YSL rapper Lil Keed dies, brother confirms in Instagram post

ATLANTA, GA – JULY 17: Lil Keed performs at 107.9 Birthday Bash 25 at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium at Georgia State University on July 17, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia.(photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage) (Getty Images)

ATLANTA – Atlanta rapper Lil Keed, signed to the Young Stoner Life Records label, has died, his brother confirmed.

The cause of the rapper’s death is unknown.

The verified Instagram account for Lil Gotit posted early Saturday morning: “Can’t believe I seened u die today bro I did all my cries I know what u want me to do and that’s go hard for Mama Daddy Our Brothers Naychur and Whiteboy.”

The rapper’s death is days after rapper Young Thung, who founded YSL Records, was arrested on racketeering charges. 

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Lil Keed, whose legal name is Rahqid Render according to a bio on YSL’s website, was born in Atlanta. He signed with YSL in 2018 after a mix tape got the attention of Young Thug. 

He’s collaborated with several artists including YSL Records’ Gunna for a song called “Fox 5”. Gunna is one of several people arrested and indicted in Fulton County following an investigation into gang activity. 

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In a new emergency motion filed Friday in Fulton County Superior Court and obtained by FOX 5, attorney Brian Steel says the Atlanta rapper has been placed in “solitary confinement,” relegated to a “windowless cement compartment with only a bed and a toilet and an overhead light which remains on 24 hours per day.”

Young Thug, a 30-year-old rapper whose legal name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, was arrested on Monday in Buckhead as part of a sweeping gang indictment that also named 27 other people, including fellow Atlanta rapper Gunna. 

Fulton County prosecutors allege those named in the indictment are members of the Young Slime Life (YSL) gang, which has engaged in criminal activity in the city since 2012. 

Jeffery Williams, whose stage name is “Young Thug,” Sergio Kitchens, whose stage name is “Gunna.” (Fulton County Sheriff’s Office)

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