Tributes Pour In for Lil Poppa After Death at 25

TL;DR
Florida rapper Lil Poppa (Janarious Wheeler) has died at 25, reportedly in Georgia on Feb. 18; the cause of death has not been confirmed. Tributes poured in from peers and industry figures. Poppa was signed to Yo Gotti’s CMG and released Almost Normal Again in Aug 2025; his track Love and War has over 22 million Spotify streams, and he had about 645,000 monthly listeners.
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- Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms death of Jacksonville rapper ‘Lil Poppa’ News4JAX
- Rapper Lil Poppa dies in Atlanta at the age of 25 CNN
- Rapper Lil Poppa Died by Suicide, Details Released TMZ
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