Julio Foolio, the Florida rapper born Charles Jones and recognized for songs together with “Crooks” and “Attain The Prime,” was fatally shot in a lodge parking zone in Tampa on Sunday. He was 26.
Lewis Fusco, a consultant for the artist, confirmed the information to Leisure Weekly on Monday and offered an announcement that stated, “Mr. Jones had been in Tampa to have a good time his birthday over the weekend. Regulation enforcement stories point out that he initially stayed at an Airbnb however was requested to depart because of exceeding occupancy limits. He subsequently relocated to the Vacation Inn, the place he was concerned in an incident within the lodge parking zone and reportedly ambushed.”
The Tampa Police Division stated in a information launch that officers responded to a 911 name reporting a capturing round 4:40 a.m. Sunday and arrived to seek out two automobiles that had been fired on, and 4 people who have been injured within the capturing. Jones was pronounced useless on the scene, and the three wounded have been transported to the hospital in steady situation.
Julio Foolio.
Julio Foolio/Instagram
Fusco additionally paid tribute to Jones in an announcement posted his Instagram tales.
“I’m deeply saddened to listen to concerning the passing of Foolio,” he wrote. “Whereas most individuals knew him because the controversial rapper and entertainer, I used to be lucky sufficient to know Charles Jones, the person behind the general public persona. He was a child who grew up in difficult circumstances, decided to defy the percentages by any means attainable and reach all that he did. His journey was marked by resilience and a deep-seated need to attempt for greatness.”
As a rap artist, Jones had amassed 1.1. million followers on Instagram and almost 1 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify. He first made waves with the discharge of his 2018 single “Coming Up” and continued to domesticate a following by way of social media platforms and a YouTube channel. His 10 albums included 2024’s Resurrection.
In his Spotify artist profile, Jones stated, “After I depart, I need to be generally known as the one child that helped everyone and ain’t count on nothing in return. ‘He simply needed folks to reside.’ You solely get one life to reside.”
Jones alluded to earlier makes an attempt on his life in a January Instagram put up, writing, “These final couple months/years of my life been tragic. God tryna ship me a message a number of makes an attempt on my life I hold surviving. I hold shedding my bruddas to jail and graveyards however I do know probably the most excessive doing every little thing for a cause he let me stroll once more for a cause.”
 The capturing stays an lively police investigation.