Lil Peep, real name Gustav Åhr, a promising 21-year-old rapper, died from a reported drug overdose on Wednesday evening.
In an eerie twist, just hours before his death he shared an image on-stage with a caption reading: ‘When I die you’ll love me’ while also posting a shot in which he seemed to have placed two pills on his tongue.
The New York-born artist’s former lover Bella Thorne appeared heartbroken as she posted an Instagram story in which she mourned his sudden passing while his manager, Chase Ortega wrote: ‘I’ve been expecting this call for a year. Mother f***’.
In a short series of videos, Bella said: ‘To anybody out there who is a Lil Peep fan you guys know how talented he was. How good he was. Well, he was even more f**king great as a person.’
According to UPROXX and various news sites, those close to the rapper believe he died from a drug overdose hours before he was due to perform a show in Arizona.
OMG, what a surprise!