In the early morning hours of Monday, August 2, 2010, the life of Argell White, a 36-year-old Black male known in the New Orleans rap community as Twelve A'Klok, was tragically cut short. A newspaper carrier on their route discovered White's body, riddled with multiple gunshot wounds to the back. He was pronounced dead at the scene, his death sending another shockwave through a music scene no stranger to violence.
White was a foundational member of the Cut Throat Committee record label, a venture he started with his cousin, the late rapper Soulja Slim, who himself was a victim of gun violence in the city years earlier.
The investigation into Argell White's murder has remained without significant progress. To date, there have been no arrests made in connection with his shooting, and no suspects have been publicly identified. His case joins a somber list of unsolved homicides in New Orleans, leaving his family and community without answers or a sense of justice. The violent end to a life that had contributed to the city's unique hip-hop culture serves as a stark reminder of the persistent issue of gun violence in the area. His death was memorialized in an obituary published in The Times-Picayune on August 13, 2010.
