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        <title><![CDATA[‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ rapper Huey killed in St. Louis double shooting]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rapper Huey has been killed in a double shooting in his hometown of St. Louis, according to reports. He was 32.</p><p>The &#8220;Pop, Lock &amp; Drop It&#8221; star — real name Lawrence Franks Jr. — was shot at least once at about 11 p.m. Thursday while in a front yard, <strong>according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch</strong>.</p><p>Huey — who had a teenage daughter — was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital, police told the paper, without officially confirming his identity.</p><p>A second victim went to a local precinct and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police told the paper. It was not immediately clear how he was connected to Huey.</p><p>While officials did not confirm his identity, the local hip-hop community lit up social media with tributes to one of the city&#8217;s most popular recent rappers.</p><p>&#8220;They killed my lil cousin,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/brucefranksjr/status/1276408088065478656" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted former state Rep. Bruce Franks Jr.</a>, a local activist fighting gun violence known as the ”St. Louis Superman.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;The last time we performed together! Y&#8217;all knew him as Huey, to his loved ones he was LJ! My lil cousin! Rest Easy!&#8221;</p><p>St. Louis-based producer and songwriter Jaylien Wesley said he <a href="https://twitter.com/jaylienwesley/status/1276448923880587265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276448923880587265%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Frapper-huey-dead-st-louis-shooting-pop-lock-drop-it-hit-1513601" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;shed a few&#8221; at the news</a>.</p><p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">&#8220;My dawg Huey is gone forever,&#8221; he wrote, saying, &#8220;Ima help keep your spirit alive down here. much much love forever.&#8221;</span></p><p>DJ Boogie Corleone said the news &#8220;hit hard&#8221; in <strong>an Instagram tribute</strong>. &#8220;Rest well my friend,&#8221; he wrote.</p><figure id="attachment_15895810"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/huey-pop-lock-drop-02.jpg" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/06/huey-pop-lock-drop-02.jpg" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/06/huey-pop-lock-drop-02.jpg" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Huey</span><span class="credit">Getty Images</span></figcaption></figure><p>The rapper — also known as Baby Huey — previously told the Post-Dispatch about his &#8220;really rough&#8221; upbringing, the paper said.</p><p>&#8220;My mama and daddy were on drugs. My brother was in and out of jail. The foster people were chasing me. It was crazy,&#8221; he said in a 2007 interview.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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