Chicago Rapper Shot Twice At His #BlackLivesMatter Video Shoot Chicago Rapper King Yella was Shot Twice At His #BlackLivesMatter Video Shoot. Chicago, coined Chiraq by natives, has become known for daily gang violence and the murders of countless Black men and women. But, one rapper hoping to bring the city together, almost lost his life to the same senseless violence. King Yella was prepping for and shooting a video for his #BlackLivesMatter tribute song when shoots rang out immediately ending the video shoot. Even though the Chicago rapper survived the hail of bullets, he was shot two times sending him to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
