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Duane Jamell Pharo (June 24, 1994 – November 20, 2020), known professionally as Pharao, was an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. He is Considered one of the best Atlanta rappers. Born and raised in Peachtree Hills, Atlanta, Georgia, Pharao began his musical career in late 2014 with his debut single "Let Me Know". Pharao rose to fame with his breakout singles "Nervous Streets" in 2015 and "Chiraq" in 2015. He often collaborated with Chicago drill artists and producers.

Following his rise to fame, he was introduced to Columbia Records in June 2015. Pharao would sign the contract with Columbia Records. He released his debut mixtape Man of Mind in July 2015. His second mixtape, Man with Love was released on January 29, 2016, and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200.

Following the success of "Man with Love", Pharao released his debut album "Bullet bites" with the songs "Bass Enemies" and "Still need dreams" both peaking at number eleven and number 15. His second Studio album, Call of the Pharao, was supported by "Pharao" and "Atlanta" (with Chief Keef) in August 2016.

His most successful album "Death's dead" was nominated for album of the year released in March 2018.

On November 20, 2020, Pharao was murdered in a drive-by shooting while exiting a nightclub in Los Angeles, California. His posthumous album was released titled "Battle grounds" released on June 5, 2021. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and all of the tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Early life
Duane Jamell Pharo was born on June 24, 1994, in Peachtree Hills, a small neighborhood within Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia. To a African-American mother and Jamaican father, he has an older brother named Curtis. He attended four different schools while growing in Atlanta at the moment where his parents got divorced and his father moved to Philadelphia. He often rapped on partys at age 10. Pharo was expelled at ninth grade for under his statement, by "snitches" and spent a year on house arrest for beating someone to the hospital. He relocated to his father in Philadelphia to enroll at Thomas Jefferson University and his parents got together again, but was forced to leave because of complications from gunshot wounds and later returned to Atlanta.

Career
In a Genius interview, he said that his artist name, "Pharao" came from his lastname "Pharo" and from his love to Egypt = Pharao. He first attempted real rapping at age 20 in 2014 during an invitation in a studio in Atlanta. In late 2014, he started rapping over a beat from Youtube, Pharo recorded a track titled "Let Me Know" during the session in the studio. On January 10, 2015, he released "Gangs of Madness". Meanwhile he befriended record executive of Columbia Records.

They set up an interview, and in June 2015, Pharo signed to Columbia Records. On June 25, 2015, Pharo released his breakout single "Nervous Streets". Many remixes were later recorded of his song. Pharo released his mixtape "Man of Mind" in July 2015. From there on, Pharo released multiple singles including, "Rhythm of Lines" again with Chief Keef, and "Entertainment". On December 2015, he released the song "Social Crash" and the music video. "Social Crash" debuted at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 giving first top 100 appearance. On January 29, 2016 he released his second mixtape, "Man with love".

The mixtape debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, earning his first top 10 appearance in the United States.

Pharo's most successful album released in March 2018, "Death's dead" was nominated for album of the year.

Legal issues
On February 27, 2016, after returning from tour, Pharao was arrested from federal authorities after stealing a Rolls-Royce Wraith, whose owner reported it stolen after Pharo had reportedly borrowed it for a music video shoot, and had to return it the next day. He posted a photo of him in the stolen car and posted it on Instagram. The car was recovered by authorities.

After his arrest, police questioned him about a fatal shooting in Atlanta, The police thought that he was involved in the shooting because of someone looking like at the scene just running wih a gun and shooting several times. He refused to talk and he was charged with grand theft auto. He promised that he would stay away from gang members, which keep him under pressure because of gang members being in the audience all the time.

Death
On November 20, 2020, Pharo exited his house and drove to a nightclub, he realised that there is a vehicle that he never saw in this place, at around 3:50 a.m. As he exited the nightclub, one driving car, a black Sedan opened the rightdoors and started shooting at the people, injuring four people and killing Pharo; Pharo was struck with 14 bullets from both a machinegun and a pistol, Pharo's associates fired back and could hit one of the gunmen.

The LAPD received news about the drive-by, the police arrived ten minutes later and found everyone at Pharo's body, he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center but was already dead at arrival. He was 26 years old. On November 22, 2020, Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner revealed that the cause of his death was Blood loss from the gunshot wounds.

Pharo's body was buried at the Westview Cemetery, Family, friends, and fans gathered to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, to show thier respect.

Legacy
Pharo's parents shared their memories of their before saying how gun violence took him away from them. After his death, people from Peachtree Hills gathered together and created several murals for Pharo.