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James Adarryl Soulja Slim

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Nov 26, 2003

Victim Details

James Adarryl Soulja Slim Tapp Jr

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2003-11-26

26

James

Adarryl Soulja Slim

07/15/2026

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On the evening of November 26, 2003, the day before Thanksgiving, 26-year-old James Adarryl Tapp Jr., a Black male known professionally as the rapper Soulja Slim, was gunned down on the front lawn of his mother's home in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. An assailant shot him at least four times, with bullets striking him in the face and chest. The sudden violence of the act sent shockwaves through the local community and the wider hip-hop world.

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  • https://www.discogs.com/artist/2549993-James-Tapp
  • https://www.wafb.com: New Information in Rapper Murder
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    Has anyone looked into the connection between Soulja Slim's lyrics and his murder? I remember readin... ...Read More
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