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_.”
“We just signed him,” Sledgren wrote. “I can’t stop crying.”
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.
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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never heard of him before yesterday`
Damn wiz carries taylor gang on his shoulders all his boys and the taylor gang page dont even clear 15K likes with heartfelt sentiments and wiz just posts a douchey pic and clears half a million
I dont 95/100 artists i listen to have never been in the billboards but obviously taylor gangs a record label and likes and hits are what pay the bills and keeps the lights on if your about being big ya gotta be fake and please everybody why you think most celebs are drug addicts alcholics and mentaly unfulfilled unhappy people? Because they cant even put up with it…