Another rapper’s life has been drastically cut short by gun violence. According to The Courant, 17-year-old Juan Bautista Garcia, who went by the rap moniker YNY Juan, was found dead inside a parked car in a Hartford, Connecticut neighborhood on Sunday night (August 8).
With over 25,000 Instagram followers and nearly 4,000 YouTube subscribers, Garcia was just beginning to take steps toward a promising rap career. His most recent video, “Power Remix,” was released last week.
“He was only 17 years old,” a childhood friend of Garcia told the publication. “He never went live on his Instagram to talk about drama, he only went on there to support his friends or promote his music. [He] didn’t even get to graduate school yet.”
Circumstances surrounding the shooting are currently under investigation by the Hartford Police Major Crime and Crime Scene divisions.
Garcia’s death reportedly marks the 25th homicide police are investigating in Hartford this year; it also ties the number for homicides in 2020 and doubles the total number recorded in 2019.
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The teen rapper’s death also continues a disturbing trend of fatal shootings that have come in rapid succession since King Von’s November 2020 murder. Dallas rapper Mo3, Sacramento’s Hot Boy Ju, 2Pac and Ice Cube affiliate Gonzoe and Lil Durk’s brother DThang are among the over dozen rappers who have been killed in recent months.
HipHopDX sends our condolences to Garcia’s family, friends and fans.
The only thing I made out from his video was that he liked to threaten people with gun violence. It wasn’t just a funny line or part it seemed to be the whole point. It is too bad he couldn’t live long enough to realize his mistakes. At the end of the day he was just a kid so RIP but goddamn I hope his friends and fans learn something.
Im finna fuck his girl
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Who?
Same trend different rapper. Here is thought stop rapping about gun violence cause it seems every rapper that raps about gun violence ends up being a victim to their own lyrics
I never heard of this guy until I saw his death front paged. The same way I found out who Pop Smoke, FBG Duck, and Nick Blicky was.
To all you young rappers out there or any rapper for that matter, you will draw in whatever you’re talking about in your songs. If all you do is talk about “the ops” and “totin glicky’s” then you will bring that negative attention into your lives.
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I never heard of this guy until I saw his death front paged. The same way I found out who Pop Smoke, FBG Duck, and Nick Blicky was.
Oh, the “money fanned out across his arm” thing…. I see we lost some real originality here…. Psych