Slim 400 death: Ty Dolla Sign and Vince Staples pay tribute to West Coast rapper after fatal shooting

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Grammy-nominated singer Ty Dolla Sign tweeted a picture of himself with the “Bruisin” singer and said: “Long live $lim.” Quoting a previous tweet from Slim 400, rapper Vince Staples wrote: “Rest in peace.” Slim 400’s heartbreaking last tweet, posted on 6 December, said: “What we can’t do is start again. A tweet on the social media account for hip-hop blog Passion Weiss read: “RIP Slim 400. A Compton gangsta rap prototype, an ambassador for a tradition, lineage, and history — who made a whole lot of hard-as-hell rap songs full of sober gravity and blunt force.” Musician Michael Christmas wrote: “Damn RIP Slim 400 smh I remember him being mad hella nice to me when I opened for YG”. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Singer Kamaiyah posted a picture with Slim 400 and YG, whose now-defunct label Pu$haz Ink first discovered the slain rapper, with a broken heart emoji.