Rising Brooklyn rapper TDott Woo fatally shot as gun violence plagues hip-hop community
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Brooklyn rapper TDott Woo, whose legal name is Tahjay Dobson, was shot and killed outside his home in Canarsie, a residential area in Brooklyn, New York. He was 22.
A 22-year-old man who was shot and killed in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday afternoon has been identified by police as Tahjay Dobson, a rising star in the Brooklyn hip-hop scene who goes by the stage name TDott Woo.
Dobson was shot in the head outside his home on Avenue L in Canarsie, a residential area in Brooklyn, police told ABC News. EMS was rushed to the scene and he was transported to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The NYPD is investigating and no arrests have been made as of Thursday afternoon, police said.
The up-and-coming rapper was friends with Pop Smoke, the late Brooklyn hip-hop star who was shot and killed on Feb. 19, 2020.