Rapper Goonew shot and killed following incident in Maryland
nme.comThe Washington Post by his manager, comes nearly two years after he survived another shooting attempt in 2020.Writing on Twitter after that, he posted: “I Ain’t Never Show This Pictures But July 5th Last Year They Told My Mother I Was Dead I Came Back… I’m Blessed & thankful I’m Still Here.”It is not yet known if the two incidents are connected.Goonew first made a name for himself in 2017 after working with Lil Dude, before signing with Hoodrich Pablo Juan.
He had released several mixtapes including ‘Hey Auntie’, ‘Big 64’ and ‘Goonwick 2’.He developed his style and fanbase over the next four years, with The Washington Post describing his music as “timeless”.An obituary from the newspaper said: “The 24-year-old Maryland rapper had a gift for smearing time, phrasing his rhymes slightly in front of the beat, making the present moment feel weightless and imprecise.
It gave his music an enchanted atemporality, but for Goonew, it all felt perfectly natural.”Prelim: At approx. 5:40 pm, officers responded to the area for a report of a shooting.
Once on scene, they located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a hospital for life threating injuries.
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