On Saturday night, just after Al Green had finished serenading tens of thousands of fans at the Once Upon a Time in LA festival with classic love songs including “Let’s Stay Together” and “Love and Happiness,” the rapper Drakeo the Ruler was brazenly ambushed backstage and stabbed in the neck. Drakeo’s killing is the second tragedy to occur at a …
“Drakeo was more than music,” producer JoogSZN said. “He was a brother and one of my best friends.” Less than three months ago on a pleasant September night, Drakeo the Ruler sauntered onto the Novo stage in downtown Los Angeles, the gleaming diamond chains around his neck accentuating his regal stage name. Later that year, the track appeared on Drakeo’s …
Drakeo the Ruler, whose surrealist slang made him one of the most original stylists in Los Angeles hip-hop, died Sunday morning from injuries after a stabbing at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival. On 2016’s “Impatient Freestyle,” he began with an evocative boast — “If I could write a movie I would re-create ‘The Exorcist’ / I’m heaven-sent, …
Hip-hop artist Drakeo the Ruler, whose real name is Darrell Caldwell, was fatally stabbed at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. concert at Banc of California Stadium on Saturday night. Hip-hop artist Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. concert at Banc of California Stadium on Saturday night, a source told The …
