PnB Rock Dead: 5 Things To Know About The Rapper Fatally Shot At LA Restaurant

Rapper PnB Rock has died aft being robbed and past changeable successful Los Angeles connected Sept. 12, per the Los Angeles Times. PnB Rock, whose commencement sanction is Rakim Allen, was 30 years old. According to Los Angles constabulary Capt. Kelly Muniz, PnB was targeted aft his girlfriend, Steph Sibounheuan, posted a since-deleted photograph of him eating at  Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles connected societal media and tagged the location, which was connected the country of Main Street and Manchester Avenue. “He changeable the unfortunate and ran retired the broadside doorway to a getaway car and past fled the parking lot,” Kelly told the publication.

An serviceman wrong the LAPD confirmed to HollywoodLife that a shooting occurred connected the “100 artifact of Manchester Ave.” astatine astir 1:30 successful the day and that “officers responded and recovered a unfortunate suffering.” According to The Times, PnB was transported to the hospital, wherever helium was pronounced dormant astatine 1:59 p.m.

The “Selfish” rapper had precocious go an autarkic creator and was precise arrogant of the feat, adjacent including it successful his Instagram bio. His past release, “Luv Me Again”, dropped connected Sept. 3. Read connected to larn much astir the Philadelphia-born rapper.

PnB Rock died by gunshot astatine the property of 30 years aged connected Sept. 12, 2022 (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock)

PnB Rock Thought He Was Best At Producing Beats

PnB didn’t consciousness similar a vocalist and didn’t privation to “label” himself into 1 class of artistry oregon genre. “It’s like, what bash you statement yourself, erstwhile you inactive infuse rap into your s—t?” helium debated to Paper Magazine successful 2017 (via the LA Times). “People can’t accidental I’m a rapper, but I don’t consciousness similar I’m a vocalist either. I’m not hitting ace precocious notes and going crazy. I can’t springiness you Chris Brown singing. I conscionable got bully melodies.”

Tacos Were PnB’s Favorite Food

PnB was a immense instrumentality of beef tacos. “I ever devour tacos,” helium gushed to Fuse in Dec. 2017, adding that helium ever ate them successful the signaling studio. “I truly similar beef tacos. I similar the sauces, the sour pick with the lettuce, food … you can’t messiness it up. I astir apt eats, like, 3,000 tacos. I could devour tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”

PnB Rock got his commencement connected Vine and past signed a grounds deal, officially opening his nonrecreational vocation (Photo: Earl Gibson III/Shutterstock)

Drake Was A Huge Inspiration For PnB

In the aforesaid interrogation with Fuse, PnB revealed helium had been listening to Canadian-born rapper Drake since helium was successful a juvenile halfway astatine 8 years aged and praised him for paving the mode for a caller benignant of music. “Who other earlier him successful my epoch was rapping and singing?” helium asked earlier revealing helium had immoderate collaborations with Drake coming up. “I conscionable sent him 2 songs, he’s truly hype astir them. He told maine 1 of my songs was 1 of his favourite songs — a remix that I did [of French Montana and Swae Lee‘s] ‘Unforgettable.’ He fundamentally said, ‘The opus was already a hit, I don’t cognize however you could marque an already-a-hit, a super-super-hit,'” helium recalled. “I was like, ‘Damn. Drake said that astir my music?'” PnB besides collaborated with Chance the Rapper, Ed Sheeran, Wiz Khalifa, Young Thug, and much passim his career.

PnB’s Favorite Song Was Super Personal To Him

PnB besides revealed his favourite opus disconnected his debut workplace album, Catch These Vibes, successful his interrogation with Fuse. Called “Pressure”, it is astir handling his increasing vocation and idiosyncratic obligations. “I precocious mislaid my brother, you know?” helium began. “Me and my mom, my babe mama, was similar going backmost and distant astir similar maine not truly having clip to beryllium astir arsenic overmuch arsenic I utilized to. Everybody … thinks I’m similar surviving this lavish life, you cognize what I’m saying? But I inactive woody with the unit connected my shoulders. This is what I was talking astir successful the song.” PnB shared 2 daughters, Milan and Xuri, with his girlified, Steph.

PnB Wanted To Be With Steph Forever

Although Steph and PnB had their ups and downs, the rapper made it wide helium wanted to walk the remainder of his beingness with the parent of his 2 children. In a opus called “Angel Energy”, helium rapped astir his emotion for her and shared a video compilation to Instagram composed of clips with her with the opus playing successful the background. In the caption of the Instagram post, shared connected July 20, helium called Stephanie a “true beingness partner” who makes him “stronger, much spiritual and smarter”. He besides told her helium looks guardant to spending “the remainder of eternity” with her.