Lil Poppa committed suicide after car crash, police say

We learn more about the circumstances of the rapper’s death Little Poppa …and it’s quite shocking.

TMZ broke the news… the rapper – his real name Janarious Mykel Wheeler — was declared dead yesterday in Georgia at the age of 25.

Hapeville Police Chief Bruce Hedley tells TMZ… Lil Poppa was in a car accident on Interstate 85 south of Hapeville… that’s when he called his manager to ask what he should do. The car was still running.

The manager told her they would meet in a parking lot near the Hilton Hotel…and Hedley tells us that when they met, Lil Poppa stayed in her car while she talked to her manager through the rolled down window.

We’re told it’s unclear what they discussed, but at one point the rapper pulled out a handgun, put it to his head and I pulled the triggershooting himself in the head. Hedley tells us… an off-duty officer working at the hotel called 911.

Lil Poppa was rushed to Grady Hospital, where he was pronounced dead…no suicide note left.

Lil Poppa signed with Yo Gotti‘s Collective Music Group (CMG) and has released several hit tracks in recent years, including “Love & War”, “Mind Over Matter” and “HAPPY TEARS”.

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