Canadian battle rapper Pat Keep was stabbed in Nova Scotia and died at age 36, police stated.
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, police discovered the rapper, whose full title is Patrick Wayne Keep, in downtown Halifax with stab wounds, Halifax Regional police stated in a information launch. He was transported to an area hospital the place he later died, police stated.
The Nova Scotia Medical Examiner Service carried out an post-mortem and decided that the reason for dying was a murder, police stated.
Halifax Regional police stated they had been investigating the murder and haven't made an arrest. "Our ideas are with the sufferer's household and family members throughout this tough time," police stated.
Keep turned in style as a battle rapper — the place two freestyling rap artist commerce barbs and insults in entrance of a crowd.
Following the information of his dying, fellow rappers paid their respect, together with Eminem, who tweeted: "hiphop misplaced the most effective battlers of all time … RIP @patstay .. KINGS NEVER DIE"
Fellow Canadian rapper Drake additionally remembered Keep in an Instagram story. "RIP to the Sucka Free Boss.. One among my fav rappers ever," Drake posted.
A GoFundMe, which has already raised over $100,000, was arrange in Keep's reminiscence to assist his household.
"We're establishing this fund to assist increase cash for our fallen brothers household," the fundraiser learn. "He has been taken from the world far [too] quickly and plenty of might be devastated ceaselessly. Pat Keep was a really honorable man who was on his option to a shiny future. Our coronary heart hurts for his household and associates at the moment so we hope to assist ease a number of the ache by making certain his household has assist by means of this course of."