Rapper Yngx 17 Killed By Trailer After Fight With Driver

LOS ANGELES- Rapper Yngx 17 was killed on Monday after he was pinned down by a trailer following an altercation with a driver.

Yngx 17, whose real name is Taariq Grant, was identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as the man who was killed, according to reports.

Police say Yngx and a driver who was hauling a trailer got into a verbal altercation.

Yngx allegedly climbed on top of the trailer, and it crashed into a concrete divider, which made him fall underneath it, where he was crushed.

The 28-year-old rapper was pronounced dead at the scene.

He was later identified by his family.

There is an ongoing investigation.

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