Authorities have said that Jovona Glover, who is the niece of rapper T-Pain, was fatally stabbed at her workplace on Tuesday morning.
The Associated Press noted that the stabbing occurred just outside of a Walgreens in Tallahassee, Florida, where Glover was employed. She was bleeding profusely when medical personnel arrived and was pronounced dead at the scene.
She was 23 years old and has a two-year-old daughter.
After the murder her Grammy-winning cousin T-Pain, whose real name is Faheem Rashad Najm, took to social media hoping that someone with info. about the killing would come forward.
"If anybody in 850 got any info on this then step up pls," he wrote with a link to a news report.
Police later issued a warrant for Tavon Jackson, 25, who was identified via surveillance footage and witnesses' statements as the assailant.
The rapper then took to social media again several hours later with a photo tribute of Glover featuring images of her daughter. He also thanked all his fans for their support.