The late Jimmy Wopo was poised for a career breakthrough prior to his death.
Taylor Gang members Chevy Woods and Sledgren confirmed Wopo signed with Wiz Khalifa’s label before the Pittsburgh native was killed in a shooting in his hometown on Monday (June 18).
“Just thinking like damn lil cuz we ain’t even get to tell the world the big news,” Woods wrote. “Gang @jimmywopo_.”
“We just signed him,” Sledgren wrote. “I can’t stop crying.”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Julian Roth spoke to Norman Dean, one Wopo’s friends and producers, and learned Wopo was also planning to leave Pittsburgh soon. Dean said the up-and-coming MC was moving to Los Angeles after inking the Taylor Gang deal.
Khalifa hasn’t said anything about Wopo joining the label but did mourn the slain rapper’s loss in an Instagram post.
Taylor Gang’s ficial Instagram and Twitter accounts also expressed sadness over the deaths Wopo and XXXTENTACION.