A popular St. Louis rapper, and Kinloch native, Huey was shot and killed Thursday night at age 32-years-old.
The shooting happened just before 11:00 p.m. in front of a home in the 8100 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard near Mable Avenue in Kinloch. According to police, Huey whose real name is Lawrence Franks arrived at a local hospital suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival.
Another victim of the shooting went to the Ferguson Police Department with a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are said to be non-life-threatening.
During his rap career, Huey's hit record "Pop, Lock & Drop It" peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2007. That same year, the track climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. He was on the Hot 100 for 23 weeks and on the Rap Songs chart for over six months (27 weeks). "Toot that thang up, mommy, make it roll/Once you pop, pop, lock it for me, girl, get low/If yo' mama gave it to you, baby girl, let it show/Once you pop, lock, drop it for me, maybe we can roll," he raps on the popular song. "Pop, Lock & Drop It," which became nationally known following its release, appears on the late STL native's debut album, Notebook Paper. The track was later remixed with T-Pain and Bow Wow.
Huey released a new record, "Pulled Away," back in April.
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