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On 19 December 1997, King Rakeem would perform at the Alliance 4 Music venue in the Bronx. After receiving half of his performance fee at the time, he was promised the remaining amount on the 21st due to wanting it in cash. At around 8:45 p.m. on 21 December, Rakeem would enter an apartment building on 7th Ave and Park Place in his native Brooklyn to collect an appearance fee. Since the promoter was not home at the time, upon exiting at 8:53 p.m., King Rakeem would be shot in the corridor outside the apartment nine times in the face and chest in a drive-by shooting, being later pronounced dead at the scene. His chauffeur, Jackson Anthony, whom had transported the rapper to the building and had been waiting for him, would also be killed, being shot four times. Despite numerous leads, nobody would ever be convicted of the murder of Rakeem or Anthony.