Rapper Earl Swavey, known for his collaborations with A$AP Yams and Grimes’ brother Jay Worthy, was driving a car carrying multiple passengers when he was shot by someone outside a party in downtown Los Angeles and subsequently crashed into a parked motorhome, a final autopsy report obtained Monday by Rolling Stone says.
According to the report, Swavey, whose legal title was Earl Hatton died on January 9, 2022 from a gunshot injury to his back. The copper bullet was found in the heart of Swavey. Blunt head trauma from the vehicle collision was listed as a contributing factor in the 26-year-old’s death.
Witnesses purportedly said at least one passenger inside Hatton’s vehicle discharged a firearm before “patrons at the party fired back,”According to the report, a detective from LAPD told the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner that the shooting was a homicide. It’s believed the shooting was “gang-related,”The report was brief and did not provide any further details.
Hatton was born to a single mother in South L.A. when his father died at the age of 2. He told The No Jumper podcast in 2018. Hatton remembered meeting Steven “A$AP Yams”Rodriguez in his teens. The A$AP Mob co-founder heard Hatton’s track “Beef”A 2013 mixtape entitled Prioritize Business over PleasureHe said that he had reached out to him and wanted to work with him. The 2014 song featured the two of them together. “Uza Trikk”LNDN DRGS was the producer of this musical duo. Sean House is a producer and worthy.. Rodriguez would be killed by accidental drug overdose, six months later, in January 2015.
Interview with Judith in 2015. Grungecake, Hatton said Rodriguez’s death hit him hard. “It hurts a lot because I recently talked to him two days before he passed. Out of all of the members of A$AP, Yams was really like a brother to me. He would send me Christmas gifts and always look out for my mom, and ask if she needed anything. I could call him anytime and he would always answer, no matter what. I definitely gained some wisdom from him,”He said.
Vince Staples, a well-known rapper, paid tribute to Hatton during a TweetSoon after his death, “Rest In Peace to the great Earl Swavey,”Staples tweeted Jan.
Rest in Peace to the great Earl Swavey
— RPBMH 💔 OUT NOW (@vincestaples) January 10, 2022
Hatton’s death followed shortly after fellow southern California MCs Darrell “Drakeo The Ruler”Vincent and Caldwell “Slim 400”Cohran and two other suspects were killed in Los Angeles County on December 20, 2021. Two suspects were Later, the arrest was madeCohran’s fatal shooting. Caldwell’s homicide remains an active investigation under the jurisdiction of the California Highway Patrol because it happened on state property during the Once Upon A Time in L.A. concert.
An LAPD detective assigned to Hatton’s homicide did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. A spokeswoman for the LAPD stated that the case is still open.