Did Charleston White get shot in Chicago?
The internet was rocked by rumors that the internet personality and Hyped about HYPE CEO Charleston White had been shot on October 20, 2024.
However, the controversial online personality came forward to confirm that these claims were fake and gave a blunt response to the rumors.
“Yet house parents, caseworkers, psychologists, teachers - they saw something in me.”
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According to Charleston, four juvenile correctional officers voiced their opposition to him being transferred to the adult prison system.
This persuaded a judge to go against the state recommendation to transfer him to the adult system and he was released at the age of 21.
After leaving prison, Charleston joined a Church and became the father of two children.
He also founded Hyped about HYPE (Helping Young People Excel), which hopes to prevent young people becoming involved in crime as Charleston did.
Rumors of a shooting
On October 20, 2024, it was reported on social media that Charleston had been shot in Chicago, Illinois.
Users on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that the shooting had taken place outside of a hospital and some even included a 911 phone call, alleged to have been made because of the incident.
However, Charleston himself took to Twitter to debunk the rumors by appearing in a video where he explained that he couldn’t have been involved in the shooting.
, he said that nobody is “shooting me in Chicago, they got to get me in Atlanta.”
“I wouldn’t vote for no Black b**ch.
“Listen, I was raised by Black women.
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“I have a grandmother, I got Black sisters, but I wouldn’t dare put no Black woman in no motherf**king position of White House, the Commander-in-Chief of the military.”
His comments came after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Kamala Harris received a surge of support from Democrat voters.