Celebrity Deaths: 2025’s Fallen Stars

The hip-hop assemblage is mourning a tragic loss.

Atlanta rapper Young Scooter, who was signed to Future and Waka Flocka Flame's grounds labels, died March 28 connected his 39th birthday.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the rapper's individuality and decease to aggregate outlets, who reported the hip-hop prima died astatine Atlanta's Grady Marcus Trauma Center. The origin of decease of Young Scooter—real sanction Kenneth Edward Bailey—remains undetermined, pending an autopsy.

Atlanta Police Department Lt. Andrew Smith, a homicide commander, said astatine a press conference 

that time that the 39-year-old, who was not identified by name, died aft suffering a limb wounded portion fleeing constabulary who had responded to a telephone astir a quality involving a weapon.

"It was advised successful the telephone remarks that shots were fired and a pistillate was dragged backmost into the location," helium said. "Once officers arrived, they knocked connected the door. A antheral opened the doorway and instantly unopen the doorway connected the officers."

Smith said the constabulary past established a perimeter, during which 2 men fled retired of the backmost of the house. One aboriginal returned inside, portion the different jumped 2 fences arsenic helium was fleeing.

"When officers located him connected the different broadside of the fence, helium appeared to person suffered an wounded to his leg. Officers rendered aid, and helium was transported to Gray Hospital, wherever helium was pronounced deceased," helium said, adding, "The wounded that was sustained was not via the officers connected the scene. It was portion the antheral was fleeing."

Smith said it appeared the antheral sustained "some benignant of fracture oregon injuries to the leg," which was bleeding. He besides said nary shots were fired during the incident, which remains nether investigation, and that officers were not capable to find a pistillate arsenic described successful the 911 call.

Young Scooter—a begetter of five, per the Shade Room—had hours earlier his decease reposted connected his Instagram Stories scores of day messages from loved ones, colleagues and fans. Following his passing, his son Kenneth Bailey Jr., shared a tribute connected societal media.

"Damn my champion person gone," helium wrote connected his Instagram Stories. "Happy Birthday too. I cognize precisely what to bash fasho tho you cognize I got my sisters and brothers."