Houston, Texas rapper Sauce Walka (left), real name Albert Mondane, was shot and wounded in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday. His artist, Sayso P (right), was killed in the shooting.
Walka and his artist were shopping in downtown Memphis when the incident happened. The two men live-streamed a video showing their location in Memphis moments before they were shot.
In the video they held designer bags stuffed with cash and they wore diamond chip chains around their necks.
Moments later, the men left a store, and a car pulled alongside their SUV. Multiple shots rang out striking the two rappers.
Bro went from happy & flexing to a body bag in a couple of hours. Life is 2 unpredictable ? pic.twitter.com/4KU9pwsvyX
— ?? (@gasgodjulio) March 22, 2025
Sauce Walka and Gus artist SaysoP was shot while shopping downtown Memphis. They were outside the store and men pulled up and shot three times. Striking Sauce and his artist. His artist didn’t make it pic.twitter.com/QpzetpNxSr
— Poetik Flakko (@FlakkoPoetik) March 22, 2025
Walka is currently in stable condition at a local hospital, but his artist didn’t make it.
Walka’s fans say he didn’t “check in” when he and his artist arrived in Memphis. Checking in is considered a common courtesy extended to local gang bangers by rappers or athletes visiting unfamiliar territory.
Sometimes out-of-state visitors are required to pay the local gang for protection while in town.
Local authorities consider checking in to be a form of extortion. Multiple rappers have been killed over the years in various cities for failing to check in.
Walka, 34, is best known for a Drake diss song titled “Wack 2 Wack.” He also collaborated with various rappers such as A$AP Rocky, Bun B, Chief Keef, Migos, Slim Thug, Travis Scott, and more.
Not so fun fact: Sauce Walka has been shot every year since 2021 ? . Sauce needs to move around different. Hire security or something especially when you flying to a different city. RIP to his artist ??
— 1ne_Mike (@mikesmusictake) March 22, 2025
