Rapper who reached No 6 in US charts in 2006 is shot and killed in St Louis suburb of Kinloch
Huey, the US
Rapper who scored a major hit in 2006 with Pop, Lock & Drop It, has been killed aged 32.
Huey, whose real name was Lawrence Franks Jr, was shot in Kinloch, Missouri late on Thursday. He was taken to hospital but died shortly after from his injuries.
police are conducting a murder investigation, which “remains very active at this time”, a spokesperson said. A second unidentified person was also shot, and is being treated for non life-threatening injuries.