Rapper MoneySign Suede found dead in prison shower as cause of death confirmed

27 April 2023 , 01:48

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Rapper MoneySign Suede was found dead on Tuesday (Image: moneysignsuede/Instagram)

Rapper MoneySign Suede died after he was stabbed in a shower at a California prison, authorities and his attorney said.

Jaime Brugada Valdez, 22, of Huntington Park, was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Despite life-saving efforts, he died at a prison medical facility.

The agency didn't detail his injuries but said his death was being investigated as a homicide.

"They said it was a stabbing to the neck," Valdez's attorney, Nicholas Rosenberg, told the Los Angeles Times.

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Suede signed to Atlantic Records in 2021, and released his most recent album "Parkside Baby" last September, the Times said.

His death is being investigated as a homicide (moneysignsuede/Instagram)

The Monterey County prison houses more than 4,000 minimum- and medium-security inmates.

Valdez was sent there after being sentenced in Riverside County last December to serve two years and eight months on two charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a gun, according to state corrections officials.

The Los Angeles star, who was due to be released from incarceration in the coming weeks, rose to fame last year following the release of his self-titled debut album.

He was due to be released from incarceration in the coming weeks (moneysignsuede/Instagram)

Two more records followed on the Atlantic Records label for the star, who managed to pursue his dreams despite being in and out of jail throughout his adult life.

Hailing from Los Angeles, California, he was best known for his songs BACK TO THE BAG, She Gon Choose, and Veteran and was signed to Atlantic Records.

Suede spoke about his family in an interview with music blog site Passion Weiss, explaining that he would try to "see my people every day."

William Walker