Baby Ahk, the DMV rapper growing in popularity, was reportedly shot on Friday in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Though names have not been released yet, it is believed that Baby Ahk is one of the victims in a Riverdale shooting that took place around 4:30 pm.
According to Fox 5, police arrived at a home in the 5700 block of Eastpine Drive in Riverdale on Friday afternoon. They found a man in front of the home who was suffering from multiple gunshots. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Inside the home, police found another man who had been shot to death. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
Police do not believe this shooting was random and are currently investigating.
Even though Baby Ahk has not been officially identified as one of the victims, tributes have been pouring in on Twitter as friends and fans pay tribute to him.
rip baby ahk was one of the realist out here ?
— blessed. (@MeekHavin) October 26, 2018
Reports coming in that Baby Ahk has passed away today. No confirmation on how, yet. We know the entire DMV is feeling this one. Condolences to his friends and family. Stay safe, everyone.
RIP @_babyahkDDB ?? pic.twitter.com/R4u8FUlo7M
— The Experience (@experiencecoll) October 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/DmvMusicPlug/status/1055970981448216577
The 21-year-old had just released the single May 19th last month and just a month prior to that, shared his song Corner Store.
now I bet in 2 weeks one of Baby Ahk’s videos on YouTube that had 20.1 K views 48 hours ago will all of a sudden have 1.7 M views. people only support you when you’re gone.
— #bigdawgstatusregardless (@ATMBigDawgEv) October 27, 2018
As predicted on Twitter, after learning of Baby Ahk’s apparent death, there has been an uptick in interest in his music on YouTube.
Likewise, many of his music videos have been shared on social media after it was learned that he was reportedly one of the PG County shooting victims.