IN PICS | Five Famous Rappers Who Were Fatally Shot

5 Famous Rappers Who Were Fatally Shot (Source: File photo/Getty)

Famous Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead in Jawaharpur village of Punjab's Mansa district on Sunday. Moose Wala had unsuccessfully contested the Punjab assembly polls on a Congress ticket. Police has called the killing of Moose Wala a result of an inter-gang rivalry. (Source: Getty)

American rapper Tupac Shakur was shot dead on September 7, 1996 at the age of 25. Tupac Shakur was travelling with music producer Suge Knight, who was injured in the firing. While Tupac Shakur’s murder remains unsolved to this date, Los Angeles Police Department had said it was an act of gang retaliation. (Source: Getty)

Rapper Young Dolph, aka Adolph Thornton Jr., suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his head after he was shot 22 times in the hail of gunfire that ended the famed rapper's life at a Memphis bakery last November. (Source: Getty)

An American rapper, better known by his stage names 'the Notorious BIG' and 'Biggie Smalls', was killed in Los Angeles during an ambush at an intersection on March 9, 1997. (Source: Getty)

American rapper Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, referred to as XXXTentacion, was shot dead on June 18, 2018. The 20-year-old was visiting Riva's MotorSports in Pompano Beach, Florida, when he was robbed and killed. (Source: Getty)