Celebrity Biographies
PNB ROCK: HIS AGE, HIS COLLABORATION WITH ED SHEERAN AND HIS TRAGIC DEATH
Rakim Hasheem Allen, that was his real name, was born in 1992 in the city of Philadelphia, where he lived a difficult childhood. His father died when he was barely three years old. His uncle, who took care of him, did so when he turned 15. These misfortunes made her fall into his bad habits.
At only 19, he was sentenced to prison, where he spent 33 months locked up, for drug possession, among other offenses. After his departure, he lived on the street for several months until he was able to recover.
It wasn’t until 2015 that the PnB Rock name began to have some success in the music world thanks to their song ‘Jealous’, a collaboration with Fetty Wap. Later, two albums would come with which he would savor success: ‘Catch These Vibe’, in 2017, and ‘GTTM: Goin Thru the Motions’, in 2019.
His best-known solo song is ‘Selfish’, which is on his debut album and which before his death had 350 million plays. After the tragic event, it is to be expected that these numbers will skyrocket, either out of curiosity or as a tribute to their fans.
HIS COLLABORATION WITH ED SHEERAN
Although he only collaborated on it, the truth is that the best-known song in which PnB Rock has participated is ‘Cross Me’, together with Ed Sheeran and fellow rapper Chance the reaper . It was on the British collaboration album, which also included songs with Justin Bieber, Camila Cabello or Khalid.
THE TRAGIC DEATH OF PNB ROCK
The rapper PnB Rock has been murdered this Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, when an unknown person assaulted him inside a restaurant where he was eating with his girlfriend. The assailant tried to steal his jewelry and then shot him several times. The artist died upon arrival at the hospital, at the age of 30.
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The rapper found death in a completely unexpected way, since he was not in any dangerous situation. On Monday, September 12, 2022, he was murdered inside a restaurant in the city of Los Angeles when he was eating with his girlfriend.
A thief appeared at the premises who demanded that he give him all the jewels, but when he refused, he shot him in the middle of the discussion they had started. Despite the efforts of emergency doctors, the singer died when he arrived at the hospital at just 30 years old.
At the moment it has not been possible to identify the attacker and they are still trying to locate him with the help of the images from the security cameras of the premises, although without luck for the moment.