News: Rick Ross Collaborator Killed In Drive-By Shooting

Written by Cyrus Langhorne

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:28

Rick Ross

23 year-old, up-and-coming rapper Toro, who has appeared on the track "Ride" with Rick Ross, was fatally shot in Miami over the weekend.

According to the Miami Herald, the Opa-locka bred rapper (born Derek Johnson) was inside a Cadillac Escalade on Saturday (October 18) morning around 4 a.m. with another man in Northern Miami-Dade County, as a silver sedan passed by riddling the vehicle with multiple bullets.

After the gunshots went off, Toro's vehicle excelled forward bursting through the wall of a local home. Nearly destroying the house, the family who inhabited the residence came out unharmed.

While both men were hit, Toro's friend was the only survivor, escaping with a minor injury.

Toro's grandmother Addie Baldwin is still in disbelief from losing her grandchild. 

"I'm in a state of shock," Baldwin told the Herald. "He was easy going, everybody loved him -- we thought." 

Despite his grandmother's love and admiration for him, Toro prided himself as a rapper inspired by infamous criminals.

"I'm not influenced by rappers I'm influenced by gangsters," he wrote on his MySpace page. 

As of now, no suspects have been identified by police.

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7 Comments

By TROPIX ENTERTAINMENT on October 20, 2008 1:58 PM

RIP TORO....REALEST NI99A BREATHING!!!!!

By R.I.P. on October 20, 2008 2:00 PM

R.I.P. Toro realest nigga sleeping

By X on October 20, 2008 2:42 PM

STOP THE VIOLENCE!

STOP THE IGNORANCE!

By JohnPaul on October 20, 2008 2:52 PM

talk shit in the streets, get dealt wit in the streets

By HATE HATE AND MORE HATEAuthor Profile Page on October 20, 2008 3:37 PM

LMAO, DEATH TO WACK A$$ RAPPERS

By New kid on October 20, 2008 7:32 PM

Hate get a life,RIP young Toro
Stop the violence people

By big kuntry alabama on October 22, 2008 11:43 PM

R.I.P. Toro sometimes the good ones leave first