VIDEO: Watch the drum line at the end of Shawty Lo's funeral

Hundreds of fans, friends and family members packed the spacious sanctuary at Jackson Memorial Baptist Church on Saturday as mourners said farewell to Carlos "Shawty Lo" Walker . The service featured prayers, tears, tributes and musical tributes, concluding with this powerful drum line:

A drum line concludes Shawty Lo's funeral
Posted by Jennifer Brett/Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Saturday, October 1, 2016

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