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Shaquon Jerome Thomas (May 10, 1995 – May 29, 2015), better known by his stage name Young Pappy, was an American rapper, born in Chicago, Illinois. Thomas released his first official mixtape, 2 Cups part 1 on August 21, 2014, following his second mixtape, 2 Cups Part 2 of Everything on May 9, 2015. His third mixtape, a posthumous release titled, 2 Cups Part 3 was released on July 6, 2016. On May 29, 2015, Thomas was shot two times in the back and later succumbed to his injuries.

Early life
Shaquon Jerome Thomas was born on May 10, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois, he spend his early life near the northside of Chicago. Nothing is known about his youth. In his teenage years, Thomas would get in trouble every time, he commited many crimes and was imprisoned multiple times.

He began smoking weed in eighth grade, for that, he was suspended from school, until his mother intervened. This didn't stop him, he continued to build his criminal profile, he then joined the Gangster Disciples Gang. Because of the continuoues crimes by Thomas, he ended up in the juvenile justice system. At one point, he had 11 charges misdemeanor and a felony charge against him. One of these accusations was an illegal gun possession accusation, as a result, he was sentenced to one year in prison.

Career
Thomas started rapping when he was four years old after being taught by his older brother Ryan, who goes under the name, BuDouble. Most Thomas' music can be found on Youtube, Spinrilla and Soundcloud, there is also a video on Youtube of Thomas freestyling in 2007 when he was only 12. His most popular song, Killa, has over 55 million views on Youtube, Thomas' first official mixtape was first released on August 21, 2011, to Spinrilla, It was hosted by DJ Louie V. His second mixtape, 2 Cups Part 2 of Everything was released May 9, 2013. It has over 1.2 million streams making it his most popular mixtape. Everything was hosted by DJ Legacy. Before his death, he was working on his third mixtape, 2 Cups Part 3, but was killed before he could release it. It was eventually released in July, 2016.

Death
On May 29, 2015, at around 1:35 a.m. Thomas struck by two bullets in the back by a gunman or two gunmen, he was then taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 3:01 a.m.. He was 20 years old. The gunman or gunmen was/were never caught, it is believed that the shooting was gang related and it was or were gangmember(s) that killed him. Thomas part of a Gangster Disciple set named PBG. He had been an intended target in two different shootings. Conspiracies surrounded Thomas' death is likely caused by being backdoored by a close friend who killed him.

February 2014
In February 2014, Thomas was shot outside of a McDonalds with one bullet hitting his arm, another bullet killed his friend Markeyo Carr, multiple people were also shot on the same occasion.

July 2014
In July 2014, Thomas got into another shooting, but Thomas wasn't hit, but instead another innocent bystander was killed.

Mixtapes

 * 2 Cups Part 1 (2014)
 * 2 Cups Part 2 of Everything (2015)
 * 2 Cups Part 3 (2016)