{"id":139335,"date":"2026-02-19T22:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:39:08","slug":"florida-rapper-dies-at-25-in-apparent-suicide-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139335\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida rapper dies at 25 in apparent suicide, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OBZMHGBBMJDF5GN34RZ3Z5BF6Y\">Editor\u2019s note: The Advance\/SILive.com typically limits reporting on suicides to those that occur in crowded public places, involve public figures or, in special circumstances, where there is a larger public impact. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TC4VM63OWJCSLMNPJASO2VRLX4\">Jacksonville-based rapper Lil Poppa died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VNFFXB5TCNBRBH6XXEVSU44OJE\">The medical examiner\u2019s office told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/19\/rapper-lil-poppa-cause-of-death-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ<\/a> about the ruling just one day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/entertainment\/2026\/02\/popular-rapper-dies-days-after-releasing-new-song.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">authorities pronounced him dead<\/a>. He was 25 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VF5FL7DFSZDZTC2UXHUDWXZ2JU\">Lil Poppa was part of Yo Gotti\u2019s Collective Music Group and had released an album last year. His single \u201cOut of Town Bae\u201d dropped just last week, marking one of his final releases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5L2I7W3SWBAYRC7Q3NZACGHMPA\">Born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, the rapper had several hits in recent years, including the track \u201cLove &amp; War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3HYC52VEV5G6TLL2RPNBPLMQNA\">Lil Poppa\u2019s last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DUtfNNXDhjM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> post, which announced the music video for \u201cOut Of Town Bae,\u201d&#8217; has been flooded with comments from grieving fans and acquaintances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NZG4XXKXKRHVHENGUOMIS7HMTI\">Editor\u2019s note: Suicidal thoughts and behaviors can be reduced with the proper mental health support and treatment. If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: The Advance\/SILive.com typically limits reporting on suicides to those that occur in crowded public places, involve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-139335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}