THF Bayzoo, an affiliate of Lil Durk and late rapper King Von, was killed in Chicago over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune experiences.T
The Chicago rapper, born Devonshe Collier, was amongst three people shot within the metropolis’s Little Village space on Saturday (October 25) afternoon. At the time of the incident, a automobile occupant in a car parking zone shot at three males on the 3100 block of South St. Louis Avenue round 3 p.m.
Bayzoo, also called THF Zoo, who signed to Durk’s document label Only the Family (OTF) in 2018, was rushed to an area hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless on Sunday morning. While the opposite two taking pictures victims, ages 39 and 42, respectively, are in honest situation, no arrests have been made.
Among those that mourned the information have been fellow OTF artist Doodie Lo, 21 Savage and incarcerated rapper RondoNumba9.
During his life, Bayzoo repeatedly frolicked in jail. In 2014, per the Chicago Tribunehe was charged with the homicide of 21-year-old Dominic Barnes. Bayzoo was acquitted three years later.
Bayzoo turns into the fourth particular person on the OTF roster to be fatally shot, following King Von, OTF Nunu, and LA Capone. Multiple artists on the label are incarcerated, together with founder Lil Durk, who’s awaiting his murder-for-hire trial, scheduled to start in January 2026.
Although Bayzoo didn’t launch an album in his lifetime, the late artist had quite a few solo singles and collaborations with fellow label mates, together with 2018 King Von collaboration “Beat Dat Body.” The rapper was additionally featured on OTF compilation albums, the most recent being 2023 LP Nightmares within the Trenches.