Brooklyn Rapper Supa Gates Dead At 25

Brooklyn drill rapper Supa Gates is dead at 25 and his family believes envy over his burgeoning rap career cost him his life.

On April 11, Gates was a passenger in parked Mercedes in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood when he was shot multiple times.  He initially survived his injuries, but never made it out of the hospital and died this weekend.

Gates's track "Yellow Bentley" had been getting some radio play, including on Drake's OVO sounds station, and his family says he was about to sign a major deal and embark on a tour.

"It wasn't anything. It really and truly was jealously," Gates' mother told the Daily News. "It wasn't a gang-related issue, it wasn't a drug-related issue. Nobody knows how hard I worked to make sure my kids are OK. People don't know the devastation they're causing, and how many lives they're destroying when they take somebody's child."

RIP.

Up-and-coming rapper Supa Gates has died nearly seven weeks after he was shot in the passenger seat of a Mercedes in Brooklyn.

His career had just started gaining momentum, with some of his tracks drawing thousands of listeners on YouTube.https://t.co/4CxZ1bPhTR

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 30, 2021