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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.
Rapper Lil Poppa, born Janarious Mykel Wheeler and a Jacksonville, Florida artist signed to Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group, was found dead Wednesday in Fulton County, Atlanta. He was 25, and the cause of death is pending investigation. He was known for projects like Blessed, I Guess and the Under Investigation mixtape series, and had recently shared a video tease for his single Out Of Town Bae with his one-million-strong Instagram following.
Popular rapper Lil Poppa, real name Janarious Wheeler, died at 25 with the Fulton County Medical Examiner investigating the cause of death. The Georgia artist, who signed with Collective Music Group in 2022, released a new single, Out of Town Bae, five days before his passing, with reports from Newsweek, News4Jax, and TMZ noting the status of the investigation.