’Chiraq’ rapper King Louie shot

CHICAGO: King Louie, the Chicago rapper credited with coining the term “Chiraq” to describe the city’s sometimes violent streets, has been shot and wounded.
The rapper was in a car recently on Chicago’s South Side when an unidentified assailant approached and shot him in the head, police said.
It was unclear the extent of his injuries but the Chicago Sun-Times quoted a member of his management saying the rapper was “awake and talking.”
Soon after the shooting, King Louie’s Instagram account showed a picture of him with three children in front of a Christmas tree as he promised to care for them “as long as I’m living.”
King Louie, whose real name is Louis Johnson and also goes by the stage name King L, has been a prominent figure in the drill music scene that emerged several years ago in the Midwestern metropolis along with controversial rapper Chief Keef.