Overview
- The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Janarious Mykel Wheeler was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m. ET on Feb. 18, as first reported by TMZ and echoed by multiple outlets.
- Authorities have not disclosed a cause of death, and no public statements have been issued by the artist’s family or label.
- Unverified posts on social media circulated the news hours earlier, and his final Instagram story has been widely shared, though speculation about circumstances remains unconfirmed.
- Wheeler was signed to Yo Gotti’s Collective Music Group in partnership with Interscope, released the single “Out Of Town Bae” on Feb. 13, and issued the album Almost Normal Again in August 2025.
- He had a March 21 show scheduled at The Fillmore in New Orleans, and tributes from fans and artists including Dej Loaf, Mozzy, Nardo Wick, Boosie Badazz, Lil Duval, and executive Caroline “Baroline” Diaz have poured in.