{"id":5636,"date":"2026-01-02T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/01\/02\/rapper-signed-to-futures-label-dies-after-new-years-shooting-in-dallas\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:13:27","slug":"rapper-signed-to-futures-label-dies-after-new-years-shooting-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2026\/01\/02\/rapper-signed-to-futures-label-dies-after-new-years-shooting-in-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Signed To Future&#8217;s Label Dies After New Year&#8217;s Shooting In Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allhiphop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Future.png\" \/><\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"54.876146788991\">\n<p>The Dallas Hip-Hop community woke up to devastating news on New Year\u2019s Day as rising artist ZeeTheWizard lost his life following a shooting at a local strip club. The tragedy has left friends, family, and fans mourning the loss of a young talent who was just beginning to make his mark on the Texas rap scene.<\/p>\n<p>ZeeTheWizard was celebrating the arrival of 2026 alongside fellow Dallas rapper <a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/bigxthaplug\/\">BigXThaPlug<\/a> at the Pink House strip club\u2019s grand opening when violence erupted around 3:50 A.M. The shooting left four people hospitalized, with ZeeTheWizard suffering a fatal head wound that would ultimately claim his life.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/eyK1fH0Tg6M?feature=share\">had recently signed to Future\u2019s Freebandz Entertainment.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video footage circulating on social media captured the heartbreaking moment when <a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/bigxthaplug\/\">BigXThaPlug<\/a> learned about his friend\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, the visibly shaken rapper can be heard saying, \u201cF###, they shot Zee in the head, what the f###,\u201d highlighting the close bond between the two artists and the shock of the sudden violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d## class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BigXThaPlug in shock after Zee The Wizard shot in Dallas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jawQHLow6s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/d##><\/figure>\n<p>The loss hits particularly hard for those who knew ZeeTheWizard personally. ZeeTheWizard had been building momentum in the Dallas rap scene with tracks like \u201cBoss N*gga\u201d and, through collaborations with local artists, including Zillionaire Doe, Yung Donn, and Timothy Chung.<\/p>\n<p>The artist\u2019s last Instagram post, shared just hours before his death, showed him wishing everyone a happy New Year. The post has since been flooded with tributes from fans and fellow artists mourning his loss.<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Police Department continues investigating the shooting, though no arrests have been announced. The motive remains unclear, and authorities have not indicated whether the shooting was targeted or random violence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d## class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<d## class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ZeetheWizard \ufffctalks new Album \u201cWIZ\u201d and the NewDallas Movment\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LHuy5wJG5lc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/d##><br \/>\n<\/d##><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/rapper-signed-to-futures-label-dies-after-new-years-shooting-in-dallas\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Hip-Hop community woke up to devastating news on New Year\u2019s Day as rising artist ZeeTheWizard lost his life following a shooting at a local strip club. The tragedy has left friends, family, and fans mourning the loss of a young talent who was just beginning to make his mark on the Texas rap [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}