“All these mothers losing kids is it really worth it? Jenkins, whose songs had millions of plays on YouTube and Spotify, had been hailed as a potential “next big thing” out of Toronto. There are a lot of kids who love gangster-style hip hop who’ll never hurt anyone, he said. All you need to do is look at the comments attached to dead rappers’ music videos to find rampant speculation the artists might have brought about their own demise with lyrical disses aimed at enemy “opps” from rival neighbourhoods. “Seeing how far music could potentially take me has really humbled me and makes me question every move I make before I make it,” he wrote.

Source: thestar June 22, 2020 11:01 UTC