Lil Snupe, a Louisiana rapper signed by Meek Mill to his Dream Chasers Records at the age of 16, died this morning. He was 18.

AllHipHop initially reported that Snupe was shot and killed. While the cause of death has not been confirmed, the rapper's manager, Leem7st, sent out a tweet confirming his death.

Lil Snupe joined the Dream Chasers roster after passing off a mixtape to Meek Mill. “He was in a van, they was finna pull off. And I went and knocked on the van, on the window. They let the window down, grabbed the mixtape and it was like 10 minutes later, 20 minutes later they called me,” Snupe told MTV News in April.

Our thoughts go out to Lil Snupe's family and friends.

Source: xxlmag.com