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Rapper Drakeo the Ruler dead after being stabbed at LA concert: report
NY Post ^ | December 19, 2021 | By Sam Raskin

Posted on 12/19/2021 11:44:47 AM PST by conservative98

Rapper Drakeo the Ruler has died after being stabbed during a concert in Los Angeles Saturday night, according to a report.

Drakeo, whose legal name is Darrell Caldwell, succumbed to his wounds sustained at the Snoop Dogg-headlined Once Upon A Time In LA music festival, TMZ reported early Sunday morning.

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Drakeo, 28, was stabbed behind the stage at L.A. Exposition Park about 8:30 p.m. local time and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, People reporter Tomas Mier said on Twitter.

The rapper, was attacked by a group of men backstage, a source “with direct knowledge of the incident,” told the Los Angeles Times.

The Once Upon a Time in LA festival was canceled in response to the stabbing.

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KEYWORDS: california; darrellcaldwell; drakeotheruler; ericgarcetti; gavinnewsom; humblegunnerwashere; losangeles; onceuponatimeinla; snoopdogg; stabbings
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To: conservative98

“I was in my dressing room.”

This sounds like some of those Columbo episodes—the perfect alibi!


21 posted on 12/19/2021 12:01:01 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: conservative98

someone unrapped an early christmas present...


22 posted on 12/19/2021 12:02:10 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: cgbg

And he “chose to immediately leave the festival grounds.”

Hmmmm… 🤔


23 posted on 12/19/2021 12:04:10 PM PST by Allegra
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To: conservative98

Gangsta concert living up to its name.


24 posted on 12/19/2021 12:04:17 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Paladin2

“Were the stabbers acting in concert?”

Well, there was a band of them ...


25 posted on 12/19/2021 12:04:42 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: SkyDancer

“What is it with all these rappers being killed?”

Organized crime.


26 posted on 12/19/2021 12:05:32 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: conservative98
Rapper Drakeo the Ruler...

smmfh...

27 posted on 12/19/2021 12:06:08 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: conservative98

I’m surprised that there’s no “Jack the Rapper”.


28 posted on 12/19/2021 12:06:38 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

lol...


29 posted on 12/19/2021 12:07:11 PM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: conservative98

Name me one other genre of music whose performers are murdered with the same frequency as rappers.


30 posted on 12/19/2021 12:10:10 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: conservative98
The Ruler, NoMo.

Maybe whoever got him were evening the score?

"Drakeo The Ruler Has Been Acquitted Of Two Murder-Related Charges"

https://uproxx.com/music/drakeo-the-ruler-acquitted-murder/

31 posted on 12/19/2021 12:10:46 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: windsorknot

https://www.factmag.com/2015/07/03/jack-the-rapper-family-affair-rise-and-fall-hip-hop-gathering/


everything has been thought of?


32 posted on 12/19/2021 12:11:17 PM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

“Give me Cab Calloway, or Dinah Washington any day!”

Or the Four Tops, the Spinners, or Harold Melvin.


33 posted on 12/19/2021 12:16:05 PM PST by Luke21
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Actually, far too many like it.

The hint they should get is that it is devil music basically. The themes are terrible but even the “music” is a constant drumbeat of...pounding cacophony.


34 posted on 12/19/2021 12:26:29 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: conservative98

Oh, my gosh…the comments in this thread are killing me!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣


35 posted on 12/19/2021 12:51:20 PM PST by TXBlair (We will not forget Benghazi.)
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To: conservative98

I came all this way
just to say,
“Who cares?”


36 posted on 12/19/2021 12:54:59 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: conservative98
Drakeo the Ruler has died

Heavy is the head that wears the crown…

37 posted on 12/19/2021 1:19:43 PM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: pepsi_junkie
" Drakeo the Ruler has died

Heavy is the head that wears the crown… "

I guess he was over ruled.

38 posted on 12/19/2021 1:52:10 PM PST by crazy scenario (The burden of Damascus is next!)
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To: conservative98

Sad. RIP.


39 posted on 12/19/2021 2:08:01 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s got street cred, now...


40 posted on 12/19/2021 2:21:00 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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