Legal representatives for Lil Baby have responded to the Atlanta Police’s accusations that his music video is linked to the murder of two teenagers.
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On Wednesday (February 26) Major Ralph Woolfolk of the Atlanta Police Department (APD) hosted a press conference announcing the arrest of seven individuals tied to the July 2024 murders of 13-year-olds Jakody Davis and Lamon Freeman.
During the conference, local news outlet Channel 2 Action News reported that Woolfolk made subliminal references to the rapper – real name Dominique Jones – claiming that a shooting that occurred during the filming of his music video in May 2024 led to a gang war and the later deaths of Davis and Freeman.
“Gang violence that was orchestrated by adults. And the cowardly acts of an Atlanta-based rapper that decided to go into a rival gang stronghold in a place he knew he should not have been,” Woolfolk said, per Billboard. “This team will work relentlessly to hold you accountable.”
The APD said that they believe multiple shootings and homicides can be traced back to the music video shooting that took place in Northwest Atlanta. Investigators allege that an incarcerated gang member opposing Lil Baby called a hit on the teenagers using a phone from prison.
Now, Lil Baby’s attorneys Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg have responded, calling the APD’s accusation “complete and total nonsense”, adding that bringing his name into discussion of the murders is “unprofessional, unethical and shameful.”
“The part of the press conference on Wednesday by the Atlanta Police Department that made an obvious reference to Dominique Jones was complete and total nonsense,” the attorneys said in a statement to Billboard on Friday (February 28).
They continued: “To say that he couldn’t shoot a music video in his home town, a place that he loves and has continued to uplift, is disgraceful. Even more, the location for a major music video shoot is a decision made by a professional team and is not a decision made by any individual.
“Bringing his name into a conversation regarding a terrible crime for which he had absolutely no involvement is unprofessional, unethical and shameful. Dominique is devastated about the situation because those children came from the same neighborhood he did, and he will continue to build up his community in any way he can.”
NME has reached out to the APD for comment.
Lil Baby took to Instagram on Thursday (February 27) to respond to the press conference himself, writing: “Thanks for all the concerns, please don’t be misinformed by fake news,” he wrote. “I’m overly good.”
