Over a decade-long career, Chris King released scores of mixtapes and LPs. Photo: Chris King/Instagram
The rapper Chris King, who was close friends with Justin Bieber and collaborated with Trippie Redd, was killed early Saturday (April 20) morning in Nashville, Tennessee, the United States, according to police reports. He was 32.
The artiste, born Christopher Cheeks, was in an alleyway between Hayes and Church streets in Nashville at 2.30am with a 29-year-old man (who was not named) when, according to Nashville police, three men attempted to rob them. Both King and the 29-year-old man were shot in the altercation, though the 29-year-old survived.
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