UPDATED 04/18/19 5:55 p.m. ET: Q Money has been arrested by authorities, XXL reports. The rapper was arrested on Thursday. See original story below. Cleveland rapper Q Money has been implicated in the fatal shooting of another rapper, Georgia police said. Q, real name Qamar Williams, is wanted for allegedly gunning down an unidenfitied victim in a living room. A roommate claims Q was seen standing over the body of the victim, and when they ran to wake up the victim's cousin they took the gun from Q and forced him out the door. Upon arriving at the scene, cops discovered shell casings and guns. The victim was staying at his cousin's residence, where the shooting took place. Early reports from Dekalb County police have not released further details on the identity of the victim, but they did state that he was also a rapper from Cleveland and that they likely knew each other. He was fatally shot in the head at around 8:30 a.m. on Monday. Q Money has been absent from social media since Sunday, April 14, when he teased the video for his currently unreleased song "Patron." He signed with Warner Bros. Records and Think It's a Game Records last year, and went on to release his Ain't Shit Funny project through the labels in August. Seven people were shot while he was shooting the video for his song "Neat" in Cleveland last July. "I wanted to bring Cleveland to the world," he said at the time, stating that he only wanted to bring positivity to his city. Complex has reached out to a rep for Q Money.<doc-sep>CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland rapper Q-Money is accused of killing a fellow up-and-coming rapper from Cleveland on Monday in Georgia, police said. Qamar Williams, 23, of Avon, is charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man in Dekalb County, about 10 miles outside Atlanta, according to Dekalb County police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer. Williams, whose only felony conviction in Cuyahoga County is a 2014 drug trafficking conviction, is not in police custody and Dekalb County police are searching for him. Dekalb County police have not yet released the identity of the man who was killed, but a police report says that both men knew each other because they are hip-hop artists from Cleveland. Spencer said they are awaiting confirmation that the man’s family has been notified before releasing his identity. The man was fatally shot in the right side of his head, according to the police report. The shooting happened inside a home about 8:30 a.m. Monday a Decatur home. A man who lived in the home told police he heard a gunshot, grabbed his gun and ran downstairs, the police report says. He told police that he saw Williams with a gun in his hand standing over the 24-year-old man’s body, police reports say. He asked Williams what happened and Williams only stuttered “I” several times, according to police reports. The 24-year-old man ran upstairs and woke up a 23-year-old roommate, telling him that “Q had done something,” police reports say. The two men ran downstairs and confronted Williams. The 23-year-old man took the gun from Williams and the two men forced him out of the house and locked the door, according to the police reports. They called a friend, who showed up later with a gun, according to the police report. Officers reported finding the 24-year-old man face down in the living room near several fired bullet casings and two guns in the kitchen. The 23-year-old man told police that the 24-year-old man who was killed is his cousin and had been living at his home for about three or four days, police reports say. The police report also says that the home was equipped with working surveillance cameras. Williams is rapper who became popular with the release of his song “Work” that garnered more than 8.5 million views on YouTube. He inked a record deal last year with Warner Bros. Records and Think It’s A Game Records. Violence broke out in Cleveland while Williams filmed his first music video under the new label, a song called “Neat.” Williams filmed at several locations in Cleveland on July 25, 2018, including at Mark Tromba Park and London Liquor Store and St. Clair Avenue near East 162nd Street. His last stop that day was filming in the early morning hours outside the DPG Dog Pound Bar on St. Clair and East 186th. Dozens of people followed him to each site, including the bar. Williams left, but about 100 of the followers remained at the bar. Two women got into a fight, another fight broke out and gunfire erupted, according to police and the surveillance video of the incident reviewed by cleveland.com. Seven people were injured by gunfire, including 27-year-old Cortez Ruffin, who died days after the shooting. Two people have been arrested in connection with the case, but charges were eventually dropped against both. Williams in the aftermath of the shooting told cleveland.com that he disturbed by the shooting and apologized to the victims. He said at the time he was particularly upset because