03 February 2023 , 01:57
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Two missing rappers and their friend have reportedly been found dead in an apartment complex in Detroit.
The musicians had been missing for two weeks following a show cancellation in the city, but police sources confirmed on Thursday their remains had been identified.
Authorities had been searching for the trio - rappers Armani Kelly, 27, Dante Wicker, 31, and friend Montoya Givens, 31 - for a number of weeks before bodies were found inside the building.
Kelly, who performed under the name Marley Whoop, was due to perform at a birthday party at Lounge 31 in the area on January 21 but didn't attend.
Wicker was also supposed to play at the lounge under his rap name B12.
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Givens’ mum, Cat Fogle, was told by police at around 4.30pm on Thursday afternoon that the men's bodies had been discovered.
The rappers were meant to have been performing at Lounge 31 (WXYZ)Speaking to The Detroit News she said: "They told me they found the three bodies… I don't know what I'm going to do; how I'm going to bury him."
Reports suggested Kelly's gig was cancelled due to an equipment issue. He is said to have told his fiancee Taylor Perrin that he had instead planned to meet up with friends to look for other open gigs.
However, the pair's interaction is said to have stopped at around 7.30pm.
Kelly had picked up fellow rappers Wicker and Givens on the way to the show, but his car was later found at the apartment complex minus its license plate.
A Detroit home was later raided by police according to the The Detroit News, leading to a person of interest being questioned.
The publication was told by Michigan State Police 1st Lt. Mike Shaw that three bodies were discovered under mounds of debris inside the complex, which was supposed to be abandoned.
Wicker and Kelly were down to play at the lounge (Google)Earlier in the day, Michigan State Police tweeted: "Members of the Homicide Task Force, Metro South Post and the MSP Forensic lab are currently at an abandoned apartment complex on the corner of McNichols and Log Cabin in Highland Park on a death investigation.
"Multiple victims were located in the building," the MSP tweet said. "They have not been identified at this time. Detectives are currently obtaining search warrants to search the building and recover the victims. We will continue to update here as the investigation progresses."