It's been nearly five months since Atlanta rapper Yung Mazi was gunned down yards from a police station in Kirkwood. But police are still tight-lipped about the investigation.
Asked Friday if there were any suspects or a possible motive, an Atlanta Police Department spokesman said: “Currently there is no new information to provide regarding this case.”
The 31-year-old Conyers resident, whose given name was Jibril Abdur-Rahman, was shot multiple times while leaving Urban Pie pizza. The killer fled while passersby saw the body on Hosea L. Williams Drive near the rapper’s white 2015 Mercedes sedan.
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Speculation was rampant in the days after, considering his reputation as someone who was shot often, who once assured that he was “bulletproof” after being shot at a Waffle House.
Though friends and family hailed him as a philanthropist and strong father, the stories about shootings followed him most. The rapper, who worked with fellow Atlantans Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug, said in a 2016 interview he'd previously been shot about 10 times.
That the final bullets found him in Kirkwood troubled residents, who enjoy a mostly peaceful neighborhood.
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