The late Jimmy Wopo was poised for a career breakthrough prior to his death.
Taylor Gang members Chevy Woods and Sledgren confirmed Wopo signed with Wiz Khalifa’s label before the Pittsburgh native was killed in a shooting in his hometown on Monday (June 18).
“Just thinking like damn lil cuz we ain’t even get to tell the world the big news,” Woods wrote. “Gang @jimmywopo_.”
Just thinking like damn lil cuz we ain’t even get to tell the world the big news … Gang ????@jimmywopo_pic.twitter.com/ouGo5ydBj1
— Chevy Woods (@CHEVYWOODS) June 19, 2018
“We just signed him,” Sledgren wrote. “I can’t stop crying.”
We just signed him
I can’t stop crying— Sledgren (@ImSledgren) June 18, 2018
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Julian Roth spoke to Norman Dean, one of Wopo’s friends and producers, and learned Wopo was also planning to leave Pittsburgh soon. Dean said the up-and-coming MC was moving to Los Angeles after inking the Taylor Gang deal.
Wopo's longtime friend and producer, Norman Dean, just told me the two were planning a move out to LA in the coming months because Wopo signed with Taylor Gang.
— Julian Routh (@julianrouth) June 19, 2018
Khalifa hasn’t said anything about Wopo joining the label but did mourn the slain rapper’s loss in an Instagram post.
Taylor Gang’s official Instagram and Twitter accounts also expressed sadness over the deaths of Wopo and XXXTENTACION.
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