Exposition Park concert ended early after Drakeo attacked backstage
The rapper Drakeo the Ruler was stabbed to death Saturday night while standing backstage just before a scheduled performance at the Once Upon a Time in L.A. music festival in Exposition Park, according to multiple reports. He was 28 years old. Drakeo (né Darrell Caldwell) was stabbed in the neck during an altercation that happened backstage around 8:30 p.m. PT, according to The Los Angeles Times. He was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries, a rep for the rapper told Rolling Stone. Reps for the LAPD and Drakeo the Ruler did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment. LAPD and the California Highway Patrol are leading the investigation.