he makes a point to not show prop guns in his videos. He said he pushed to have his first video recorded in the neighborhood where he grew up instead of Atlanta or Los Angeles. Williams grew up in the St. Clair-East 185th Street neighborhood and at the Park Place apartment complex on East Boulevard and East 105th Street. He graduated from Euclid High School in 2015. His popularity was grew until he was arrested in 2014 for drug trafficking in Cleveland and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He said he missed the birth of his son while he was serving his sentence and decided to leave the drug trade. Williams worked as a lifeguard at the Glenville Rec Center for a short time before “Work” caught fire. He also released the popular Q-Money Challenge, a dance-off that had people submit videos of themselves dancing to his music for $7,000 in prizes. “Neat” was released on Aug. 18, and his mixtape, “Ain’t S—t Funny” was released later that month. Warner Bros. Records representatives did not return messages seeking comment. To comment on this post, please visit our crime and courts comments page.<doc-sep>The latest news surrounding Q Money indicates the rapper is wanted by the police for murder. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the "Countin' Up A Check" artist was involved in a deadly dispute within a South Dekalb County home on Monday. Qamar Williams, also known as Q Money, spent his stay there along with three other individuals which included the victim. The housemates were awakened by the sound of shots fired following a heated commotion. Reports cite the roommates seized the gun from Q Money and kicked him out of the house. The rapper has been MIA since. Apparently, this would not be the rapper's first run-in with the law. Since getting signed to Warner Brothers last year, Williams had several run-ins with the law. On the set of a video shoot back in Cleveland during the summer of last year, gunfire ensued. The incident left six people significantly wounded and one person dead. Charges were reportedly dropped against the men involved. The timing of the murder follows the rapper's most recent song release "Neat" which features Hip Hop comrades Young Dolph, Peewee Longway, and YFN Lucci. Now with charges officially applied and Q Money on the loose, the ordeal may suffice to severely hamper his career. [Via]<doc-sep>
CLEVELAND, Ohio— Cleveland rapper Q-Money turned himself into police Thursday on charges that he shot and killed a fellow Cleveland rapper in Georgia, police said. Qamar Williams, 23, of Avon, was booked into the Dekalb County Jail about 3:25 p.m. Thursday on a murder charge, according to jail records. Dekalb County police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer said Williams turned himself in. Williams is accused of shooting Calvin Chappell, 24, of Euclid, according to police and the Dekalb County Medical Examiner. Chappell grew up in Cleveland and the two knew each other because they were both hip-hop artists in the Cleveland area, according to police reports and public records. The shooting happened about 8:30 a.m. Monday at the home of Chappell’s cousin in Decatur, about 10 miles outside Atlanta, according to police. Williams is accused of shooting Chappell in the right side of his head. A man who lived in the home told police he heard a gunshot, grabbed his gun and ran downstairs, the police report says. He told police that he saw Williams with a gun in his hand standing over the 24-year-old man’s body, police reports say. He asked Williams what happened and Williams only stuttered “I” several times, according to police reports. The 24-year-old man ran upstairs and woke up a 23-year-old roommate, telling him that “Q had done something,” police reports say. The two men ran downstairs and confronted Williams. The 23-year-old man took the gun from Williams and the two men forced him out of the house and locked the door, according to the police reports. They called a friend, who showed up later with a gun, according to the police report. Officers reported that they found Chappell face down in the living room near several fired bullet casings. They also recovered two guns from the kitchen. The 23-year-old man told police that Chappell is his cousin and had been living at his home for about three or four days, police reports say. The police report also says that the home was equipped with working surveillance cameras. Williams was charged with a first-degree misdemeanor gaming violation on March 13 in Cleveland. He is accused of ushering his 14-year-old brother into Cleveland Jack Casino past security, according to court records. Williams did not show up for an April 11 arraignment in Cleveland Municipal Court and a warrant was issued. He was also convicted of drug trafficking in Cleveland in 2014 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Seven people on July 26, 2018 were shot in Cleveland, including one who died, at the filming of Williams’ rap video for his song “Neat.”