{"id":2427,"date":"2022-12-23T23:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T04:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/12\/23\/rapper-big-scarrs-cause-of-death-revealed-by-family-member-report\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T23:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T04:04:41","slug":"rapper-big-scarrs-cause-of-death-revealed-by-family-member-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/12\/23\/rapper-big-scarrs-cause-of-death-revealed-by-family-member-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Big Scarr\u2019s cause of death revealed by family member: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/big-scarr-comp-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744\" alt=\"Rapper Big Scarr's uncle told TMZ that the 22-year-old died from an accidental overdose.\" class=\"wp-image-25122062\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rapper Big Scarr&#8217;s uncle told TMZ that the 22-year-old died from an accidental overdose.Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>An alleged family member of up-and-coming rapper Big Scarr has claimed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/23\/gucci-mane-rapper-protege-big-scarr-dead-at-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">that the 22-year-old died<\/a>&nbsp;from a drug overdose of prescription pills.<\/p><p>The late 22-year-old\u2019s uncle, Arthur Woods,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/23\/big-scarr-cause-of-death-drug-overdose-memphis-rapper\/?adid=social-twa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told TMZ Friday<\/a>&nbsp;that Gucci Mane\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 overdosed at his girlfriend\u2019s house in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday.<\/p><p>Woods said he does not know where his nephew got the pills but claimed the \u201cMake a Play\u201d rapper experienced several traumatic experiences in his young life, including nearly dying after being shot and suffering serious injuries from a car crash when he was 16. He also stated that Big Scarr suffered from depression.<\/p><p>Born Alexander Woods, Scarr took his stage name after that car crash, in which he was reportedly thrown through the windshield of a friend\u2019s car and left with several scars,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/celebrities\/20843929\/big-scarr-dead-death-how-live-updates-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to The Sun<\/a>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/big-scarr-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/big-scarr-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rapper Big Scarr performs onstage during Parking Lot Concert Series presents Gucci Mane &amp; The New 1017 at Gateway Center Arena on October 17, 2020, in College Park, Georgia.\" class=\"wp-image-25122078\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rapper Big Scarr performs onstage during the Parking Lot Concert Series presents Gucci Mane &amp; The New 1017 at Gateway Center Arena on Oct. 17, 2020, in College Park, Georgia.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>In 2020, Scarr was shot in the hip and the bullet traveled to his spine. This required doctors to remove his appendix and also realign his right leg,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/article\/2022-03-17\/157603\/big-scarr-gucci-mane-record-deal-rod-wave\/#:~:text=When%20he%20was%2016%20years,realignment%20on%20his%20right%20leg.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;according to a Revolt report.<\/a><\/p><p>Scarr was signed to 1017 Records, the label founded by Gucci Mane, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmfjJU4OPOv\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=2f1c68c5-ba54-4879-ba05-7fe50c203f93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broke the news<\/a>&nbsp;of Scarr\u2019s death on Thursday but did not reveal a cause of death.<\/p><p>\u201cThis hurt \u2014 I\u2019m a miss you&nbsp;@bigscarr,\u201d Mane wrote.<\/p><p>Law enforcement continues to investigate Big Scarr\u2019s death, TMZ said.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/big-scarr-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/big-scarr-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Big Scarr was 22.\" class=\"wp-image-25122107\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Big Scarr was 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>7<\/p><p>What do you think?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/23\/rapper-big-scarrs-cause-of-death-revealed-by-family-member-report\/#spotim-specific\">Post a comment.<\/a><\/p><p>Scarr\u2019s first commercial project was the New 1017 compilation album&nbsp;\u201cGucci Mane Presents: So Icy Summer\u201d with \u201cSoIcyBoyz,\u201d which he performed alongside labelmates&nbsp;Pooh Shiesty and Foogiano. He also had the solo track, \u201cMake a Play.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged family member of up-and-coming rapper Big Scarr has claimed&nbsp;that the 22-year-old died&nbsp;from a drug overdose of prescription pills. The late 22-year-old\u2019s uncle, Arthur Woods,&nbsp;told TMZ Friday&nbsp;that Gucci Mane\u2019s prot\u00e9g\u00e9 overdosed at his girlfriend\u2019s house in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday. Woods said he does not know where his nephew got the pills but claimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}