Rapper Repeatedly Stabbed At Awards Show In London

September 13. 2018

Warning: video contains graphic scenes

Rapper Young Spray, real name Leon Riviere, aged 37, was repeatedly stabbed backstage at the fourth annual GRM Daily Rated Awards at the Apollo Hammersmith in London, England. It is thought to be the result of gang activity, targeting Young Spray, who served time behind bars as a teen.

Young Spray

Young Spray’s dressing room was stormed by rival rappers and members of their entourage, who stabbed him several times, leaving him slumped against a wall in a pool of his own blood. Young Spray was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condition. He posted a photo of himself to social networking with the caption, “Resting in peace.” In the photo he is making gun signs with his fingers.

Young Spray

Violence has no place in music. People need to remember what happened to Tupac and the Notorious BIG, regarding what happens when music industry rivalries go out of control. To make it as an entertainer then end up murdered over a rivalry is tragic.

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Rapper stabbed at star-studded music awards poses with gun signs in hospital bed

2 hours ago - A rapper stabbed at a star-studded urban music awards ceremony poses in his hospital bed — making gun signs with both hands. Leon Riviere, 37, who performs under the name Young Spray, was knifed repeatedly by rivals who reportedly raided a backstage dressing room.

Stars including Stormzy appeared at the GRM Daily Rated Awards at the Apollo in Hammersmith last Tuesday alongside Chip and Big Narstie, Krept and Konan, actor Daniel Kaluuya, and Radio 1 DJ Charlie Sloth. Harrowing footage posted online shows Riviere, the father of a young child, slumped against a wall in a pool of blood.

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