Hip Hop Homicides

Rising star Pop Smoke is gunned down in the Hollywood Hills in what was first labeled a "robbery gone wrong"... but the scene lacked the usual signs of forced entry and ransacking associated with those crimes. Was this an inside job? A targeted hit?

Chicago drill artist King Von is shot to death in a fight he started outside an Atlanta night club. The altercation is caught on surveillance cameras...But what was the nature of the beef that led to his death? And why did Von throw the first punch?

Was the murder of beloved New Orleans Rapper, Magnolia Shorty, whose voice was sampled on Drake's 2018 smash hit "In My Feelings", a crime of passion? Or a gang-related hit? Did the choices she made in her private life put her into the line of fire?

Rapper and French Montana protege, Chinx, was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Queens, NY in 2015. Was his murder the bloody end of a feud born in prison? And once he was back on the streets, was Chinx actually being "hunted" by his killer?

Van delves into the unsolved mystery of the murder of New Orleans legend and "No Limit" rap star, Soulja Slim. Nearly two decades later, questions remain: was his murder the result of a life lived in the streets? Or was it something more sinister?

Young rap star XXXtentacion"s life was cut tragically short when he was shot dead in the parking lot of a motorsports store near his home in Florida. Was this more than just a robbery gone wrong? And did XXXtentacion predict his own murder?

Was up and coming Dallas rapper Mo3's murder a crime of passion? Or a case of clout-chasing taken to the deadliest extreme? Van Lathan investigates the brazen highway shooting of Dallas rapper Mo3.

FBG Duck helped define the signature sound of Chicago Drill Music only to be gunned down in a mob style hit on the city's streets. Was he murdered because of his street ties? His disrespectful music? Or was he just from the wrong block in Chicago?