Died On This Date (December 16, 2011) Slim Dunkin / Rapper with 1017 Brick Squad, Brick Squad Monopoly
themusicsover Slim Dunkin (Born Mario Hamilton)
DOB Unknown – December 16, 2011
Slim Dunkin was an up-and-coming rapper who was part of the hip-hop collective, 1017 Brick Squad / Brick Squad Monopoly. Formed in Atlanta in 2008, the group also includes Waka Flocka Flame, Wooh Da Kid, OJ Da Juiceman, Frenchie, and Gucci Mane, who has since become the CEO and leader of the group. Dunkin can be heard on several Waka Flocka Flame recordings as well as his own, and had just completed a 20-song mixtape. During the evening hours of December 16, 2011, Slim Dunkin was working in an Atlanta recording studio when he reportedly got into an argument with another individual. The altercation escalated to the point where Dunkin was believed to have been shot in the chest. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The presumed assailant remained unidentified in the immediate aftermath.
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