According to reports, rapper Jaydayoungan and his father were shot in their hometown and his condition was critical to the extent that he had to be transported to the hospital in a helicopter via the New York Post;
Up-and-coming rapper JayDaYoungan died after suffering gunshot wounds Wednesday night outside his home in Louisiana.
The 24-year-old musician, known for his hits “23 Island” and “Elimination,” was shot along with a male relative, Kenyatta Scott Sr., the Bogalusa Police Department confirmed to The Post.
The shooting took place just before 6 p.m., and the rapper — whose real name was Javorius Tykies Scott — was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
JayDaYoungan ultimately died just before midnight, police said. The rapper’s relative remains in stable condition.
“This is a very fluid situation. Our officers are working diligently to identify the subjects responsible for these crimes,” police said in a statement.
Cops said another shooting happened about 30 minutes after the one involving the rapper. Officials said it was possible the shootings were linked.
JayDaYoungan leaves behind a young son, according to his social media posts. Just hours before his untimely death, the rapper posted a video on Instagram showing a child believed to be his son.
The kid had potential.
Javorius Tykies Scott (July 15, 1998 – July 27, 2022), known professionally as JayDaYoungan, was an American rapper and singer. He was best known for his singles “23 Island”, “Elimination”, and “Opps”, which have received 49, 27, and 26 million respective streams on SoundCloud as of November 2020. Scott released the mixtapes Forever 23 (2018), Endless Pain (2019), and his debut album Misunderstood (2019), which peaked at number 43 on the Billboard 200. He was first exposed to the mainstream with his mixtapes Ruffwayy and The Real Jumpman 23, which included the tracks “Sliding Freestyle” and “Muddy Situation”. Scott was shot and killed on July 27, 2022. He was 24.
On July 27, 2022, the Bogalusa Police Department posted on their Facebook page saying that the department had received a call concerning a shooting in the 600 block of Superior Avenue, Bogalusa, Louisiana. The department said that one victim was rushed to hospital and another victim was still at the scene with critical injuries. They also mentioned that another shooting had taken place in another area, possibly related to the first shooting in Superior Avenue. It was confirmed by Scott’s sister and the Bogalusa Police Department that Scott was one of the victims of the shooting, and later on both parties had confirmed that he had succumbed to his injuries.
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