- Phat Geez, 28, was shot by an unidentified passenger outside his home in North Philadelphia on March 17
- Gant was shot multiple times and died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- The motive and a description of the suspects and their vehicle is unknown
Derrick Gant, a rapper who’s known as Phat Geez, was murdered in Pennsylvania.
The 28-year-old was shot outside his home in North Philadelphia near the 1200 block of North Taney Street. According to FOX 29, a car pulled up around 10 pm Sunday and one of the occupants had ‘an exchange’ with Gant before he started shooting.
Gant was shot multiple times in the chest and rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have made no arrests in the case. The motive and a description of the suspects and their vehicle has not been released.
The late rapper released the music video for No Gunzone only one month before his death. The video features the rapper, at one point, singing over a murdered body – covered by a sheet – along a sidewalk with crime scene tape in the area.
Derrick Gant, who is a rapper known by his stage name Phat Geez, was murdered outside his home in Philadelphia last night
The 28-year-old rapper had a brief encounter with multiple people in a car around 10 pm Sunday near the 1200 block of North Taney Street
Gant rose to fame after he released his song Life in 2014 featuring Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill.
He released his first mixtape Cut from a Different Cloth later that year and was releasing music under PricelessLifestyle Records prior to his death.
One of Gant’s final songs called No Gunzone was named in reference to an Instagram account of the same name that promotes anti-violence efforts in Philadelphia.
Several social media users have paid their respects on various platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram since the brutal killing.
One of the individuals who commented on Gant’s death was Mill himself.
Gant rose to fame after he released his song Life in 2014, which featured Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill. Mill was one of the social media users who responded to Gant’s death
One of Gant’s final songs called No Gunzone was named in reference to an Instagram account of the same name that promotes anti-violence efforts in Philadelphia
The music video for No Gunzone was released one month before his murder. One of his final Instagram posts that he made yesterday was a clip of the video
‘Rip phat geez…..Philly is a terrible place for black people to live… you see too much death!!!! Smh,’ Mill wrote on X this morning.
Mill also posted a tribute to Gant on his Instagram Story.
‘I think it’s time we fully break the streets up in Philly! A lot of dummies with guns,’ he wrote.
Media personality Mina Saywhat also commented on Gant’s death and shared a video of her interviewing the late rapper.
‘I can not believe Phat Geez is gone. Philly is in a state of emergency,’ she wrote.
‘I was watching out interview & music gave him hope.’
Meek Mill and media personality Mina Saywhat have posted tributes to Gant
Social media users have been paying their respects for the late rapper on X and Instagram following the news of his death
Gant’s death comes one year after rapper YNG Cheese was killed in a Philadelphia shooting.
The rapper, whose real name is Devin Spady, was shot along with two other individuals that suffered minor injuries.
Spady’s death currently remains unsolved.
Despite Gant’s shocking death, the Philadelphia Police Department, indicated that the number of homicide deaths in the city is down 30 percent from this time last year.
Police are asking anyone with information about Gant’s murder to call 215-686-TIPS or 911.
A $20,000 reward is also being offered to the person who provides information that leads to an arrest and conviction.
