours ago by his manager and y’all still haven’t updated it yet.