Cali Swag District’s Rapper JayAre Behind ‘Dougie’ Song Dead


Cali Swag District’s rapper, who’s famous for the catchy song “Teach Me How to Dougie,” has died. The rapper, also known as as JayAre, passed away from complications due to sickle cell anemia.

TMZ reports that one of the guys in Cali Swag Districtrecently announced the news of JayAre’s sudden death. According to the report, the “Dougie” rapper was suffering from the disease sickle cell anemia and was hospitalized on Thursday for “unknown reasons.” According to MTV, the “Dougie” rapper went into cardiac arrest and passed away at the hospital.

A member of Cali Swag District, General Da Smoove, tweeted about the news over the last ten hours and is trying to come to terms with the death of JayAre, who he calls a brother.

As the hours passed General Da Smoove’s grief deepened and he expressed his thoughts on Twitter to his followers:

“I’m really like all the way f***ed up..I can’t say these words I’m typin out loud they won’t even come out…I don’t wanna cry but..”

In the wake of JayAre’s death many fans of Cali Swag District have offered their support via Twitter:

JayAre’s friend and “brother” left one more tweet for all of the supporters:

Unfortunately JayAre isn’t the first rapper from Cali Swag District to pass away. Back in 2011, rapper M-Bone was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting.

Cali Swag District, which was comprised of Montae “M-Bone” Talbert, Cahron “JayAre” Childs, Corey “Smoove Da General” Fowler, and Chante “Yung” Glee, received notoriety for their 2010 hit “Teach Me How to Dougie.” A year later and the group lost member M-Bone after he was murdered. M-Bone’s death left the guys to release their debut album The Kickback. In addition to their debut album, the group released a new mixtape called The District, which featured Waka Flocka Flame and Skeme.

JayAre was 25 years old.

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