Rapper Ketchy The Great has died after being involved in a car crash.
The star, real name Jameon Davis, is best known for his work with rap group Stinc Team, led by Drakeo The Ruler.
A representative for the star confirmed the tragic news to Pitchfork.
Drakeo paid tribute on Twitter, writing: "Long live Ketchy The Great," before revealing his friend was hit by a car.
In a message Instagram, he explained: "It's on the news. It's on the s**t. N**** got hit by a car... You know they finna start, though."
He added to a fan on Twitter: "He got hit by a random..."
Rapper Biz Markie also paid tribute, writing in a post on Twitter: "RIP Ketchy the Great. One of the brightest LA talents of the last five years.
"A ball of 1000 watt voltage with a razor blade growl, who never failed to steal a track... whose promise was first undercut by the DA plot to persecute the Stinc Team, & now this. An unspeakable loss."
Ketchy rose to fame as part of the underground rap scene in Los Angeles.
As well as releasing music with Stinc Team, Ketchy was also a solo artist in his own right.
His debut track If I Go Broke was released at the end of 2017.
However, his career was dealt a huge setback a year later when he was arrested for painting graffiti while filming the music video for his song with Ralfy the Plug, The Right Decision.
Stinc Team had been labelled a gang by prosecutors in Los Angeles, so it meant Ketchy was charged with vandalism with a gang enhancement and witness intimidation with gang enhancement.
He served almost three years behind bars before being released.
In an interview on PALMCAST after his release, the rapper admitted his music only really started to take off while he was behind bars.
He said: "When I went to jail... I had a couple songs that started takin' off.
"So while I'm in there, it's just motherf*****s comin' up to me like, 'Yo you're Ketchy the Great, I f**k with your s**t.'
"It's crazy ‘cause when I was on the streets.... [no one was] really coming up to me, noticing me, or recognising me.
"But once I was in the county and I was sittin' down for like six, seven months, everybody who's comin’ in that motherf****r’s like 'Hey Ketchy, yo Ketchy, sign my cup!'
"And I'm like damn, I'm signing my first f****n' autographs in the county."
