Joyner Lucas has announced he wants to pay for the funeral of 18-year-old rapper Tafar Lewis.
Lewis — who went by June Valentino professionally — was murdered on Tuesday night (July 2) in Lucas’ hometown of Worcester, Massachusetts.
According to CBS Boston, the shooting took place near a local Fourth Of July celebration. Police arrived at the scene and found Lewis on the ground with a severe gunshot wound. The teenager was rushed to a local hospital where he passed away.
On Thursday (July 4), Lucas made the offer on his Facebook page.
“Senseless,”he wrote alongside a screenshot of a news story. “I wanna pay for his funeral. if you know his family, have them reach out to Danny Diaz and il take care of it.”
Thirty minutes after the shooting, a 19-year old man was also shot, but police said his injuries weren’t “life-threatening.”
The motive behind the fatal crime is still unclear. Zachary Tyler, a music promoter and a friend of the slain teenager, told MassLive Lewis wasn’t a “gang member” and described how “everybody in Main South accepted him as just being himself and being a rapper and told him to just do music and not be in the street, and he wasn’t.”
So far, there haven’t been any arrests related to the violent incident and Lewis’ family has yet to publicly respond to Lucas’ offer.
In May, Lucas released a music video for “Devil’s Work” that commemorated The Notorious B.I.G., Nipsey Hussle and XXXTENTACION while lambasting conservative figures. The controversial video was shot in a Worcester church and stirred up plenty of discussions.
He wouldnt pay for some poor white kid’s funeral. Racist mfer.
It’s hard being white in America. Everybody is against us. All we want to do is live. Is that too much to ask?
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF IM A WHITE WOMAN IN AMERICA AND ITS ONLY HARD IF YOU MAKE IT HARD AND 2 GIVE ME A BREAK U HAVE NO FKN IDEA WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHER RACES JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN….DONT EVER PLAY THE WHITE RACE CARD BITCH IT DOESNT WORK.
Tell that to the special needs white kid who was kidnapped tortured and scalpped by a group of black people because he was white and countless others who were harmed for being white. Things happen to white people too
Stfu u angry black bitch ur not fooling anybody your attitude reeks of skunk
Geez … guy does something nice and just because he didn’t do it for the person you deemed acceptable …. he’s in the wrong? Man check your life … it’s in need of some maintenance
Turn off the comment section on this before people disrespect this boy so they can “troll”
Bet he rapped about drugs, death and bitches.
Fuck him.
Bet all the rappers you listen to do …. he did something nice on a level you never will … stop flucking hating …. fluck him? Na I think it’s fluck you buddy
Wow..you guys have finally done an article on Joyner Lucas. I’m shocked..was starting to think you something against him. He’s killing it right now and barely a mention. You guys only seem to do stories on the same talentless individuals.
Believe it or not Joyner Lucas is a hoe
OK Joyner, but how about campaigning for an end to the violence? You never see rappers trying to stop the violence
STOP! Before you clowns continue to spew hate for a guy doing a good deed … ask yourselves if you’ve ever done something nice on a level like this …. the fact that the family has one less thing to worry about during this time of great sorrow … is unquantifiable … they just lost their very young child … show some god damn respect … you should ashamed of yourselves …. I’m sure you all walk around thinking you are good people … but then you hop on social media and show your true colors … fluck you to the max
This blaque gangbanger should have thought twice before acting tough. Can’t stand the head get out of he kitchen. Blaques always crying about something they did to themselves
Yo, on some real shit, im white and i appreciate what joyner’s doing. You stupid mother fuckers (not all of you, just the dumbasses) on here down talking the man for what he’s not doing, and not shedding a bit of light on what he IS doing. Joyner Lucas isnt perfect and for that matter, neither are you. This dudes done more for his community in the past month, than you have for yours in your entire life. Stop fueling the hate that already has this country torn apart and fuel the recovery. Stupid ass people.