Young Capone, a rapper protégé of Jermaine Dupri, has died, in line with his publicist. He was 35. No reason for dying was given.
Capone (actual title Rodriguez Smith) had been lacking from Chicago since July. It is unclear if he surfaced earlier than his dying or why he went lacking.
He additionally was identified to followers as Dopeboy Ra and RaRa.
Capone gained prominence throughout the mid-2000s performing within the underground hip-hop scene in Atlanta, in line with XXL.
His publicist Aleesha Carter introduced his dying through Instagram.
“This is with a heavy heavy heart that I’m even posting this. We made magic when we strategically put out projects, always,” he wrote. ‘Young Capone, aka Dopeboy Ra, aka Rara, was one of my first Hip Hop/ Rap clients, and I can’t consider the information I simply received of his surprising passing! A buddy…a shopper and simply large in East Atlanta. This isn’t the simplest publish in any respect. Rest simple, RIP.”
After information of his passing, Dupri shared an excerpt of the Young Capone track “I’m Hot” together with a photograph of the late musician smoking in a automotive. He captioned the publish with 4 dove emojis.
Young Capone’s albums included the 2010’s Tha Life of a Youngsta, adopted by Paper and Politics. Both have been launched previous to him altering his title to Dopeboy Ra.
His remaining album, SlumMade 2.0, was launched late final yr.