Hundreds of people showed up at Bessie Branham Park in the Kirkwood neighborhood Thursday night, the neighborhood where Young Scooter grew up.

ATLANTA - Hundreds gathered in Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood to honor Young Scooter, who died last week after he ran from police, who were responding to a false 911 call. Balloons soared over Bessie Branham Park on Thursday night, where friends, family, and fans remembered the rapper.

Cam'ron, the rapper best known for his 2009 album Crime Pays, recently spoke about Young Scooter's tragic death on his sports news talk show, It Is What It Is.

ATLANTA — The death of Atlanta rapper Young Scooter has been ruled as an "accident," according to a report from the Fulton County Medical Examiner. The report states Young Scooter, whose real name is Kenneth Bailey, died after a wooden piece punctured his right thigh, leading to blood loss.

The Kirkwood neighborhood held a balloon release for Rapper Young Scooter on Thursday night. “It’s gonna be awful without him. We love Scooter,” said Mary Ragsdale, who was an auntie to the rapper as he grew up in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office announced that Atlanta rapper Young Scooter, real name Kenneth Bailey, died after puncturing his thigh while climbing a wooden fence and losing too ...

New details still have investigators asking questions about the death of the rapper, who police say died after falling while running from officers responding to a 911 call.

Young Scooter ‘s death following a hoax 911 call has prompted a public statement from his grieving family while the woman accused of triggering the fatal police response remains behind bars in Atlanta.