Snootie Wild shot dead latest – Rapper's mugshot revealed as he said how prison helped his career before fatal shooting

ON February 26, 2022 it was reported that rapper Snootie Wild passed away.

Wild died after a shooting in Houston, Texas, according to a post on his Instagram account.

"Gone in body, but your NAME & LEGACY will live forever," the post said.

Police responded to a shooting on Friday around 2am in Houston, where they found a person, later said to be Wild, in an SUV that ended up in a ditch.

Wild, 36, was stated to be found with a gunshot wound to the neck.

Read our Snootie Wild live blog for the latest news and updates...

  • Brittney Donovan

    Recent posts from Snootie Wild

    Snootie Wild shared a "Monday Motivation" post in late December that encouraged people to never give up on their dreams.

    "NEVER think that you can't make changes for the better, because you CAN!" he wrote.

    He shared what appeared to be a mugshot, saying "The first pic you see is someone who was lost, living up to other ppl's expectations.

    "I was someone who tried to mask hurt and pain with things that could never really heal me. It wasn't until my freedom was taken away that I realized how much time and opportunities that I took for granted. I messed up. I made bad decisions."

  • Brittney Donovan

    Snootie Wild's time in prison

    Snootie said his time in prison helped him focus on music, calling it "an outlet to the free world."

    "First it was a hobby, then the hobby becomes your life," he said.

    "The music becomes your bread and butter. On a whole 'nother scale though. You're battling for freedom and food while people out on the streets battling for a chick."

  • Brittney Donovan

    When did Snootie Wild become well known?

    Snootie Wild released his first single Yayo in 2013.

    Fellow Memphis-born entertainer Yo Gotti remixed the song and added Snootie to his Collective Music Group the same year.

    Snootie went on to work with veteran rappers such as Fabolous and French Montana.

  • Brittney Donovan

    Where is Snootie Wild from?

    Snootie, real name LePreston Porter, grew up in Memphis, Tennessee.

    The 36-year-old was born on April 23, 1985.

  • Brittney Donovan

    Has anyone been arrested?

    No arrests have been announced in Friday's shooting.

    Police were said to be looking for a man and woman after the incident was apparently caught on camera by a neighbor.

    "All of a sudden, gunfire went off. Only one shot, actually," an officer said.

    The Sun contacted Houston police on Saturday for more information about the search for suspects in the shooting and have yet to hear back.

  • Brittney Donovan

    What is Snootie Wild known for?

    Snootie is best known for his hit song Yayo featuring Yo Gotti, and he described how he got signed to Yo Gotti's record label in 2013.

    "From us being from the same block, same area, it's like we got the same vision," the rapper said.

    "When we first met it was strictly business, making it make sense and making the single get to where it needed to go and we did that. And we did that together and I think that made him gain more respect toward me.

    "At the same time that's going, now we need to pay attention to each other. Who are we, who is this cat? And him doing that gave me the opportunity to show him that I can move by myself independently like a boss, something he's trying to create anyway."

  • Brittney Donovan

    Chilling words from the rapper, continued

    Snootie Wild went on to describe what led him to spend four years behind bars for making the "the wrong mistakes" as an 18-year-old.

    "I felt like I was playing Russian Roulette with my life and didn't even know it," Snootie said.

    "Me and my partner would go out and get our money, we'd come back, bullets flying over our heads. We'd get in the car laughing, not knowing that it only takes one bullet. Until that day comes where y'all hop in the car and one of y'all ain't there. And that's when it gets real and it ain't funny no more."

  • Brittney Donovan

    Chilling words from the rapper

    Snootie shared how he once felt like he was playing Russian Roulette with his life in a 2015 interview with The Boom Box.

    The rapper from Memphis, Tennessee, described to the media outlet the lessons he learned "coming from out of the projects of North Memphis."

    "I've been in wild shootouts at a young age and not knowing better, you know. This before the prison system," the rapper said.

  • Brittney Donovan

    What have police said?

    Houston police described what happened leading up to the shooting.

    "It looks like he backed in there (the ditch) accidentally. Then the other vehicle pulled up, and folks got out of the car," Officer R. Willkens said.

    "They were talking for a little bit, and then all of a sudden, gunfire went off. Only one shot, actually."

    Doctors reportedly gave the Memphis rapper a 50/50 chance of survival before his death was announced.

  • Brittney Donovan

    Shooting investigation, continued

    An update posted to Snootie's Instagram account on Saturday read: "Gone in body, but your NAME & LEGACY will live forever! ? #TeamYayo4Life?"

    Police are looking for a man and woman believed to be suspects after the entire incident was apparently caught on camera by a neighbor.

  • Brittney Donovan

    Shooting investigation

    Snootie was initially said to be in critical condition after being found shot in his SUV in a ditch on Friday in Houston, Texas.

    Police arrived at the scene on Friday after being alerted of shots fired by the Shotspotter Program, ABC13 reported.

    Snootie received CPR at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, authorities said.

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