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Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms death of Jacksonville rapper ‘Lil Poppa’

Lil Poppa, 25, was pronounced dead in Fulton County; cause of death remains under investigation, with recent releases and a concert planned before his passing.

  • On Feb. 18, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Janarious Mykel Wheeler, known professionally as Lil Poppa, was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET in Atlanta, Fulton County.
  • Lil Poppa had released 'Out of Town Bae' on February 13 and is scheduled for a March 21 show at The Fillmore in New Orleans, signed to Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group.
  • Born March 18, 2000, Lil Poppa was 25 and had more than 960,000 followers, over 600,000 monthly Spotify listeners, and more than 10 full-length albums.
  • Social media first circulated the news before the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed it, with fans and fellow Jacksonville artists expressing grief and unverified overdose claims in Madison, Wisconsin, while a label representative did not immediately return comment.
  • The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said standard investigative procedures are underway and no official cause of death has been released while findings remain pending.
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Rapper Lil Poppa dies in Atlanta at the age of 25

A popular Florida rapper was found dead Wednesday in Atlanta, the Fulton County Medical Examiner confirmed to CNN.

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The U.S. rap world mourns rapper Lil Poppa. The musician, who was called Janarious Mykel Wheeler, died at the age of 25 in the U.S. state of Georgia. Fulton County's office declared him dead on February 18, shortly after 11 a.m. local time, as reported by the portal t-online.de according to US media reports.

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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