Gun Hyphy!

Bullets hit Oakland rapper.

Oakland, California the hometown of rappers Too Short, E-40, Yukmouth and the late Mac Dre.

The hub of hyphy and gang violence.

Amir Ashad, better known by his stage name Kafani is an American rapper from Oakland. He is one half of the Oakland-based rap group Babyface Assassins. He is also signed to Thizz Nation, a subdivision of the late Mac Dre's label Thizz Entertainment.

Kafani gets his "street cred" by being shot. But will he live though it?

There's reports that Kafani was filming a music video when a gunman ambushed him. He was shot five times and is in critical condition. He was injured extremely bad. If he should survive, he may never walk again.

I hope the god this is Photoshop.

The 33-year old rapper was in the midst of a beef with fellow rapper Philthy Rich, and was actually said to be filming a video for a diss track towards the rapper when he was hit.

Police haven't ruled out the possibility of the feud being an element to this shooting.

An unidentified man allegedly told Kafani and his entourage that they could not film at their current location, before proceeding to unload his weapon on the rapper. This happened around 11:39 PM.

Special thanks to Janet Shan of The Hinterland Gazette for the hat tip.

Also HotNewHipHop for the story.

Kafani and his partner Kashmere created the group the Babyface Assassins. Their thirteen-year long friendship developed into the business relationship. This duo has collaborated with some of California’s foremost musicians including Too $hort, Yukmouth, Choppa, Freeway, and Keak da Sneak. After building a name for himself in the streets and with the music industry heavyweights in the Bay Area, Kafani was looking for a way to break through on a major level. The Oakland rapper thought he was onto something when realized he had some choice slang at his disposal. Raised in such a vibrant yet potentially perilous environment, a young Kafani excelled at academics and athletics as he tried to figure a way to escape his ghetto surroundings.

Kanfani released a diss track towards Philthy Rich called "Philthy You a Verse Lick".

The next day, he released another diss track entitled "Philthy Bitch".

Kanfani appears on E1 Urban Records.



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