A YOUNG rapper signed has died days after releasing a new single, at just 25 years old.
Janarious Mykel Wheeler, known by fans as Lil Poppa, died at 11:23am on Wednesday, according to the medical examiner.
According to his Spotify profile Poppa began releasing music in 2017, when he was just a teenager.
When rumours of his death first circulated, fans flooded his social media begging for answers, however the young rapper’s cause of death is currently unknown.
At the time of his death Lil Poppa had more than 600,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and over 960 thousand followers on Instagram.
In a now-tragic final post shared on his Instagram story Tuesday night, Poppa appeared to be riding in a car as he listened to Letting it go by Rod Wave.
Who was Lil Poppa?
Lil Poppa, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where he first started rapping at church with a group of friends and his older brother.
And at just 12 years old Poppa built a makeshift studio in the closet of his bedroom and started recording his music using just a laptop and a Radio Shack mic.
His big break came in 2018, when his independently released single Purple Hearts hit 2.3 million views on YouTube.
Since then he has released several albums with his label Collective Music Group, which has signed other industry heavyweights like GloRilla.
What was Lil Poppa’s cause of death?
The Fulton County Medical Examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, announced the tragedy, but didn’t give a cause of death, TMZ reported.
According the a medical examiner, the young rapper’s time of death was 11.23am, but his cause of death is currently unknown.
Fans began expressing their concerns about rumours of his death online when the news first started spreading.
A distraught fan wrote: “poppa please say something this can’t be happening.”
What song made Lil Poppa famous?
Lil Poppa wrote songs about relationships, mental health, and love.
The artist was best known for his tracks including “Love & War,” “Mind Over Matter,” and “HAPPY TEARS”.
Just days before his death Poppa released a new single called “Out of Town Bae”.
“And I can’t change how I’m living, I ain’t got no feelings, I pour drank in my kidney, And it’s only for the healing” he sings in his most played song on Spotify, “Eternal Living”.