Rapper Chii Wvttz shot dead at 18 after ‘being ambushed outside NYC recording studio’ as friends mourn ‘mad talent’

TEEN rapper Chii Wvttz was shot dead after allegedly being ambushed outside a New York recording studio.

The 18-year-old star, also known as Jayquan McKenley, was targeted early on Sunday morning.  

He was shot dead in a parked car on a street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the New York Daily News reports.

The rapper, who was pursuing a career in drill music, traveled to Brooklyn to pursue his passion for music.

His dad Perry Williams thought his son would "pull through" when he first learned that Wvittz had been shot.

Dozens of tributes have been paid to the teen as news of his death emerged.

One said: “Really lost my best friend, I never thought I’d be writing RIP next to ya name.

“No time soon s**t really crazy I love you always and forever my heart. Forever your world.”

Another commented: “Bro WTF goin on, RIP Chii Wvttz mad talent.”

And a third posted online: “Chii Wvttz f**king died. I’m going to sleep, you n***** don’t even understand the hours I got listening to this mf.

“All the vids I got with his music… I know you feel my pain gang. I’m tucked bro.”

The rap industry has been rocked by a series of deaths in recent weeks.

Houston star Sad Frosty, 24, passed away on January 14.

He was known for his popular collaboration with DC The Don called Beavis & Butt-Head, which has been watched more than 1.4million times on YouTube.

And, rapper Wavy Navy Pooh, real name Shandler Beaubien, was shot dead while driving with his two kids in Miami.

The drive-by shooting happened in Kendall, Florida, a suburb of Miami.

Beaubien was driving a Toyota Camry at the time of the shooting, police said.

A one-year-old boy was sitting in a front car seat, while a five-year-old was sitting in the back with an adult woman while Beaubien was driving, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.

The two children and the adult woman were left unharmed, according to police.