- Tahjay Dobson, or Tdott Woo, has died at age 22 after a shooting, the NYPD confirmed to Insider on Thursday.
- The budding rapper, known for his association with Brooklyn drill artists, had recently inked a record deal.
- His grandmother told The New York Daily News that he was a “good, good kid.”
The New York City rapper Tahjay Dobson, known as Tdott Woo, has died at the age of 22 after being fatally shot, the New York Police Department confirmed to Insider on Thursday.
An Instagram post on Wednesday fromthe account of the rapper’s label, Million Dollar Music, also confirmed his death.
On Tuesday, Dobson was shot in Brooklyn’s Canarsie neighborhood and rushed by paramedics to The Brookdale Medical Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead, the NYPD told Insider.
The NYPD also told Insider that the investigation into the shooting is ongoing and no arrests have been made as of Thursday.
Dobson inked a recording contract hours before his death, according to People Magazine.
“It’s an honor to remain your friend until your last moments,” his label posted on Instagram after news of his death. “Your memories will always stay with us no matter where we go & what we do.”
Dobson was known for making Brooklyn drill, a local hybrid of aggressive, rhythmic rap that went viral in 2019 with rappers such as Pop Smoke, who died in February 2020 after he was shot during a home invasion.
The budding rapper was an associate of Pop Smoke and another Brooklyn drill rapper, Fivio Foreign, according to Complex. He featured in a video for Fivio Foreign’s August 2019 “BIG DRIP” video.
Dobson’s grandmother told The New York Daily News on Wednesday that he was a “good, good kid” who “loved singing and dancing and all that” and said that Dobson had just gotten back from a trip to Los Angeles.
The rapper had over 320,000 streams on Spotify, with his most popular song, “Like Woo,” amassing 300,000 plays.
He also had over 90,000 followers on Instagram, where he shared pictures of himself and his friends.
Multiple rappers and producers mourned Dobson online, including Fivio Foreign and Lil Tjay, who wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday that Dobson’s energy was “unmatched.”
Million Dollar Music did not respond to Insider’s request for comment.