{"id":2288080,"date":"2026-02-18T21:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2288080"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:14:08","slug":"lil-poppa-dead-rapper-dies-at-25-lil-poppa-rip-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lil-poppa-dead-rapper-dies-at-25-lil-poppa-rip-celebrity-news-and-gossip-entertainment-photos-and-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Poppa Dead: Rapper Dies at 25 | Lil Poppa, RIP | Celebrity News and Gossip | Entertainment, Photos and Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/lil-poppa\/\" title=\"Lil Poppa\"><strong>Lil Poppa<\/strong><\/a> has sadly died.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida-based rapper, born <strong>Janarious Mykel Wheeler<\/strong>, passed away at the age of 25.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2182547\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The news was confirmed by the Fulton County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in Georgia, who told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/18\/rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25\/?adid=social-tw\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink('https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/18\/rapper-lil-poppa-dead-at-25\/?adid=social-tw'); return false;\">TMZ<\/a> that he passed Wednesday (February 18) at 11:23 AM ET.<\/p>\n<p>A cause of death has not yet been made public.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lil Poppa \u2013 Eternal Living feat. Polo G (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y3W86LVWmP8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>He was signed to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/yo-gotti\/\" title=\"Yo Gotti\"><strong>Yo Gotti<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s Collective Music Group, and released his debut album <em>Blessed, I Guess<\/em> in 2021. He released his mixtape <em>Under Investigation 3<\/em> in 2022, as well as his follow-up <em>Heavy is the Head<\/em>. He collaborated with stars like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/polo-g\/\" title=\"Polo G\"><strong>Polo G<\/strong><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/moneybagg-yo\/\" title=\"Moneybagg Yo\"><strong>Moneybagg Yo<\/strong><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/mozzy\/\" title=\"Mozzy\"><strong>Mozzy<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His latest release, \u201cOut of Town Bae,\u201d released just a few days ago, and he was set to perform in March in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lil Poppa - Out Of Town Bae (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YiJpnqQGXyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>His last social media post was promoting the new single, writing: \u201cOut Of Town Bae Official Video out now\u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with <strong>Lil Poppa<\/strong>\u2018s loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.justjared.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lil Poppa has sadly died. The Florida-based rapper, born Janarious Mykel Wheeler, passed away at the age of 25. Keep reading to find out more\u2026 The news was confirmed by the Fulton County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office in Georgia, who told TMZ that he passed Wednesday (February 18) at 11:23 AM ET. 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