RAPPER SLAUGHTERED
Einar dead – ‘Rival gang’ gloat over video of Swedish rapper’s body hours after he’s shot dead in turf war
GLOATING gang rivals have posted videos online apparently showing teenage rapper Einar moments after he was gunned down in an execution-style murder.
Two masked men are seen in the distirbing clip, which mocks Einar with his own music including a lyric about a shooting victim "thrown on the ground" like an e-scooter.
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The chart-topping gangster rapper - real name Nils Grönberg, 19 - in Hammarby Sjöstad, an upmarket suburb of Stockholm.
Police said he was shot several times in the head and the chest outside his apartment building shortly before 11pm last night.
An ambulance crew administered first aid but he died at the scene.
Today graphic footage circulated online claiming to show his body lying on the ground.
Two masked men shows off their weapons in the gloating video, which is set to a soundtrack of one of Einar's violent own rap songs.
The lyrics speak of a man shot in the street and "thrown on the ground like a Voi".
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Voi is the name of Stockholm's electric scooter hire scheme.
The video was geo-tagged to the Hammarby Sjöstad district, but it is unclear if the two men are connected to the murder, .
Police said they are hunting two suspects and the motive remains unknown.
Einar, whose rap music is known for glorifying gang violence, is the most-streamed artist on Spotify in Sweden.
Swedish newspaper reported he had received several threats recently.
Last year he was kidnapped by rival rappers who posted humiliating footage of him online - which some at the time claimed was a PR stunt.
The degrading footage showed him tied up and and forced to wear women's underwear, wigs and dog leads.
The kidnappers also claimed to have sexually assaulted him, although this was never proved.
After his ordeal he defiantly told followers on Instagram: “Everyone out there can be kidnapped, everyone out there can be beaten.
"I feel good, I am alive and no one can do what I do so I will continue what I do as long as I stand on my feet."
'PRICE ON HIS HEAD'
The rappers Yasin Byn and Haval Khalil were among a number of people given prison terms for their role in the abduction.
An appeal against those verdicts is currently being heard by judges and is expected to go on until December.
According to public broadcaster Sveriges Radio, Einar had been summoned to testify in the ongoing case next week.
Einar had also been called to testify in the original trial, but never showed up.
Daily Aftonbladet said Einar was living with a "price on his head" after a series of threats against him which had escalated recently.
He himself was one of several suspects arrested for a stabbing at a restaurant in central Stockholm earlier this month.
Recently, he had been seen hanging out and partying with gang members.
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The rapper made his debut at 16 and released four albums of tracks revelling in a life of crime, including drugs and guns.
In 2019 his breakthrough single Katten I Trakten (The Cat In The Area) hit number one on Sweden's singles chart.
He had tens of millions of streams on music platforms and won several Swedish Grammys as well as other awards.
Music producer Trobi said in a tribute: "Einar was a real brother to me and I will miss him so much.
"We just released our first record last week and it feels so strange since I spoke to him just a day ago."
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said: "A young life has been extinguished, and I understand that he meant a lot to many young people. It is tragic.”
Equalities minister Märta Stenevi said: "Another young man has fallen victim to the deadly violence.
"Behind every headline is a family that has lost a child. I am thinking today of all those who have lost a relative."
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Gang turf wars mean Sweden - with a population of just 10.3million - now has one of the highest rates of gun crime in Europe.
So far this year 40 people have been killed in 273 shootings, and 47 were killed in 2020.
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