![]() Warner Music Canada, which worked with Jenkins on a compliation album showcasing Toronto's "rising stars," told The Canadian Press the young man was "exceptionally talented." “Our thoughts and condolences go out to his family, friends and fans.” “Very few Canadian hip-hop artists have been able to achieve the views and streams independently that Houdini did, which makes the fact that he didn’t get to take his career to the next level even more devastating.” “He was an independent rising star widely considered on his way to ‘making it’ in the music industry and appreciation for his music already extended way past the GTA,” Plunkett said. In a statement issued on Wednesday afternoon, HipHopCanada’s founder and editor-in-chief, Jesse Plunkett, called Houdini's death a “devastating blow to the Toronto and Canadian music community.” ![]() “Many fans considered him to be the next big star to come out of Toronto. He had a very promising future in music,” Jag Virk, a lawyer who said Houdini was a client of his, wrote on Instagram. Several posts and comments were written online honouring his life and the mark he made on Toronto and Canada's hip-hop music scene. Word of Houdini's death spread quickly on social media on Tuesday night. The victim has since been identified by police as Dimarjio Jenkins, a rapper who lived in Toronto and was known as Houdini. Responding paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but were unsuccessful. Upon arrival at the scene, officers located a male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. On Tuesday, just after 4 p.m., emergency crews responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the area of King Street and Blue Jays Way. Police have identified the victim of a “very brazen” daylight shooting in the city’s downtown core as 21-year-old Toronto rapper Houdini.
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