In early February of 2022, the New York City drill artist known as Chii Wvtzz became the latest in a long line of promising young talent to lose his life on the streets of the Bronx. Beginning in January of that same year, the rap industry would see the passing of Houston artist Sad Frosty, followed soon after by the of Florida-based artist Wavy Navy Pooh who was attacked while driving around with his two kids in Miami. Then came an attack on Tdott Woo in New York City only weeks before the tragic passing of Chii Wvtzz. And while these tragic events are all seemingly unrelated, they follow the pattern of young rap artists losing their lives long before they’ve ever really had the chance to go mainstream. It’s a devastating chain of events that needs to be ended and the only way we can potentially do so is by understanding what happened in the first place. So, on today’s episode of Before They Were Gone, we’ll investigate the rise of Chii Wvtzz as well as what led to his senseless events.