Lil JoJo | |
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 Lil JoJo in Englewood, Chicago | |
| Born | Joseph J. Coleman April 6, 1994 |
| Died | September 4, 2012 (aged 18) |
| Cause of death | Drive-by shooting |
| Burial place | Mount Hope Cemetery Chicago, Illinois U.S. |
| Occupation | Rapper |
| Years active | 2012 |
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| Mother | Robin Wilson |
Joseph J. Coleman (April 6, 1994 – September 4, 2012), known professionally as Lil JoJo, was an American rapper and gangster from Chicago, Illinois, who garnered distinction in Chicago's early drill music scene. He was affiliated with a faction of the Gangster Disciples that is a rival of factions of the Black Disciples. He rose to prominence in the local drill scene with his single 3HunnaK and its accompanying music video, which was a diss song to rival members that exacerbated already hostile intergang disputes. Amidst that time period of escalating feuding and heightening tension, Coleman was killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago at the age of 18.
Coleman's death was highly publicized, and the circumstances surrounding his murder are remembered by Chicago residents as a landmark instance of the city's intensifying gang violence problem. To date, law enforcement has not made any arrests in connection to the event and the case remains open.[1]
- ^ "Rap panic! Hip-hop may be No. 1 but it's not the enemy". Chicago Sun-Times. 2012-09-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2024-08-12.