An upstart L.A. rapper by the name of Yngx 17 was killed on Monday (February 28) in North Hollywood after he was crushed beneath a trailer following a road rage incident with a driver, authorities said.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, local police spokesperson Lizeth Lomeli told the outlet the driver and Yngx 17 engaged “in a brief verbal altercation” at Riverside Drive and Camarillo Street at around 3:40 p.m. The upset driver then got back into his white Toyota Tundra, which was hauling a 25-foot trailer, and slammed into the rapper, pinning him against a concrete wall and getting him caught beneath his wheels. Paramedics declared the 28-year-old, real name Taariq Grant, to be dead on the scene.
No arrests have been made at this time.
Yngx 17’s passing comes after a slew of young rappers died by violent means in the month of February. A rising 18-year-old rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana named TrueBleeda was killed on Friday (February 25) after he was shot outside the Mall of Louisiana. In the UK, rising 18-year-old drill rapper Dimzordimma was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old a few days after he had just performed his first show in early February.
Milwaukee rapper 414 Lil Woe was also gunned down and killed in front of his two children in February, and in New York City, local drill rapper Chii Wvttz was gunned down in broad daylight at the beginning of the month after he had left his Bedford-Stuyvesant studio. The death of the latter rapper even reached the ears of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who became visibly distressed when discussing his death during an address.
According to Yngx 17’s Spotify, he had just released a new single titled “My Lilx Angel.”
Check it out below.
This article is mad dumb ..this has nothing to do with rap violence ..write a real article explain the altercation without shouting out other dead rappers related to gun violence ..what an inbred written article
Was the guy 17 or 28…this article is not consistent
must be his gang the 17 ryder click on 17th. btw “rapper” and they post the one song he has.
Never heard of this person. Way too many rappers out here hell i rap too but i don’t have a stage name yet. This young man jumped on a moving truck why do we do what we do? Please use common sense folks.
Might as well go with Bama46Boy as your stage name. You’d fit in quite well with the current scene.
Naw, the n**** got ran over for talking sh*t. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. If he would’ve just let it go and stayed in the car then he’d probably still be alive instead of being a speed bump. Stop thinking everyone is scared of you because you never know what the other person in the altercation is thinking or is capable of. They may be having a bad day or they may be bout it and just don’t give a f*** or strapped. As you see, dude found out the hard way. RIP YNGX 17
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17 wasn’t in a car, he was on foot per LA Times story.
No arrests? Wtf? How?!
But the police are the ones killing everyone!? Joe Niden just said let’s find the police and you guys voted for him!?
Just nigz chimpin out as usual and blaming the white man???
Just the usual racist white troll/s being the miserable baboon he is and just hating every black person he sees???
heres the truth, black people are so racist they hate all other black people.
heres the truth, white people are so racist they cant even stop thinking about black people while they stay on sites like this all day to spread and spam their hate since they have nothing else going for themselves.
Wow…look at all the HATE! Hate is what years this world apart!
The LA Times story says 17 jumped on top of the trailer, fell off, crushed by the wheels.
Why do all these rappers use gamer tags for their rap names?
Rap is violence. The question is, which is the vine and which is the fruit?
Mad foolishness read here! A life is a life. No person is above the law. The internet will become a righteous place when the people who are allowed to post malicious comments are banned and exposed. Society can do better. The world is spending too much time allowing ourselves and our children to associate with people who would denigrate others for a cheap thrill. We are all being watched by a higher power. And one day you will all meet your maker and have to answer for what terrible things you have done. Facts.
“We are all being watched by a higher power. And one day you will all meet your maker and have to answer for what terrible things you have done. Facts” – that’s true and all bro bro but shut tha whole fuck up with that righteous internet bullshit!
Based on the situation the driver of the truck may not be charged due to 17 actually jumping on his vehicle then falling off and be crushed this might be consider accident. Please think before reacting think about your kids, family, LIFE before doing something stupid.
Y’all see the HATE out here?