Independent label owner frustrated by deaths of local rappers offers a solution to end trend
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HOUSTON – Local up-and-coming rapper Obie Noir was gunned down in downtown Houston early Monday morning, police said. His death follows a recent trend of Texas rappers killed by gun violence.
Derrick McKinney, the CEO and founder of independent record label company Loud Muzik, said he was upset to hear that Obie Noir, whose real name is Xavier Roberson, was shot by two people who police said ambushed him on Fannin Street near Tuam Street.
“I’m tired of hearing about. I’m tired of seeing it. I’m tired of that being breaking news,” said McKinney, who manages Houston legends Lil Flip and Z-Ro. “It’s heartbreaking. And not just from the music community, but just as a black man, seeing another brother gunned down.”