{"id":160568,"date":"2026-02-19T00:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160568\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T00:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:28:07","slug":"jacksonville-rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25-confirmed-cause-pending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160568\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa dead at 25 confirmed, cause pending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QOFZQSJJPFEAPCGFRUVV2AOQD4\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Lil Poppa, a rising rapper from Jacksonville, Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/us\/is-lil-poppa-dead-at-25-jacksonville-rappers-death-confirmed-who-was-janarious-mykel-wheeler-cmg-artist-and-what-happened\/articleshow\/128525929.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/us\/is-lil-poppa-dead-at-25-jacksonville-rappers-death-confirmed-who-was-janarious-mykel-wheeler-cmg-artist-and-what-happened\/articleshow\/128525929.cms\">has died at the age of 25<\/a>. His death was confirmed by officials on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UNKGQ7XMWBGUZNBEPLZBFU2WVM\">Lil Poppa\u2019s real name was Janarious Mykel Wheeler, and a medical examiner\u2019s office in Fulton County, Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/India\/lil-poppa-cause-of-death-what-we-know-about-jacksonville-rappers-death\/ar-AA1WCoRZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/India\/lil-poppa-cause-of-death-what-we-know-about-jacksonville-rappers-death\/ar-AA1WCoRZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">said he was pronounced dead<\/a> at 11:23 a.m., Eastern Time, on Feb. 18. No cause of death has been released yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YFDQ2NUU7FGJVKHCKJE5MP4CQY\">The news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/world\/lil-poppa-death-rumor-what-happened-to-the-florida-rapper-heres-what-to-know\/ar-AA1WCjUZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/world\/lil-poppa-death-rumor-what-happened-to-the-florida-rapper-heres-what-to-know\/ar-AA1WCjUZ?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">first spread quickly on social media<\/a> and was later confirmed by the examiner\u2019s office and national news outlets. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5PC6UXOONNE2PGHBMMXZ6KPWUE\">Lil Poppa became well\u2011known for his honest lyrics and catchy songs. He was signed to Yo Gotti\u2019s Collective Music Group (CMG) and had built a fast\u2011growing audience for his work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3SRI36FEKBELNKBZC4CXYCA6NE\">He released several popular tracks, including \u201cLove &amp; War,\u201d \u201cMind Over Matter,\u201d and \u201cHAPPY TEARS,\u201d and his album Almost Normal Again came out in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZUX7PT7KPFAOJM4ITRECGSXPBQ\">Five days before his death, Lil Poppa released a new single called \u201cOut of Town Bae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CELXLEHSKNCNJLPVTWNTAQUBFY\">Fans were excited about his recent music and an upcoming live show scheduled for next month in New Orleans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Lil Poppa, a rising rapper from Jacksonville, Florida, has died at the age of 25.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-160568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}