Superstar Pride has been arrested for the alleged murder of his barber, but more details have started to come to light about the night in question.
According to WREG-TV in Memphis, Mary Ann Strong — who is the grandmother of the deceased, Marcus Wheatley — spoke to the television station on July 20, and revealed exclusive details to the outlet about the alleged murder.
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Strong claimed that the TikTok sensation (real name Cadarrius Pride) broke into the house and began chasing her grandson around with a gun, eventually firing at him and killing him, before turning the gun on her.
“The young man was shooting at him and he finally shot him down,” she said to the local CBS affiliate. “He fell here and he shot about three times after he fell and he walked over to me and he pointed the gun at me and asked me if I was going to tell it … And he came back out here and fired a last shot in his head.”
Check out the interview with Mary Ann Strong below:
According to inmate records obtained by HipHopDX, Superstar Pride is currently locked up at the Panola County Detention Center, where he’s been sitting since he turned himself in on July 19.
A judge has denied him bond, according to the records, so he will sit in the detention center until his next hearing.
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Pride has been accused of shooting and killing 40-year-old Marcus Wheatley on July 19 in his hometown of Panola County. The shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. ET at a home on Highway 35 North where Wheatley was discovered unconscious from bullet wounds.
Superstar Pride was quickly identified as a suspect and he cut the manhunt short as authorities were notified the 20-year-old rapper would be turning himself in.
“During the course of the investigation, Chief Deputy Reginald Lantern was contacted by family members and notified that Pride wanted to surrender,” said Officer Clinton Roberson to WAPT-16.
Pride was booked on first-degree murder charges and is being held without bond at the Panola County Detention Center.
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Superstar Pride burst onto the rap scene with his candid 2023 track “Painting Pictures,” which exploded with the help of TikTok via United Masters and pushed its way to peak at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 earlier this year.
Per the RIAA, “Painting Pictures” is certified gold and the official music video boasts over 27 million views. The track’s momentum helped bring it to No. 1 on Urban Radio for the week ending May 11.
