Rapper Killed While Filming Music Video

Rapper Killed While Filming Music Video

February 5. 2021

Lonnie Oxendine

22-year-old aspiring rapper, Oxendine, real name Lonnie Oxendine, was shot and killed on the set of his music video in Lexington, Kentucy. The incident occurred at a at the Marriott Hotel where the music video was being shot on Sunday, January 31st, 2021.

A vigil for Oxendine at the Marriot Hotel where he was gunned down by a promoter

Oxendine had a dispute over money with a local promoter, who shot him to death. The WKYT website reported, "Family members say Oxendine and a promoter had a disagreement over money. The two went outside, which is when folks heard gunfire. Oxendine died at the hospital, his son by his side."

Oxendine

Oxendine leaves behind a 2-year-old son. His son will now grow up without his father. What a waste of life. He was just getting started, in a bid to launch a career doing what he loved to do. For his life to be violently snatched from him is wrong and the individual responsible must face the full brunt of the law in court.

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Lexington rapper dies after being shot while making music video

Published: Feb. 1, 2021 at 5:40 PM EST - LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lonnie Oxendine was killed Sunday evening while chasing his dreams. “We’re just happy he was doing something he loved when he was taken from here,” said Arial Oxendine, Lonnie’s cousin.
Police say the shooting happened around 5:15 p.m. outside the Marriott Hotel at City Center. Oxendine, a 22-year-old up and coming rapper, was shooting a music video.

“He wasn’t out there like that. Not a bad child. He had dreams and aspirations and what he wanted to do with himself,” his mother Lonetta Oxendine said. With him that night were his sister, cousins, and two-year-old son.

“His son loved him. He loved his son. He looked just like him,” said Destiny Gardner, the mother of Lonnie’s son. Family members say Oxendine and a promoter had a disagreement over money. The two went outside, which is when folks heard gunfire. Oxendine died at the hospital, his son by his side...

https://www.wkyt.com