Atlanta Rapper Shawty Lo Dies In A Fiery Car Crash

AJC- An Atlanta rapper was killed Wednesday in a fiery crash on I-285 in south Fulton County, according to his official Twitter account. While the Fulton Medical Examiner’s office has not identified the victim in the crash, the rapper’s brother and a manager confirmed Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker, known for the hit “Dey Know,” died in the accident on the I-285 southbound ramp to Cascade Road. Shawty Lo was also a member of the Atlanta rap group D4L, who scored a hit with “Laffy Taffy.” After initially describing the crash as a hit-and-run, “it has been confirmed now that it was a single car accident,” Fulton police spokeswoman Cpl. Maureen Smith said. The crash happened about 2:20 a.m. and temporarily blocked the ramp to Cascade Road.

Nooooooooooo. Sad sad stuff coming from the bottom of the map. Do I know all that much abut Shawty Lo? Not a ton. I know he made the song “Dey Know” which is a goddamn classic. I will be listening to that song all morning and probably all day now. I know he was a co-founder of the classic mid-2000s hip hop group D4L. A group that was part of the dirty south hip hop music that emerged in the early 2000s and into the mid-2000s. A group that brought us classics such as “Laffy Taffy” and “Betcha Can’t Do It Like Me” Laffy Taffy was one of those songs I remember awkwardly grinding up against girls to in my high school years. So thanks for that. RIP Shawty Lo.

You can also head over to Shawty’s Instagram for some NSFW videos of him at a strip club last night. Life comes at you so damn fast man.