Young Slo-Be, the Stockton, California rapper behind the hits “Smurkish Mode” and “I Love You,” has been shot and killed at the age of 29.
The news was confirmed by Thizzler On The Roof, the Oakland-based media company which worked with Slo-Be. The rapper (real name Disean Jaquae Victor) died on Friday morning (August 5).
“We’re devastated to announce that rising star Young Slo-Be was shot & killed this morning,” Thizzler On The Roof tweeted. “It was an honor to work with Slo-Be the last couple of years and we’re heartbroken to say goodbye.
The company added: “Our condolences go out to his family & loved ones.”
According to CBS News, the shooting took place in Manteca, California. Police responded to reports of a shooting a little after 8 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene they found a male shooting victim who had suffered fatal injuries.
No motive for the shooting has yet been revealed, but police said it doesn’t appear to have been a random act. No suspect information has been released at this point.
“Our whole team mourns him and are shaken to think of the loss of his massive potential to this senseless act of violence,” Slo-Be’s project manager at Thizzler On The Roof said in a statement to Pitchfork.
Young Slo-Be was a well known figure in the Stockton Hip Hop scene, with tracks such as “Smurkish Mode” and “Unforgivable” featuring Drakeo The Ruler among some of his popular.
His biggest record, “I Love You,” which samples Mariah Carey’s “Circles,” came in 2021. Arriving on the rapper’s Slo-Be Bryant 3 album, it blew up on TikTok, and has been featured in more than 19,000 videos on the platform to-date.
Fans of Young Slo-Be have taken to social media to pay tribute to the late rapper.
“RIP Young Slo-Be. Really was on the come up, been one of my favorite artists for a minute,” one fan wrote on Twitter. “Very sad [heart emoji] Was thinking about “Don’t Kome 2 My Funeral” when the news broke.”
Another tweeted: “Young Slo-Be was on his way to be sumn big out of NorCal and was one of my favorite artists. Sadly he passed away today so here’s a thread of some of my favorite songs he’s released. RIP Slo-Be.”
A third simply wrote: “Long Live Young Slo-be.”
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RIP…man, these rappers are dying just as quickly as Bobby Shmurda’s radio singles.
The cashier of the liquor store on the 25th Ave and Emerson St in Columbus got shot too last week. Can yall make an article about him too??
Is he a rapper?
Yeah he used to rap sometimes in the cafeteria at lunch
I guess he’ll never be Old Slo-Be…
He should have been faster-Be?
drakeo is up there somewhere it just so happens. may the lord have mercy.
“Senseless acts of violence” Yet, that’s all these gangsta rappers keep talking about in their songs. Live by the gun, die by it. It sounds cruel, but can’t really keep saying RIP if they bring it to themselves.
Never heard of him. Every year the list gets bigger. There are clearly a lot of overly emotional brothers out here. They think nothing of killing someone.
I swear one of this dude’s songs is played in like every other tiktok video. “I know you love me baby”
Young Slo Be had solid buzz, lots of tracks with millions of views, pretty sad. He had some dope tracks. Tough to make it out of these cali hoods, damn near impossible.
You can make it out these Cali streets as a black man. You just have to be able to navigate through the streets and know when it’s time to stay out of the streets. I grew up in Watts (Southeast Los Angeles) and it wasn’t pretty at all but I survived. I knew when it was time to get out of the hood because you will definitely get caught slipping. Still own a property in Los Angeles near Sofi Stadium that I rent out for $3400 a month but I don’t live in the hood anymore. I only come through if my tenant need something repair or an inspection which is rarely. The young man could’ve left the hood but sometimes its hard because all your peeps are still in hood. Jealousy will always kill and that’s what happened to Nip. Dude lived in West Los Angeles and should’ve stayed in West Los Angeles and let his workers handle his business or had armed surety with him.
Preach, more young people need to read this comment. There’s too much defeatism out there. If dudes like DJ Quik and MC Eiht can do it, so can you. Glad you made it out.
Yeah. You’re 1000 percent lying. No property near Sofi goes for that. Hahahaha. So full of shit. That’s. Brentwood prices. Hahahaha.
3400 for a rental in the ghetto? That’s retarded, in my.neck of the wood it is like 600… 3400 a rich man’s life.boy
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Lmao damn bro, you went all the way in on em!
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I‘m getting old. Last shot rapper I knew was Nip.
Daamn, rappers dropping like flies out here
Old Fast-Be is still Okay though…