3 Michigan Rappers Missing Since Canceled Performance, Police Say
Written by SOURCE on February 2, 2023
Three Michigan rappers have been reported missing since their scheduled performance at a bar was canceled nearly two weeks ago.
Montoya Givens, Armani Kelly, and Dante Wicker were expected to perform on Jan. 21 when their gig at Lounge 31 in Detroit was nixed due to an equipment issue, according to the Associated Press.
Kelly’s profile on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System database, NBC News reports, provides a few details regarding his whereabouts prior to their performance. He contacted his family at 5 p.m. to let them know that their show had been canceled, adding that he was either going to met with friends or find somewhere else to perform.
Kelly’s mother Lorrie Kemp filed a missing persons report the following morning. Kemp later discovered through the vehicle’s tracking service that Kelly’s car was located 15 miles north of Detroit in Warren. Authorities are looking to “extract data” from the car’s computer.
Cell phone records do not show any activity beyond early Jan. 22. It’s unclear at the moment if the three men ever made it to Lounge 31.
“Usually it’s when you deal with an adult that’s missing it’s usually one person. … In this case, the fact that the three of them are missing together is very concerning and very alarming for us,” Detroit Police Commander Michael McGinnis told reporters on Monday.
Kemp told WDIV that she’s resigned to the idea that he may be dead, and simply wants to retrieve his body, so he can be laid to rest.
“We just have a whole lot of unanswered questions that we’re trying to find out, finding answers for, so we can find these victims—or these individuals, and we don’t know that they’re victims,” McGinnis said. “We want to find them and get them home to their loved ones.”
