Getting rich and famous lets you live a wild lifestyle,
but it also puts a target on your back.
Being a rapper is actually one of the most dangerous jobs you can have,
and today we’re breaking down the biggest artists in the game
who weren’t moving right and got caught lacking.
Let’s get right into it.
The rap game was shocked back in June
when Lil Tjay got shot seven times during a robbery in New Jersey.
He was sitting in the whip with two homies
when a dude walked up and tried to rob them.
At some point shots started going off,
then Tjay and one of his boys got hit.
Someone in the car was shooting back though,
and the robber got hit during all the chaos.
At first it didn’t look like Tjay was going to make it.
He was unconscious for a long time
and nobody knew if he was gonna wake back up,
but two months after it went down
he hopped on IG to thank everyone for the support.
I just wanna say
thanks for the love, thanks for the support.
I've been looking at the DM's you know I'm saying and the comments,
and everything else and I fell love.
Then he dropped the track Beat The Odds and said
“‘I do my own thing,
f*** it, I took seven shots, no shame
Back to wall, I’m still gon’ blow you down,
I ain’t no stain.”
and “‘Cause we catch a opp and send him to the sky
They be like,
‘Tjay, why do you move around with all them f*****’ guns?’
I just tell ‘em that’s ‘cuase I don’t wanna die
And trust me, I don’t lie,
can’t f*** up, I’m a star right now
If I wasn’t quick to blow,
I would be in the stars right now.”
Tjay also dropped a freestyle
over 50 Cent’s Many Men beat
and allegedly called out A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s homie
Trap Manny with the line
“Like what?
Mr. Manny steady talkin’ like he tough
Caught his ass, ain’t have no pole,
and he went skippin’ off the dust.”
That’s when A Boogie’s homie Don Q
dropped a diss track called IDK and rapped
“I used to like you,
so I’m happy they ain’t finish the job
But you must got a death wish,
you try to mention the squad
Got shot,
now you saying names all over your raps
P**** boy, I could imagine what you told the detects
Got up out the hospital and now you overaggressive
‘Cause they almost sent you to your maker
over your necklace.”
Tjay didn’t respond to the diss though.
He’s been busy recovering
and trying to get back on the grind.
Back in September
he made his comeback at Rolling Loud,
and a couple weeks ago
he linked up with Ice Spice to hand out Thanksgiving meals in the Bronx.
Luckily Tjay survived getting hit up seven times,
and hopefully he’ll start rolling with more security
to make sure he doesn’t get caught up in another situation like that.
G Herbo is a Chicago rapper
who came up in an area called Terror Town.
He had a wild come up repping NLMB,
and saw his first murder at just nine years old.
Herbo jumped off the porch at a young age,
and while he was still in the streets
he caught a bullet in the foot
and almost got hit in the head too.
Luckily Herbo survived the streets
and made it in the rap game,
but in October
he had another close call
when someone allegedly tried to take him out
while he was on stage.
On October 14th,
Herbo was performing at Clark University in Atlanta
when a shot went off out of nowhere.
(Gunshot)
In a video from the set,
you can see everyone take a second
to realize what was happening after they heard the shot.
Then everyone starts panicking and running for cover.
It’s not clear exactly what went down
or if anyone really tried to take Herbo out,
but he didn’t even flinch when he heard the shot.
Most people would start ducking behind security,
but when you from a hood called Terror Town
you just get used to wild situations like that.
Ralphy OSS is a rapper from Philly
who went viral earlier this year
for getting ran down on with a switch in broad daylight.
Ralphy was chilling on the block with some homies
when a car pulled up
and a shooter hopped out letting off shots.
Ralphy got shot in both legs and hit the ground,
but luckily the shooter’s gun jammed up
and Ralphy was able to run inside the corner store.
The shooter ran after him and got his strap working again,
but when he got to the door
someone from inside the shop allegedly started shooting back.
The shooter ran back the other way,
but he tripped over a scooter on the ground and the clip flew out of his gun.
Then Ralphy ran back out of the store
while the shooter hopped in the getaway car and drove off.
Ralphy did an interview with Say Cheese TV
and broke the situation down.
According to him,
when he got in the corner store
he saw an old man in there too.
Ralphy didn’t want to get the old dude hit,
so he ran back out to just get away from the situation.
Old head was in there I'm coming his way,
he's like 'Oh my god' and he ducked
He's getting on the ground and s***.
So I'm like damn cuz behind me, I'm like damn I'm gonna get old head killed.
