Rapper PNB Rock Dies After Being Shot Multiple Times While In LA Restaurant

Philadelphia rapper PNB Rock has died after being shot multiple times in Los Angeles on Monday, the LAPD told The Times.

The shooting took place after 1 p.m. at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles on Main Street and Manchester Avenue in South L.A., police said. Rock, whose real name is Rakim Allen, was shot while being robbed of his jewelry, according to the LAPD. He was taken to a local hospital. His condition is unknown.

Rock, 30, had been at the restaurant with his girlfriend, who’d posted a location-tagged photo in a since-deleted Instagram post.

Graphic video shared by TMZ showed Allen lying in a pool of blood inside the restaurant. He was pronounced dead around 2 p.m.

In a video shared on social media, a witness claims the robbery was related to jewelry.

No one else in the restaurant was injured.

R.I.P.