Bankroll Fresh Shot and Killed Outside Atlanta Recording Studio

Bankroll Fresh, formerly known as Yung Fresh, was shot and killed Friday in Atlanta. Fresh, who hails from Zone 3 – the West Side of Atlanta – was shot outside Street Execs Studio at 1740 Defoor Place in northeast Atlanta. There were at least 50 shell casings found on the ground outside the studio, according to NBC 11Alive.

The “Hot Boy” rapper died while in transit to the hospital.

2 Chainz, who is co-owner of Street Execs Studio, took to Twitter to mourn the loss of Fresh.

“Man I’m a fan of Bru and always will be , I’m in shock at the moment !! Senseless deaths we just got to stop it , I’m speaking up now,” he wrote.

Many other music professionals took to their respective Twitter accounts to offer their condolences, including Rich The Kid, Mike Will Made, DJ Drama and more.

Fresh commented during an interview with The Fader that he chose the music route over the streets because he “seen the bigger picture.”

“I knew I wasn’t gonna be able to make millions just running around in the streets because first of all your name will get too hot, they’ll try to knock you off,” he said. “Or, I’ll get too piped up, a nigga might try to rob me. I shoot him, he shoot me. That’s just how this shit goes in Atlanta this shit real, for real. And motherfuckers don’t know it because they be so caught up in the “Okay, well, Atlanta. The music. The glamour. They ball. The strip club.” They don’t know. I done seen this city swallow motherf*****s.”