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In November 2018, DaBaby – real name Jonathan Kirk – shot and killed Jaylin Craig. After the shooting, Kirk claimed Craig threatened him and he said he acted in self-defense. Ultimately, he was not charged in Craig’s death. However, according to a Rolling Stone report, the rapper’s self-defense claims may not be the whole story.
Rolling Stone obtained the security footage showing Craig’s final moments. In the clip, Kirk appears to be the one who escalated the situation, turning the interaction from a verbal argument into a physical one. Craig’s loved ones tell Rolling Stone that the altercation began when Kirk got angry with Craig and his friends, who were fans of the rapper, for noticing him shopping with his family at Walmart.
Footage appears to show Kirk hitting Henry Douglas, Craig’s best friend, with a suction cup. According to Rolling Stone, Kirk left him with an injured eye socket and a laceration on his forehead; His injuries required stitches. The video appears to show Craig attempting to defuse the fight as Kirk continues to pound Douglas.
Per Rolling Stone, Craig appears to pull a gun from his waistband, but doesn’t shoot Kirk in the clip and instead puts the gun back. Then Kirk appears to draw his own gun and fires.
Although the case was dismissed after Kirk claimed he acted in self-defense, he discussed the murder in his music. Days after filming Craig, he released the track “No Tears” with a music video containing news footage of the incident. In the lyrics, he says that if someone tries to touch him, he’ll “catch a body like Boosie/Try me, I’m shootin”. In the 2020 track “Rockstar”, DaBaby also has the line “My daughter a G, she saw me kill an N-Gga in front of her before she was two years old/And I’ll kill another N-Gga too.” .”
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When asked by Rolling Stone, a prosecutor’s representative said they “reviewed the police investigation file and agreed with the Huntersville Police Department’s decision not to further indict Mr. Kirk because prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused did not in.” act in self-defence.”