Rapper T-Hood has died. He was 33.
T-Hood (actual title Tevin Hood) was shot and killed on Friday, August 8, following a home dispute outdoors a residence in Georgia, in line with a press release from native police.
“The Gwinnett County Police Division is investigating a taking pictures at a residence that resulted within the dying of 1 man,” a press launch shared by way of X early on Saturday, August 9, learn. “At roughly 7:00 p.m., officers assigned to the South Precinct have been dispatched to a residence within the 3900 block of Lee Rd in unincorporated Snellville. The caller reported {that a} dispute occurred on the residence and somebody was shot.”
Based on regulation enforcement officers, they instantly “rendered assist” to T-Hood, who was not publicly recognized within the assertion.
“Gwinnett County Hearth Rescue transported the person to an area space hospital the place he finally handed away from the accidents sustained,” the assertion continued. “One individual was detained on the taking pictures location and is within the technique of being interviewed by detectives.”
Gwinnett County PD officers are at the moment investigating T-Hood's dying as a murder.
“The motive for the taking pictures remains to be beneath investigation,” the observe concluded. “The identification of the sufferer will likely be launched following next-of-kin notification. There is no such thing as a energetic risk to the general public.”
T-Hood's members of the family confirmed the musician's identification to Atlanta's Channel 2 Action News, which had reporters on the scene in T-Hood's neighborhood on Friday.
T-Hood was finest referred to as a rapper, releasing songs similar to “Prepared 2 Go,” “Perculator,” “Ladies within the Occasion” and “Huge Booty” with B.o.B.
“I positively flip down loads of gives and s*** ‘cuz I actually be doing the identical numbers [when] I'm outdoors on my own,” T-Hood stated in a 2020 interview with DGB Media, reflecting on his independence within the music trade. “That's positively situational. I encourage loads of artists to remain unbiased, get some administration offers or one thing. I really feel like labels don't be realizing [sic] what's happening.”
Based on T-Hood, “the web is controlling” the music trade.
“[Labels] don't have management of it,” he defined. “They're not making this, you understand what I'm saying? The children [are] making this s*** occur. Subsequently, we don't need to simply [be] making a sport at it.”
T-Hood additionally confused that he didn't need to “owe” any document labels a bit of his profession, and that his happiness was an important.
“I used to be at all times advised [to] love what you do,” he stated. “Put your all in that s***. … You gotta be pleased with what you bought.”
