Rapper Corey Detiege, who performed under the stage name Chucky Trill, died on Friday
A rising Texas rapper traveling down an interstate near Atlanta was shot to death early Friday morning amid a string of deadly highway shootings in Georgia.
Rapper Corey Detiege, who performed under the stage name Chucky Trill, died at an area hospital after someone pulled up beside his car on Interstate 85 and opened fire around 3am on Friday, WSB TV reported.
Ditiege, 33, was visiting Atlanta from Sugar Land, Texas, for the NBA All-Star game on Sunday and was scheduled to perform at an event, his manager Bone of Boneafied Entertainment told the Houston Chronicle.
The suspect fled and a motive in the slaying was unknown, said Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Collin Flynn. Police gave no immediate description of the suspect’s vehicle and have made no arrest.
Chucky Trill released his album ‘Music for the Soul’ in 2018 and had more music in the works, the Houston Chronicle reported.
His song Streets Don’t Love a Soul had more than 113,000 plays on Spotify by Saturday afternoon.
The Texas rapper Chucky Trill, right, was shot to death while on an interstate near Atlanta
Rappers including Dirty Redd World posted tributes to the 33-year-old rapper after his death
Ditiege, 33, was visiting Atlanta from Sugar Land, Texas, for the NBA All-Star game on Sunday
Rapper Bun B of Houston said that Detiege ‘was a good man’ in an Instagram post on Friday
Bone told KTRK that he met Detiege when the rapper was released from prison and said he had a ‘talent and passion for his music.’
Tributes began pouring in for Detiege after his death.
Atlanta rapper Dirty Redd World wrote on Instagram: ‘My lil brother died in my arms, that’s a feeling I will never shake.’
Rapper Bun B of Houston said that Detiege ‘was a good man’ in an Instagram post.
‘This was a good man. Humble. Hard working. Loyal. Determined. Focused. And he had the talent. Queen saw him and told @boneafied “That boy is good. If he don´t have a manager you should do it.” And he did, putting everything he had in it,’ Bun B said.
‘We are heartbroken this morning and send our deepest condolences to D, Bone and all of his family, friends and supporters. Buy or stream his music and let´s keep his memory alive. #RIPChuckyTrill.’
Rapper Lil Flip posted photos with Detiege and expressed condolences to his father, a Houston-area rapper who was a part of a ’90s rap group known as the Trinity Garden Cartel.
‘Chucky always was in a great mood when i saw him! And if you know him, you know he had his shirt off with a jacket on 95% of the time!! I saw what @boneafied saw you in you!! Pure talent and a humble soul as well,’ Lil Flip posted.
‘Rip brother the last time we talk was at my cousin funeral when I was telling how I left the rap group Texas Tantrum to become a preacher, you told me I wasn’t doing nothing wrong. God bless you brother,’ one man posted as a comment to a tribute from rapper C-Note.
Atlanta rapper Dirty Redd World posted a tribute to Instagram, saying his ‘lil brother died’
Chucky Trill released his album ‘Music for the Soul’ in 2018 and had more music in the works
His song Streets Don’t Love a Soul had more than 113,000 plays on Spotify by Saturday afternoon
Police said the recent trend of interstate shootings in Atlanta is very concerning after Chucky Trill was shot and killed
Police said the recent trend of interstate shootings in Atlanta is very concerning.
‘Not only can the person lose control of their car after being shot or injured by a gunshot, but also if you are shooting from a moving vehicle and there´s other moving vehicles around, you could be shot,’ Flynn said.
On Saturday, a man was grazed by a bullet on I-285 in DeKalb County when another driver pulled alongside him and opened fire, DeKalb police spokeswoman Officer Elise Wells said.
Officers were called to a gas station about 4 a.m. after the man, who was in his 40s, pulled over and called 911, Wells said.
‘It appears that the victim was traveling down 285 when an unknown vehicle pulled up next to him and fired several rounds into the victim´s car,’ Wells said in an emailed statement to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
It´s unclear what prompted the shooting, but the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover, authorities said.
And about an hour before Detiege was killed Friday, someone shot a driver in the head on Interstate 75, authorities said.
That man remains hospitalized. A witness told police that the shot was fired after two cars tried to occupy the same lane. The shooter fled.
There had been at least four earlier incidents on area interstates already this year.