Slim 400 Biography – Wiki
Slim 400, a rising star on the West Coast hip-hop scene, died of a fatal gunshot wound in California.
The Compton-raised rapper was shot and killed Wednesday night in the Inglewood neighborhood of Los Angeles, law enforcement sources confirmed to TMZ. No details have been released about what triggered the deadly encounter, or how many suspects were involved.
Born Vincent Cohran to military parents on June 21, 1988, in Frankfurt, Germany, Slim returned to the United States when he was a young child. He was discovered and signed by the now-defunct music label Pu $ haz Ink, once popularized by YG (Young Gangsta) and DJ Mustard, who also collaborated with artists such as hip-hop star Travis Scott in 2016.
Age
Slim 400 has died at the age of 33-years-old.
Personal Life
The rapper was said to be private about his personal life, but Slim 400 allegedly has a daughter named Parris, born on March 17, 2009.
Cause of Death
The Compton-raised rapper was shot and killed Wednesday night in the Inglewood neighborhood of Los Angeles, law enforcement sources confirmed to TMZ. No details have been released about what triggered the deadly encounter, or how many suspects were involved.
The popular hip-hop podcast “No Jumper” was the first to report the passing of Slim 400 via a cryptic Twitter post, and disturbing fan-taken videos of the recorded crime scene are already circulating on YouTube.
Meanwhile, fans were quick to pay their respects online, with some praising Slim 400 as a trailblazer in his community.
RIP Slim 400. A Compton gangsta rap prototype, an ambassador for a tradition, lineage, and history — who made a whole lot of hard-as-hell rap songs full of sober gravity and blunt force. pic.twitter.com/ZgI1AVPmz4
— Otto Von Biz Markie (@Passionweiss) December 9, 2021
“RIP Slim 400” posted the Twitter account of the hip-hop blog Passion of the Weiss in a single tribute. “A prototype of gangsta rap from Compton, an ambassador of tradition, lineage, and history, who made a ton of hard-as-hell rap songs filled with understated gravity and blunt force.”
Slim 400 had previously narrowly escaped death when he was “ambushed” and shot nine times while he was visiting his family in Compton in the summer of 2019, Vlad TV reported. Slim revealed that one of his family members risked his own life to save him by dragging him inside to safety amid a hail of bullets from vehicles.
Rapper Slim400 has reportedly been killed, R.I.P. 🕊 pic.twitter.com/hJVEdTsgHp
— No Jumper (@nojumper) December 9, 2021
“I feel like when you intended to be here and God has a plan for you, there is no way to stop it,” the rapper revealed during a radio interview in Los Angeles at the time. “I hit the ground thinking it was over. My family went out, kept me alive, talked to me, dragged me into the house while they kept shooting. . . My family, love her to death for just saving me. I feel like I’m lucky to be here because I could have died right then and there. ”
