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On Wednesday night, a Fat Trel release party in New York City erupted in violence after an unknown man opened fire at the bar in SOB's in Manhattan leaving four injured and the people in attendance terrorized.

Despite hip-hop's reputation for violence, shootings involving rap's top stars has become relatively rare in recent years as street rap has become more and more marginalized in mainstream hip-hop culture. Luckily, no major star has lost their life or fallen victim to gunfire in years.

While violence has decreased, it has not ceased to exist. Perhaps due to their past or their preternatural ability to court jealous haters, rappers will occasionally still find themselves with bullets whizzing by their heads. XXL has compiled 9 recent incidents of rappers being shot at in recent years.

2 Chainz Robbed At Gunpoint In San Francisco

Date: June 10, 2013

While walking on the street in broad daylight, two armed gunmen attempted to rob 2 Chainz as he traveled with his posse in San Francisco. Security footage from the incident showed 2 Chainz displaying the speed that won him a basketball scholarship to Alabama State as he split the scene as the attempting robber fired shots at him as he ran away. Nobody was harmed in the incident.

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Meek Mill's artist, Lil Snupe,  Shot & Killed In Lousiana

Date: June 20, 2013

Lil Snupe, an artist affiliated with Meek Mill's Dreamchasers imprint, was murdered in June after he was shot and killed in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was 18 years old.

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French Montana Has His Tour Bus Fired At In Philadelphia

Date: February 28, 2013

After a concert at Philly's Theater Of The Living Arts while signing autographs for fans, an unknown gunman fired shots at a crowd of 25 killing one bystander and injuring another.

“It’s just ignorant." said Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey of the incident. "You fire into a crowd and you’re gonna hit somebody. In this case, unfortunately, someone was killed. Don’t know if they had anything to do with anything, if they were a fan or what."

Tyga's Tour Bus Shot At In Nebraska

Date: March 19, 2012

During a stop on tour in Omaha, Nebraska, Tyga's performance came to a halt when garbage was thrown on stage by an audience member. This lead to Tyga declaring that the offending concertgoer meet him outside after the performance.

After the show, a gunman fired several rounds in Tyga's tour bus, wounding two including Tyga's female artist, Honey Coc@ine, who later tweeted about the incident saying "Got shot, and I'm not dead. What happened, happened. God loves me and he loves you." Tyga was unharmed after the incident.

Rick Ross Crashes His Car After Drive-By Shooting In Florida

Date: January 28, 2013

Back in January, Rick Ross was allegedly involved in an incident where he crashed his Rolls Royce into an apartment in Fort Lauderdale, Florida after an unknown assailant fired shots at the rapper's vehicle in a drive-by shooting.

Video surfaced of the incident a few days later as a Rolls Royce allegedly registered to Ross crashed into an apartment complex building after the attack.

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Young Buck's SUV Riddled By Bullets In Nashville

Date: March 4, 2012

After an argument erupted outside of club in South Nashville, Young Buck escaped death after 11 shots were fired at his SUV as Buck was driving his Cadillac Escalade on I-24 . His girlfriend, Kenyetta Rainey, was hit in the assault but survived the attack while Buck and a fellow male passenger were unscathed during the incident.

After a few days of silence, Buck took to Twitter to speak on the situation writing, “We all go through things in life,” the former G-Unit star tweeted. “The things I’m experiencing are Truly making me a Better and Stronger man."

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Brick Squad Affiliate  Slim Dunkin Killed in Atlanta

Date: December 16, 2011

Brick Squad Monopoly rapper and Waka Flocka affiliate Slim Dunkin was shot and killed in Atlanta as he was in city music studio as he prepared to record a video. Dunkin and fellow rapper, Young Vito, got into a dispute over a piece of candy that led to unarmed Dunkin being shot and killed.

Vito was arrested and tried in conviction of Dunkin's death eventually was acquitted on murder charges before being sentenced to 25 years on gun charges stemming from the incident.

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Cali Swag District's M-Bone Killed In A Drive-By Shooting

Date: May 16, 2011

In May 2011, M-Bone, one member of the group, Cali Swag District, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Inglewood, California. M-Bone was reportedly killed over jealously regarding a young woman that M-Bone had recently met after coming home from tour.

M-Bone was shot while driving on Le Brea Avenue while driving in the car registered to the alleged woman when witnesses say a car rolled up, unloaded a few rounds before fleeing the scene. The car reportedly circled back after the initial shooting to determine if the victim had been hit. M-Bone was rushed to the hospital wher ehe was eventually pronounced dead.

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Lil Jojo Gunned Down In Chicago

Date: September 4, 2013

Lil Jojo, an aspiring teenage Chi-Town rapper and a reported rival of Chief Keef, was murdered on September 4, 2012. Jojo, real name Joseph Coleman, was riding on a friend's bike in his neighborhood when a tan Ford Taurus pulled up  and began shooting. Coleman was fatally wounded in the melee.

A day later, Chief Keef sent out at a tweet that seemed to poke fun at Jojo's death tweeting “Its Sad Cuz Dat Ni—a Jojo Wanted To Be Just Like Us #LMAO." Keef would investigated by the police in connection with the murder but nothing turned up from the police's questioning.

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