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Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms death of Jacksonville rapper ‘Lil Poppa’
Lil Poppa, signed to Yo Gotti's Collective Music Group, died at 25 with cause under investigation; he released a new single days before his passing, officials said.
- On Feb. 18, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Janarious Mykel Wheeler, known professionally as Lil Poppa, was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET in Atlanta, Fulton County.
- Lil Poppa had released 'Out of Town Bae' on February 13 and is scheduled for a March 21 show at The Fillmore in New Orleans, signed to Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group.
- Born March 18, 2000, Lil Poppa was 25 and had more than 960,000 followers, over 600,000 monthly Spotify listeners, and more than 10 full-length albums.
- Social media first circulated the news before the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed it, with fans and fellow Jacksonville artists expressing grief and unverified overdose claims in Madison, Wisconsin, while a label representative did not immediately return comment.
- The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said standard investigative procedures are underway and no official cause of death has been released while findings remain pending.
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Lil Poppa, whose real name was Janarious Mykel Wheeler, was declared dead shortly after 11 a.m. (local time) in Fulton County, Atlanta. It was known for themes such as "Blessed" and "I Guess".
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