Lil baby blast 'nonsense' connection between music video and murder

Rapper Lil Baby has described a connection between one of his music videos and killing two teenagers in the USA as “nonsense”.

Jakody Davis and Lamon Freeman died after a shootout in connection with a gang on Lamon's 13th birthday party in Atlanta, Georgia, last summer.

And while city detectives did not name Lil Baby, the right name Dominique Armani Jones said that they said that the young were innocent victims of a flare of gang violence that had been triggered by a “cowardly rapper” that made a video on competing area.

In an explanation of lawyers, Lil Baby said who spent weeks in the British charts for band4 band with Central Cee that he “had absolutely no commitment” and branded the comments from the police.

While A press conference on WednesdayDetective from the city of Atlanta said how Jakody and Lamon were not the intended goals of the shootout in the Sparks Street apartment complex in the city on July 2, 2024.

They detailed how the attack from the prison “orchestrates” and members of one of the most hyperviolent gangs in the city of Atlanta were involved.

Maj Ralph Woolfolk spoke to reporter and said: “The overall topic of this case is adult men who play gangsters who have left two of our children in graves and our communities.”

“Lamon Freeman was allowed to be a teenager for 27 minutes before the violence of gangs lasted, gang violence, which was orchestrated by adults and cowardly actions of a rapper based in Atlanta.”

The rapper, he said, “decided to go into a competitor -gang -stronghold and turn a music video in a place that he knew that he shouldn't have been.

“And in the following days we saw murders and shootings and ultimately the death of two children as a result of his cowardly actions.”

In the months before Lamon and Jakody were shot, the Atlanta police said the police They reacted to several people who were shot during a video shoot.

Nobody was killed, but three men in the 20s were injured on May 14 in the attack in the northwest of the city.

Lil Baby's statement said that it was “disgraceful” for the officer to say that he couldn't turn a music video in his hometown.

“The place for a large music video shoot is a decision by a professional team and not a decision made by a person.”

Maj Woolfolk told reporters, the attack in which Lamon was killed, and Jakody was a “hit” of a high-ranking gang member on the opposite side of the opponent rapper gang “.

He did not call Lil Baby, but said “You know who you are”, which Lil Baby lawyer described as a “obvious reference”, which was “complete and total nonsense”.

“Bringing his name into a conversation about a terrible crime for which he had absolutely no commitment is unprofessional, unethical and shameful,” said his legal team.

“Dominique is destroyed in terms of the situation because these children came from the same quarter he made, and he will continue to build up his community in every conceivable way.”

The 30-year-old won a Grammy for the best melodic rap act in 2022 after he performed with The Weeknd on the Track Hurricane from Kanye West.

Last year he played in Central Cees Track Band4Band – it was it Nominated for a Mobo Award and is in the run.

BBC Newsbeat contacted the Lil Baby team and the Atlanta police for further comments.

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