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1:42 PM PT — Yo Gotti‘s company CMG has released a statement in the wake of Lil Poppa’s passing … calling him a “beloved family member” and promising to uphold his legacy with honor and respect.
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Rapper Lil Poppa died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound … TMZ has learned.
The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office in Georgia tells TMZ the rapper — real name Janarious Mykel Wheeler — died after being shot in the head … his death has been ruled a suicide.
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Lil Poppa’s cause of death comes out just a day after authorities pronounced him dead.
Lil Poppa was a popular Jacksonville, Florida-based rapper and part of Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group (CMG). He released an album last year … and dropped the single “Out of Town Bae” just last week.
Fans paid tribute to the late rapper in the comments section of his most recent Instagram post … and his old collaborator Caroline “Baroline” Diaz wrote on X, “My little brother is gone, Poppa I love you so much. I am so broken. One of the first artists I had at Interscope. A&R’ed 4 of his projects. I’m so sad right now……..”
Poppa was 25.
RIP
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