So I got,
so when he got on the ground I jumped over like f*** it,
If Imma die Imma die by myself I ain't gonna get old head killed.
Like on some real s***
He ended up having to spend a week in the hospital,
but Ralphy got seriously lucky.
If the shooter’s gun didn’t jam up when Ralphy fell down,
he probably wouldn’t have made it out alive.
And if the dude’s clip didn’t go flying out of his gun
he could’ve shot Ralphy again when he ran out of the store.
Fortunately Ralphy made a full recovery
and is back on the grind,
and he says he realizes how lucky he is to be alive today.
Quando Rondo
is famous for being involved with the death of King Von back in 2020,
and he’s had a target on his back ever since.
A lot of King Von’s homies have been talking about their get back,
and in August
Quando almost got taken out
when the opps caught him lacking in LA.
Quando and his homies were at a gas station
when three shooters pulled up on them
and started letting off shots.
Reports started flying that Quando had been shot and killed,
but it turns out
the shooters completely missed him.
Unfortunately
Quando’s homie Lul Pap got hit
and later died from his injuries.
A tragic video came out showing Quando screaming
while the cops pulled Pap’s body out of their Escalade.
And what makes the situation even worse
is that another one of his homies was killed in Savannah less than a day earlier.
Nobody knows who was behind the hit,
but Quando isn’t letting it keep him down.
He just dropped a collab album with his homie Youngboy Never Broke Again,
and his name is buzzing in the industry more than ever.
J Money is a rapper from Atlanta
known for working with artists like the Migos,
Shawty Lo, Boosie, and way more.
Back in June he celebrated beating cancer,
but last week he got caught in LA
and was shot three times plus had his jewelry stolen.
J Money had been chilling with a rapper named KingLee,
who’s actually the crown prince of the Korean royal family.
Money was sitting in KingLee’s Rolls Royce
outside of a luxury apartment complex in Koreatown,
and that’s when two goons walked up
and robbed him in broad daylight.
J Money was breathing when the ambulance came,
but later reports came out that he’s in critical condition.
Nobody has been arrested yet,
but it’s wild that somebody would get robbed and shot in an area like that.
Fans have been comparing the situation to FBG Duck,
who got killed in Chicago’s wealthy Gold Coast neighborhood,
but it looks like the J Money case was just a straight- up robbery that turned violent
instead of a targeted murder.
Hopefully J Money pulls through and makes a full recovery.
GBO Gaston is a rapper from LA
who’s known for dissing people for clout.
After Nipsey was killed,
he started claiming to be the shooter -
and he even threw a cup full of pee on Nipsey’s mural.
Gaston actually came up as a Minecraft YouTuber,
but he started going crazy on social media
chasing clout and trying to act hard.
He’s threatened dudes like cripp mac on IG Live before,
but there’s a couple of videos going around
showing what he’s really like when the opps catch him lacking.
One video shows someone spotting him in the street,
and when they tried to press him
Gaston allegedly ran into the police station.
In another clip
somebody saw him in court
and said they were gonna put hands on him,
but it’s not clear if he actually caught a beating.
A lot of people want to get famous off of social media,
and acting wild like Gaston does is one way to get eyes on you.
But when you’re going around dissing legends like Nipsey
and acting like you’re something you’re not,
it’s only a matter of time before someone catches you lacking.
Hopefully Gaston just goes back to making Minecraft videos
before the wrong person spots him
and something serious goes down.
Maine Musik is a rapper from Baton Rouge
known for tracks like Go Crazy and Soulja Slim Flow 2.
Right now he’s serving a seven year sentence on a federal gun charge,
but he’s really lucky to even be alive right now..
A few years ago,
Maine started beefing with another rapper from Baton Rouge
named Sherwood Marty.
It’s not clear exactly how everything went down,
but Maine got caught lacking
and his whip got shot up 37 times.
Maine got hit three times,
but luckily none of the shots were serious
and he was able to recover.
After it went down,
he hopped in the booth and dropped the track Insurance -
where he rapped
“Caught me off it, beat me in the ass?
They hit me in the leg
In the arm, in the thigh,
but it could’ve been the head
But instead they had they eyes closed,
they thought I was dead.”
and “B**** ass n**** I’m 6 foot 6
and a n**** miss 37 shots,
b**** ass n**** how you hit 3 out of 37
Now either god was by my side or them shootas was blind.”
It’s wild that Maine is still around today after getting caught like that.
He used to rock with Youngboy before he got booked,
so maybe when he gets back out
he’ll have the chance to link back up with him
and leave the streets behind for good.