{"id":2289950,"date":"2026-02-19T22:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2289950"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:36:41","slug":"rapper-lil-poppa-dies-in-atlanta-at-the-age-of-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rapper-lil-poppa-dies-in-atlanta-at-the-age-of-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lil Poppa dies in Atlanta at the age of 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkia29002y26qq1icvan35@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A popular Florida rapper was found dead Wednesday in Atlanta, the Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed to celebrity.land.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkjol500073b6r0jzu45j7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Lil Poppa, whose legal name is Janarious Mykel Wheeler, was pronounced dead shortly after 11 a.m. in Fulton County which is a part of Atlanta, Georgia.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkjol500083b6rv94rowvp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He was 25 years old.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkjol500093b6rwqjmbtl5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The cause of death is still pending investigation, the medical examiner\u2019s office said in a subsequent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fultoncountyga.gov\/News\/2026\/02\/18\/Medical-Examiners-Press-Report-for-Janarious-Wheeler\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkjol5000a3b6roxosedcl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Signed to Yo Gotti\u2019s Collective Music Group, the Jacksonville, Florida resident was \u201cknown for projects like \u2018Blessed, I Guess\u2019 and his \u2018Under Investigation\u2019 mixtape series,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/artists-signed-to-yo-gotti-collective-music-group-cmg\" target=\"_blank\">according to Revolt.<\/a> The rapper also collaborated with Yo Gotti on the single \u201cH Spot,\u201d the outlet said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkkfp7000d3b6r20bbfzub@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The last post to Lil Poppa\u2019s<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUtfNNXDhjM\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"> verified Instagram account <\/a>earlier this week announced the drop of the music video for his single \u201cOut Of Town Bae.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmltkmgxv000f3b6rq2bnomex@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            He mentions Atlanta in the clip shared to the account, which has one million followers.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/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.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular Florida rapper was found dead Wednesday in Atlanta, the Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed to celebrity.land. Lil Poppa, whose legal name is Janarious Mykel Wheeler, was pronounced dead shortly after 11 a.m. in Fulton County which is a part of Atlanta, Georgia. He was 25 years old. 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