Promising rapper Lil Snupe shot dead at 18

Promising young rapper Lil Snupe has been killed at just 18 years of age.
Recently signed to Meek Mill's Dream Chaser's label, the hopeful is reported to have died on Thursday morning following a shooting.

Lil Snupe's manager @Leem7st confirmed the sad news via Twitter.

Tragic: Lil Snupe - pictured here with his management team - was shot dead on Thursday morning

No official details have been revealed about the exact nature of the teenager's untimely demise.
According to Billboard, Snupe has either been living Baton Rouge or Jonesboro.
His manager, DJ Smallz and Dream Chasers' Louie V Gutta tweeted of Lil Snupe's death this morning.
Meek Mill signed Snupe to Dream Chasers last year after listening to his mixtape for just 20 minutes,
The late artist told MTV News in February: 'He was in a van, they was gonna pull off.

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'And I went and knocked on the van, on the window.
'They let the window down, grabbed the mixtape and it was like 10 minutes later, 20 minutes later they called me.'
'He was spittin' so much pain, he's from the south with a flow like an east coast guy,' Meek told MTV.
Snupe's last Tweet read: 'i Hold it Down 4 Louisiana.'
The mixtape 'Real Ni--a in Charge,' was released in April.
Source: Mail Online