Meek Mill’s 18-year-old protégé Lil Snupe has been shot dead.

AllHipHop first reported the news saying that Lil Snupe, who recently signed onto Meek Milll’s DreamChaser’s Records, he has been shot dead.

The news was also confirmed on Snupe’s managers Twitter. “The call I got this morning is un real RIP 2 my Lil nigga lilsnupe.”

Meek Mill has not addressed Lil Snupe’s death and is seemingly denying the claims. Late Wednesday evening he tweeted, “Tell lil snupe hit me up right now!!!”

Meek Mill gushed to MTV about the aspiring rapper, telling the network, “He was spittin' so much pain, he's from the south with a flow like an east coast guy," Meek said. "Like with that bounce flow, all over the place, he really can spit, and he was talking that talk that I can really relate to. I seen potential in him."

The details behind the alleged homicide are unclear.

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