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Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg escape unhurt after ‘two shot and another injured’ while filming rap vid in Atlanta
RODDY Ricch and 42 Dugg escaped unhurt after two people were reportedly shot and another injured while filming a rap video in Atlanta.
Cops say they responded to shots fired at the yard on Wells Street in the southwest of the city around 4 pm,
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Following the incident, 42 Dugg went on Live to confirm that he escaped unscathed.
"Y’all stop with that fake s**t, man. We ain’t been around no gun shooting, none of that," the rapper said.
Roddy Ricch was also reportedly safe, according to his friend DJ A-Tron.
"My n**** Roddy good, all the homies good," he posted on .
Witness Teresa Lakes, who was working on the set as medic to take temperatures and screen anyone who entered for Covid, told the station about the panic that ensued after shots rang out.
“Everyone started running, trying to get out. Or take cover, lot of places to take cover in there,” she said.
“Anyone that was injured, I laid hands on ‘em to make sure they were OK. Just glad it wasn’t a lot worse then it could have been…could have been worse.”
Police say the men shot drove themselves to Grady Memorial Hospital, though their condition is currently unknown.
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It's also not known if Ricch (Rodrick Moore Jr.) or Dugg (Dion Hayes) were on the set at the time of the shooting.
The third man injured was treated at the scene by paramedics.
WSB reports that one man was seen being put into the back of a police car while a 40-year-old man was arrested for drug possession but is not a shooting suspect.
42 Dugg went on IG Live shortly after with Lil Baby to confirm he was fine.
“Y’all stop with that fake s***, man. We ain’t been around no gun shooting, none of that,” the rapper said.
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In 2019, three people were stabbed when violence erupted at a Roddy Rich gig in London.
Ricch received widespread acclaim for his early EPs and his 2018 single Die Young.
His debut LP ‘Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial’ debuted on top of the Billboard 200 album charts the following year
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He has already amassed nine Grammy nominations, picking up one in 2020 for his collaboration with the late Nipsey Hussle their 2019 song ‘Racks In The Middle’.
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Detroit rapper 42 Dugg made his top 10 debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart last year with ‘We Paid’ - a collaboration with Lil Baby
The rappers worked together in 2020 on the single Grace, which peaked in the top 50 on the Hot 100 list.
Three people shot on a music video set in Atlanta for rappers Roddy Ricch and 42 Dugg
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