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Max Channon

Ed Sheeran Cross Me rapper PnB Rock reportedly shot dead at South Los Angeles Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles restaurant

A US rapper who performed with Ed Sheeran on a hit single has been shot dead in America. PnB Rock was fatally injured during a robbery at a restaurant in Los Angeles, according to reports in the US.

The 30-year-old musician from Philadelphia was killed at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles on Monday afternoon, police sources told ABC News. While Los Angeles Police Department have not officially named the victim, LAPD sources told ABC News that the rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Hasheem Allen, was the victim.

The rapper's social media account showed he was at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, in a message that has now been deleted.

PnB Rock has had a top 10 hit in the UK - Cross Me - with Ed Sheeren and Chance the Rapper. He had more than 5 million monthly listeners on Spotify - with his hit Selfish being streamed more 342 million times.

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