Hundreds of mourners gathered Tuesday to say goodbye to Drakeo the Ruler, the West Coast rap star fatally stabbed on Dec. 18.
Family, friends, and fans attended the funeral at the Greater Emmanuel Temple Church in Lynwood, a few miles east of the South Los Angeles community where the highly inventive MC — known for his breakout 2017 mixtape Cold Devil, and the Drake-assisted 2021 single “Talk to Me” — grew up.
“It really hit me last night. Reality is setting in. This is my baby,” Drakeo’s mother Darrylene Corniel told Rolling Stone as she greeted family outside the church. “My son had class, and I wanted him to go out with class.”
Inside the chapel, Drakeo’s brother, the rapper Ralfy The Plug, was seated in the front row. A gleaming $36,000 platinum coffin was surrounded by life-size images of the 28-year-old hip-hop prodigy.
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