Rapper Jamal Green, aka Mazaradi Fox, was shot and killed Friday when a gunman shot into the SUV he was sitting in.
Green, 42, was released from prison just two weeks ago after serving two years for an attempted assault, reports the NY Daily News.
The rapper had close ties to 50 Cent and his G-Unit crew.
50 Cent took to his Twitter account upon hearing of Green’s passing.
Saddened by the news of Mazaradi's tragic passing my thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends #smsaudio
— 50cent (@50cent) January 4, 2014
While they no longer worked professionally, 50 Cent assisted Green in paying for the funeral of D’aja Robinson, the 14-year-old girl who was shot in the head by stray bullets while waiting on a Queens bus following a friends birthday party in May.
According to the NY Daily News, family and friends considered Green a step-father to Robinson.
Authorities are still searching for the suspect, who was wearing a black ski mask and fled the scene.
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