Drakeo The Ruler’s brother and other members of his Stinc Team rap collective claim in a dramatic new lawsuit that promoters’ negligence allowed the “vicious” backstage “mob attack” that resulted in not just Drakeo’s murder, but their own “severe physical and emotional harm.”
The new complaint, filed Thursday in Los Angeles and obtained by Rolling Stone, reveals chilling new details about Drakeo’s stabbing death at the Dec. 18 Once Upon a Time in LA music festival. It alleges Live Nation, C3 Presents, Bobby Dee Presents and Snoop Dogg’s LLC, among others, should be held liable for a string of security failures.
Drakeo, born Darrell Caldwell, was fatally stabbed in the neck by an unidentified assailant just minutes before he was due to take the stage at the massive event, touting dozens of performers ranging from Snoop Dogg and Al Green to 50 Cent and YG.