St.
Louis
rapper,
Huey,
popular
for
his
debut
single
Pop,
Lock
&
Drop
It,
has
been
killed
in
a
double
shooting
in
Kinloch,
Missouri.
On
Friday,
St.
Louis
Post-Dispatch
reported
that
no
suspects
have
been
apprehended.
On
Thursday
night,
around
10:55
pm,
cops
were
informed
that
a
32-year-old
male,
later
identified
as
Lawrence
Franks
Jr.
(Huey's
real
name)
had
arrived
at
a
local
hospital
after
suffering
from
a
gunshot
wound.
St.
Louis
County
Police
Department
revealed
in
a
statement
that
Huey
died
shortly
after
arrival.
Soon
after,
another
shooting
victim
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
with
non-life-threatening
injuries.
Detectives
have
reported
close
to
10
people
were
near
the
crime
scene,
and
cops
have
urged
people
to
come
forward
with
information
as
a
homicide
investigation
is
ongoing.
The
news
was
later
confirmed
by
music
executive
William
"Quayshaun" Carter.
Carter
worked
with
Huey
in
2010
and
said
that
Huey
was
raised
on
the
streets
but
chose
to
do
something
different
with
his
life.
Talking
about
the
late
rapper
he
added,
"He
was
a
good
kid.
He
was
raised
on
the
streets
and
he
chose
to
do
something
different.
He'd
just
started
another
business
-
he
was
getting
into
upscale
clothing,
and
it
was
working
out,
and
he
was
happy.
His
passing
is
a
tragic
loss
to
the
hip-hop
world.
He
was
a
part
of
hip-hop
history."
Huey's
first
manager,
Enrico
Washington
told
the
St.
Louis
Post-Dispatch
that
the
rapper
was
"just
happy
about
life.
You're
talking
about
a
young
man
who
still
had
a
lot
of
life
to
live," reported
cbsnews.
Franks
Jr.
aka
Huey
started
rapping
as
a
teenager,
and
signed
with
Jive
Records
in
2006.
His
debut
song,
'Pop,
Lock
&
Drop
It'
had
hit
No.
6
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100
chart
in
2007.