How Lil Keed’s Friends and Family Rallied to Put Together His First Posthumous Album

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Dupree also notes that’s what made him transcend the confines of staying with one genre. “He wasn’t just a rapper, he was a rockstar, a pop icon. He crossed over,” he describes. “He had different sounds for different occasions. A lot of people wanted to do features with him because he matched anyone’s energy on the track.”

Although his team laughs about how every time Lil Keed came to 300’s New York office, he would be ready to party and shoot pool or a joke (“Our whole relationship revolves around us laughing,” Gotit says), the excitement of rallying to put his work into the world doesn’t erase the fact that they are still grieving his tremendous loss.