Clarence Eddie Woods III ( Sonny Gunnz )
(January 9, 1986 ~ November 23, 2008)
better known by his stage name Sonny Gunnz, was an American rapper who achieved modest success on Black Friday Entertainment's record label.
In a year that had already seen the deaths of such notable figures as Mr. Wilson and DJ K-Swift, Baltimore hip-hop experienced yet another loss toward the end of 2008. The little known but beloved rapper Eddie "Sonny Gunnz" Woods was shot in the back of the head in Brooklyn Park Nov. 23. His death made headlines when the Baltimore Police Department ruled it a suicide, and the rapper's family is petitioning for further investigation. While ugliness and controversy surrounded the circumstances of his passing, his friends and peers celebrated his life, with a tribute concert the week after his death, and a "Long Live Sonny Gunnz" event at Sonar last Thursday, on the eve of what would have been his twenty-third birthday, Jan. 9.
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