The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 08:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
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Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, WP:MUSICBIO, and WP:VICTIM. Both before and after his death, there was trivial coverage of his musical career. This biography does not meet WP:MUSICBIO criteria, including #4 ("has received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour"), because the concert tour Smoke Dawg participated in was not his, it was Drake's (and Smoke Dawg isn't even mentioned on the Drake Wikipedia article). This was indeed a tragedy, but Wikipedia is not a memorial, and this biography does not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. Magnolia677 ( talk) 21:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Keep: Rapper had notable recordings, many collaborations as well as a great following. This is also indicated in 45,000 visits to this page first day and 25,000 the second day. Repurcussions of the murder are also spreading as we speak with active search for the perpetrator(s). werldwayd ( talk) 03:28, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for providing these links. I have carefully examined each and they do not contribute to notability, or to collaborations with more notable artists that were of any significance. Again, this article was nominated for deletion because it fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, WP:MUSICBIO, and WP:VICTIM.
Leaning toward keep. Agree that it doesn't meet WP:MUSICBIO or WP:VICTIM alone, but "multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" for WP:BASIC, and I'd say the non-music-industry (local) press coverage of the shooting tips the scale to "multiple independent". DavidLeeLambert ( talk) 13:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Strong Keep: Notable rapper, and his murder is getting a lot of publicity globally. Inexpiable ( talk) 15:32, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 08:21, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
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Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, WP:MUSICBIO, and WP:VICTIM. Both before and after his death, there was trivial coverage of his musical career. This biography does not meet WP:MUSICBIO criteria, including #4 ("has received non-trivial coverage in independent reliable sources of an international concert tour"), because the concert tour Smoke Dawg participated in was not his, it was Drake's (and Smoke Dawg isn't even mentioned on the Drake Wikipedia article). This was indeed a tragedy, but Wikipedia is not a memorial, and this biography does not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria. Magnolia677 ( talk) 21:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Keep: Rapper had notable recordings, many collaborations as well as a great following. This is also indicated in 45,000 visits to this page first day and 25,000 the second day. Repurcussions of the murder are also spreading as we speak with active search for the perpetrator(s). werldwayd ( talk) 03:28, 5 July 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for providing these links. I have carefully examined each and they do not contribute to notability, or to collaborations with more notable artists that were of any significance. Again, this article was nominated for deletion because it fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, WP:MUSICBIO, and WP:VICTIM.
Leaning toward keep. Agree that it doesn't meet WP:MUSICBIO or WP:VICTIM alone, but "multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability" for WP:BASIC, and I'd say the non-music-industry (local) press coverage of the shooting tips the scale to "multiple independent". DavidLeeLambert ( talk) 13:16, 11 July 2018 (UTC)
Strong Keep: Notable rapper, and his murder is getting a lot of publicity globally. Inexpiable ( talk) 15:32, 13 July 2018 (UTC)