Rapper Yung Trappa died in St. Petersburg

Rapper Vyacheslav Shiryaev (creative pseudonym – Yung Trappa) died on February 2 at the 27th year of his life from cardiac arrest at his home in St. Petersburg, according to the official group of the artist during “In contact with”. A Kommersant source in law enforcement agencies confirmed the information about the death.

“Friends, on the morning of February 2, our friend artist Yung Trappa passed away. Vladislav died at home, in the family circle, being close to his loved ones, from cardiac arrest,” the community said in a statement.

According to the sources of the Telegram channel “Beware the News”, the musician’s body was found in an apartment building on Drovyanaya Street, and a drug overdose is considered as the cause of death. At the same time, the sources “Fontanki” reported that no traces of drugs or any substances were found in the apartment.

Yung Trappa was born in 1995 in St. Petersburg. He started rapping when he was 11 years old and released his first album, Yung Treezy Crazy, in 2011. In August 2015, Vyacheslav Shiryaev was detained by the police on suspicion of possession and distribution of drugs. In November 2016, the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Yung Trappa to five years and seven months in prison.

The rapper was released from prison in February 2021. In August, he released the album Forever. In November 2021, Vyacheslav Shiryaev was detained and sent to a pre-trial detention center for two months on suspicion of sexual assault against two 18-year-old girls. On January 10, 2023, the court changed his preventive measure to a written undertaking not to leave the country.

Erdni Kagaltynov