PnB Rock: Rapper shot dead in Los Angeles waffle house in suspected robbery

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American rapper PnB Rock was shot dead in an apparent robbery at a restaurant in Los Angeles.

The musician, 30, was with his girlfriend when a gunman allegedly demanded jewelry before opening fire inside a waffle house in the south of the city.

Police found PnB with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead in hospital 45 minutes later.

No arrests have yet been made over Monday's shooting.

Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Kelly Muniz said a suspect approached a couple inside Roscoe's Chicken and Waffle House and demanded that they hand over personal items.

She told reporters at the scene that this led to "some kind of verbal exchange" before the victim was shot multiple times and left falls to the ground.

The suspect then "removed items from the victim", she said, before running towards a getaway car in wait and flee the scene.

US media said law enforcement sources confirmed the rapper was the target of the attack.

Tributes have since poured in for PnB Rock - real name Rakim Hasheem Allen - who shot to fame with the release of his 2016 hit Selfish and collaborated with artists like Ed Sheeran .

Superstar Drake posted a photo of the team up on his Instagram Story, and rapper Offset posted a hom mage on Twitter urging followers to pray for PnB's two children.