Young Greatness, best known for his Billboard Hot 100-charting single “Moolah,” passed away on Monday (October 29).
The Cash Money Records artist was shot and killed outside a Waffle House in his hometown of New Orleans, according to reports by The New Orleans Advocate and CBS affiliate WWL.
The New Orleans Police Department says the shooting took place at approximately 1:35 a.m. local time. Greatness, whose real name was Theodore Jones, was pronounced dead at the scene after officers found the 34-year-old rapper laying on the street with a gunshot wound to the back.
Police are searching for two suspects in connection to the shooting. The suspects allegedly took Greatness’ car as well, but the vehicle has since been found.
Although Greatness was a native of New Orleans, he wasn’t a current resident of the city. His mother, Jeanine Rose, told NBC affiliate WDSU that he was in town for a funeral.
Greatness reached the greatest heights of his career while signed to Quality Control Music, home of such artists as Migos and Lil Yachty. After releasing his song “Moolah” through the label in 2015, it spent nine weeks on the Hot 100 chart and peaked No. 85 in 2016. The track has over 30 million plays on YouTube as of October 2018.
In 2017, Greatness departed Quality Control for a deal with Cash Money Records. In an interview with HipHopDX, he said there was “no ill will” between himself and his former QC bosses but explained his departure.
“Sometimes when you do business, you have different opinions in the way we see things and sometimes, things aren’t meant to work,” he told DX last year. “God has his own plan for you. I feel like with that situation, it wasn’t God’s plan for me.”
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Yup. God’s plan. Shot outside of a Waffle House and car jacked. No BLM chants, no one complaining about this. What are the Vegas odds that he was shot and jacked by OTHER BLACK MEN? No one says shit. It’s because their great great great grandparents were slaves. Black America needs to stop with the genocide before complaining about ANYTHING. No T.I. or Killer Mike complaining and being hypocrites on this one, right?
Fuck you and white people should stay the fuck hip hop our shit. Not for everybody.
You mad bro?
I bet the shooter was somebody black who has 6 different baby mothers. A high school drop out and been to jail a dozen times and let me guess he is under 25.
As a proud black father I’m tired of seeing us kill each other and for what?
I wish I could help all the kids. I’m going to stay prayed up for this one.
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34 year old rapper, YOUNG greatness…
Over 95% of slaves captured and sold into slavery, who ended up here in the U.S. were captured and sold by other Africans. That’s an historical fact. Now we hve African Americans who blame all of this ignorant/savage behavior killing eachother and getting thrown in jail (the new slavery) over this and selling dope to one another. Wake up America. We’re putting chains on one another. Slavery is still very real. You’re not a victim until you make yourself one… it IS a choice.
That’s not true. I understand you were tought this by your white teachers. Before you open your stupid ass mouth please do some proper research.
j.e.v.v.s were running the transatlantic slave trade
Crazy how easily we kill each other over what most likely is so petty sucks ..it just sucks
So uhhh.. When’s the #BlackLivesMatter protest taking place? What?? There isn’t going to be one??
Shut yo bitch ass up.
All this time and you still haven’t found that clue? Pathetic
Who???
MIKE JONES
Another day, another dindu. Stay classy, black people.
Another day, another race baiting dickhead who made a wrong turn at Foxnews.com. Stay pussy, scared white male.
Stay killing your brothers black male.
if it was a muslim that carjacked and killed a white person trump would declare marshal law.
This is so tragic cut down way to soon these worthless cowards deserves Death by Lethal Injection
Isn’t this this 5th or 6th rapper who’s been shot in the last two weeks? Shit is ridiculous.
Mannnn……as a young black man whos 27 this shit gotta stop. Black on black crime everywhere yet we blame the whites. New Orleans, and also look at Chicago. Young Greatness made something of himself, got out the hood, was only there visiting for a funeral. Shit is sad……but you don’t see our black hip hop artists protesting that. Wheres TI? Wheres Wayne? Wheres Chance?
I dont see any #BlackLivesMatter protests when it’s black on black crime and the streets of southside Chicago are like a warzone. Where is Al Sharpton?
Smh…..we all so quick to blame the white man but nobody takes a look in the mirror…..Sad. This is why I vote Republican now. Black people been lost. Slaves to themselves and Democrats. Stay up yall. 1
RIP. I didn’t have Young Greatness heavy in my rotation, but I discovered him earlier this year. I always enjoy finding new artists and looking forward to their future releases and artistic progression. RIP to Young Greatness, Austin on tha Track, Lil Lonnie, and all the other upcoming artists who lost their lives over bullshit but didn’t make headlines.