Officials said Texas rapper Obey Nair was shot dead in the middle of the road on Monday morning after running for his life.
Obi Nair – whose real name is Javier Roberson – was badly shot in Houston at about 3:40 am when witnesses heard gunshots and were chased down a street According to the Houston Police Department.
Police said two men chased Roberson in a vehicle, stopped and then ran to shoot at Roberson, who fell to the ground.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the suspects fled and remained at large.
Local rappers Cal Wayne and Try This True mourn their friend Roberson, whose stage name was Obi Noor.
“This cannot be real. Not you, WTF! It can’t be, don’t lend you bro, “Wayne wrote In an Instagram post.
Wayne Told KTRK-TV, “He was an excellent storyteller and we will miss him.”
The rapper also noted that Roberson was an activist and befriended George Floyd, who died at the hands of a Minnesota police officer who staged a nationwide protest last May.
“You were the way they did you.” Rest easy king, “try was truth deployment of On Instagram.
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