YOLO Death: Rapper Dies In Car Crash After Tweeting #YOLO
YOLO (You Only Live Once) has become the rallying cry for teens, tweens, and people who are about to do something really stupid. Ervin McKinness, an aspiring rapper, used the hashtag #YOLO on several tweets before he died in a car crash.
Vibe Magazine reports that McKinness and four other men in their early 20s were killed in a drunk driving accident at about 1:40 am on Labor Day in Ontario, Canada.
Twenty minutes before the accident McKinness, who rapped under the names Jew’elz and Inkky, wrote on Twitter:
“Drunk af (as f*ck) going 120 drifting corners #F–kIt YOLO / Driving tweeting sipping the cup f–k yolo I’m turning it up.”
Marquell Bogan, 23, Dylan George, 20, Jonathan Watson, 21 and JaJuan Bennett, 23, were all killed in the crash.
Vibe reports that McKinness wasn’t driving at the time during the crash. Judging by the young rappers tweets, however, it seems like he was drinking in the car at the time of the accident.
“YOLO” was popularized by the Drake song “The Motto.” Drake sings:
“You only live once, that’s the motto, ni–a Yolo / We bout it every day, every day, every day / Like we sitting on the bench, ni–a we don’t really play.”
The term has, according to Urban Dictionary, has become ”carpe diem” for stupid people. It’s used as an excuse to do something dangerous like driving drunk.
According to Vibe, McKinness and his friends decided to go partying over Labor Day weekend because Inkky had just signed a record deal. They decided to get in their car and drive around drunk because, well, you know, you only live once.
Here’s the video for the young rapper’s song “Dreams.”
Tags : ervin mckinness, inkky, yolo, yolo car crash, yolo death, yolo drunk driving, you only live once
Posted: September 9, 2012
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Sep 10, 2012
YOLOS You Only Live Once Stupid. WTF are you idiots thinking when you do this stuff. Don't be surprised when you die.
Sep 10, 2012
YOLO really just another reason to give young kids of today to do stupid shit and kill there selves just to fit in.
Sep 10, 2012
California, not Canada…. http://www.californiainjurylawyerblog.com/2012/09/ontario_rollover_crash_killed.html
Sep 10, 2012
Can't be surprised if you're already dead.
Sep 10, 2012
How loody daft! Do what you want to yourself as long as it doesn't affect other, sane people!
Sep 10, 2012
That would make a good lyric to a rap song about this guy.
Sep 10, 2012
Now I know I'll never read from here again if you can't even get the location right. Ontario, California, not Canada! Check your facts first!
Sep 10, 2012
He isn't even dead.
http://twitter.com/ink2flashyy
Sep 10, 2012
The Cruel Irony of #YOLO…
Sep 10, 2012
It's funny that the term "You only live once" has become justification when doing something stupid, instead of a cautionary phrase. Hello. Once. Derp.
Sep 10, 2012
FTA: "YOLO has become 'carpe diem' for stupid people" LOL
Sep 10, 2012
They should have gone with "memento mori"
Sep 10, 2012
damn his little video got the neck crackin tho
Sep 10, 2012
You only live once, so why end it quickly doing stupid shit. #darwinawards #dumbass
Sep 10, 2012
#darwin-awards
Sep 10, 2012
He is dead, someone else is posting on his Twitter and YouTube accounts.
Sep 10, 2012
Lmao
Sep 10, 2012
Natural selection by Darwin.
Sep 11, 2012
People should really get more focus on the road while driving..That's the usual reasons why some faces accidents.
Sep 11, 2012
YOLO – You Only Live Once. Perfect opportunity to kill yourself…
Sep 12, 2012
its so sad because I'm guessing his car had room for one more…
Sep 14, 2012
U DAYD YOLO.
Sep 15, 2012
That is awesome…. YOLO! Got what you deserved!
Oct 17, 2012
Whoever wrote this article is an idiot, considering this incident happened NEAR Ontario, California, and the kids were FROM Ontario, California. The accident took place IN Rancho Cucamonga. You need to check your facts, what else have you overlooked if you can't even get the correct country in which the events took place?
Oct 17, 2012
YOLO should be considered a "Do Not Resuscitate" order.
Dec 28, 2012
Lik dis if u cry evertim