{"id":161325,"date":"2026-02-19T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161325\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:09:08","slug":"hip-hop-mourns-jacksonville-rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/161325\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip-Hop Mourns Jacksonville Rapper Lil Poppa, Dead At 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/17715151945518.jpg\" alt=\"Rod Wave In Concert - Detriot, MI\" class=\"wp-image-3046291\"  \/>Source: Aaron J. Thornton \/ Getty<\/p>\n<p>Rising rapper <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/18\/celebrity-news\/rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25-distraught-fans-respond-with-heartfelt-tributes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lil Poppa<\/a> has reportedly passed away, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/18\/rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida artist was pronounced dead on Wednesday at 11:23 a.m. following an evaluation by the Fulton County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. There has not been an official cause of death announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes just days after the release of his latest single, \u201cOut Of Town Bae,\u201d a record that had already begun gaining some traction among his fan base. Mobile, Alabama rapper NoCap had even hinted at appearing on a potential remix, making the sudden loss even more difficult for supporters and collaborators to process.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after news of Poppa\u2019s untimely passing surfaced, NoCap shared a heartfelt message to his friend, \u201cHopefully we can talk about it when I get there like we always do, love you, Ms. Barbara Grandson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frequent collaborator, Toosi also posted his message to Lil Poppa:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart broke today, vamp, every time I asked was you good you said yea brudda. You was one of my only real friends in this sh*t bro we came in this together. Last week I called you and you know what we had planned man, the fans would\u2019ve loved it bro! I send my love and prayers to yours man. Vamp 4 Live rest up, Lil Poppa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lil Poppa signed to Yo Gotti\u2019s CMG label in April 2022 and released more than eight projects during his time with the imprint, steadily building a loyal fan base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lil Poppa\u2019s family, friends, and fans during this difficult time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Aaron J. Thornton \/ Getty Rising rapper Lil Poppa has reportedly passed away, according to sources. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[77254,116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-161325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-florida-rappers","9":"tag-jacksonville","10":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","11":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161325","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=161325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}