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Fat Joe Blasts "Disgusting" PnB Rock Murder

Fat Joe On PnB Rock Murder: "It's Disgusting..."

Published Sat, September 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM EDT

Fat Joe, like so many in the Hip-Hop community, was shocked and saddened by the murder of 30-year old rapper PnB Rock in Los Angeles last week. Speaking on his Instagram Live, Joe aired out his feelings on the tragedy.

“Black on Brown crime. Black and Black crime. Brown on Brown crime. It is what it is, and it’s disgusting,” Fat Joe said. “We know how hard it is to get out of that situation, to lift yourself, and your life can be taken like that. We only get one life.”

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“Every gang leader, every real guy, every OG of the world, can you all do that for me?" Joe continued. "Can you do this? Stick ‘em up. Don’t kill him — not in front of that Black woman, that Black baby, not in that iconic restaurant. Roscoes’ is the best chicken in the world.”

PnB Rock (born Rakim Allen) was killed at a Roscoe's in Los Angeles while eating with his girlfriend. According to reports, the rapper was targeted in a robbery and the gunman shot him multiple times before taking his jewelry. No arrests have been made in the killing.

“What the fuck is going on in L.A.?” Joe continued on IG. “These kids are out of control and I’m not necessarily throwing it on the kids. I don’t know if those was young guys. I don’t know who it was […] Rappers are now an endangered species. […] The more famous you get, it works against you. They want to lock you up the more famous you are.

“The hood wanna kill their own. I’ve never seen people hate themselves so much. Black people, Latino people. What’s the problem!? Why you hate yourself so much? Why you wanna kill them? Hate. People wake up every day just to hate. You hate yourself.”

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