Today is a sad day for the hip-hop community, as it has lost one of its own.

Shawty Lo, 40, was reported to havedied in a single-car crash in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

A spokesperson for the Fulton County Police Department, Georgia, USA, said authorities received a call around 2:20 AM alerting them of the accident.

The rapper was said to have been ejected from the driver’s seat of his 2016 Audi when he lost control of the vehicle, which overturned, hit two trees and caught fire. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Two female passengers were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The exact cause of the accident is still unknown.

Explicit videos shared on the rapper’s Instagram page  indicate he spent time prior to the crash at an Atlanta area strip club called Blue Flame Lounge.

News of Shawty Lo’s tragic passing began circulating when a tweet posted to his account read, “My brother has passed he is no longer here but his spirit, his kind heart , and his music will live on Long live Shawty Lo King of Bankhead.“