Chris King Passed Away!

California rapper Chris King was gunned down after performing in Nashville.

Childhood friends and famous peers are mourning rapper Chris King, who died Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, not long after performing at the Nashville CannaFestival.

The 32-year-old was fatally shot Saturday around 2:30 a.m. while in an alley with friends, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a news release.

Authorities added that the group was approached by three men who attempted to rob them when King and a 29-year-old man were shot. The group scattered in different directions, with King found later in the parking garage of the Hayes Street Hotel.

He was rushed to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and died.

“Love you bro. This one hurts,” Bieber wrote Saturday in a since-expired Instagram Story. “Please keep his family in your prayers. See you in paradise brother.”

King, who was born Christopher Cheeks, wrote on Instagram only a few months ago that Bieber let him live at his house “for a full year and a half almost 10 years ago.” He called the Grammy winner “extended family” and said he was “glad some people never change.”

King was the CEO of Snotty Nose Records, which he founded himself, and had more than 140,000 monthly Spotify listeners.

The California native artistically remained largely underground but collaborated with the likes of Ski Mask The Slump God and Trippie Redd, who wrote Sunday on Instagram: “I am so hurt rn I can’t even think I love you bro come back!!!!!”

Machine Gun Kelly, who recently released a collaboration album with Trippie Redd, commented on Instagram that “chris was rare.”

“Nope” star Keke Palmer, who befriended King as a fledgling actor, paid tribute Monday.

“Wow. I can’t believe I’m saying rest in peace,” she wrote on Instagram. “This is terrible. I really don’t know what to say. I just want to share that I loved you and I remember all the city walk, grove moments. That was my high school.”

“When we were babies before everyone knew you was a real rockstar,” Palmer continued. “We were kids! And you always knew how to make everyone laugh. Your kindness was present no matter what room you were in, everybody was and wanted to be your friend.”

“We will miss you until we meet again,” Palmer wrote, “rest heavenly brother.”

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department added Saturday that “Homicide Detectives are working strong, active leads” and urged anyone with useful information regarding the shooting between Hayes and Church Streets to call Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463.

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I dismiss this ridiculous notion that criminals are the problem, not the guns. Firearms are often obtained through legal purchases. 

Again, having more security, teachers being armed and offering safe rooms are not solving the problem. The problem is lawmakers not willing to stop gun violence.

According to the far right: White shooters are mentally ill. Black shooters are unrepentant criminals. Gay shooters are active groomers. Muslim shooters are terrorists. Hispanic and Asian shooters are illegal immigrants. Almost all mass shooters are registered Democrats because they have liked one thing common to the left. Of course, they often share disinformation by using the "Sam Hyde" meme as a way to denounce most mass shooters being white. They say a white person should "protect" from protesters and use of firearms are justified. They say if a shooter is active military or a veteran who supports conservative causes, they are considered a "heroes" and use of firearms are justified. If the shooters are teens, the far right automatically assume the gunmen are Black.

The Republicans usually amplify white victims. Anytime a person of color kills a white victim, it is often wall-to-wall coverage on Fox, Twitter and they force it into national news. They make the case to blame Black Lives Matter, Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, Democrats, Rev. Al Sharpton and rap music for Black on whatever violence. Republican lawmakers who do not live in urban neighborhoods often troll social media to talk about gun violence or crime in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and New York City while not doing a damn thing to stop it. If a white person shoots a Black person, the shooter is given the benefit of doubt. White shooters are given glowing profiles about their perfect lives and how friends noticed something but refused to do something. When it comes to Black shooters, automatic vilification. They don't see mental illness. They see it as gang violence, allegedly fatherless homes, Democratic policies or the need for more firearms. The far right and Republicans exploit gun violence in the Black community for culture wars and racism.

The U.S. Marshals, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Metro Nashville Police want this man in for questioning in regards to the murder of Chris King.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

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