Reports indicate that BTB Savage, a Houston rapper, has been shot and killed.
The incident occurred on Thursday (March 30) in the 2100 block of Mid Lane, near Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood.
Although details surrounding the incident are limited, Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner has stated that the victim was found dead on arrival and police suspect it was a targeted murder.
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Witnesses claim that the victim was driving a white Mercedes when suspects drove up alongside him in a black Subaru and fired multiple shots before fleeing down San Felipe.
While the victim has not been identified, sources such as VladTV and Akademiks have suggested that it may have been BTB Savage.
Hours prior to the shooting, the rapper posted a photo on his Twitter account that appeared to show him standing next to blood splatter and bullet holes, while flexing his jewelry.
His caption read “TOO MUCH MOTION,” which is a reference to his recent music video of the same name.
The Houston Police Department is urging anyone with information to come forward.
The rapper’s social media accounts upon check have no updates as of the time of this publication, but Townflex promises to follow-up with this news once we get hold of new information.
Prior to his untimely death, BTB Savage was a rising star in the rap scene. He had conducted revealing interviews with Off the Porch and, more recently, with VladTV.
During these interviews, he spoke candidly about his experience with self-defense, claiming to have killed a man who attempted to rob him at his San Antonio residence after requesting a feature. These interviews helped to establish his reputation as a serious artist in the rap community.
“He like, ‘I been trying to do this for a long time, bro. You been bullshitting.’ I’m like, ‘Alright, bet,’” he said. “We go inside the crib and they just talking and shit, looking around. I figured it was kind of weird they were looking around walking into my crib … but I didn’t pay it no mind. I was just kinda like, ‘C’mon, let’s get this out the way.’ I’m gonna go and knock this out 30 seconds rapping real quick then I’m done. I ain’t tripping.”
BTB continued by saying the more the man and his relative loitered around his apartment, the more nervous he got. When the person asking for the feature went to get studio equipment from his car, he locked the door behind him.
“His uncle, he pulled out some bread and was like, ‘Oh we ain’t on that…you don’t gotta lock the doors or nothing like that. I’m a grown man,” Savage continued. “While he talking, he asking about my chain, like, ‘What jeweler you go to?’ Blah blah blah.
“And I told him, ‘Yeah, I dropped a bag on this one.’ And then right as I’m talking, I go down to look at my piece while he talking…that’s when he upped and pulled on me and he was like, ‘Run that.’”
Ultimately, BTB Savage was able to wrestle the gun out of the man’s hand before his girlfriend fired the fatal shots.
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