Drill Rapper Moneygang Vontae Shot And Killed For His Gold Chain That Has His Name On It

A Los Angeles, California drill rapper was gunned down Thursday night in the Bronx, New York for his gold chain, which carried his signature nameplate — Moneygang Vontae.

27-year-old Avanti Frowner who raps under the Vontae stage name, was in New York City to film a music video later in the month when a pack of thieves tracked him down to the Amazing Community Pharmacy near Arthur Ave. in Tremont at about 1:40 p.m. Thursday, police sources said.

The suspects followed Vontae into the pharmacy and held him up, sparking a struggle.

One of the thieves shot the drill rapper in the chest as he ripped the massive “Moneygang Vontae” nameplate from his neck, cops said.

“There were about three shots, and I saw the guys running away from the pharmacy,” a witness told the News Thursday. “They robbed him. One of them had his chain.”

“One of the guys had a gun and he put it in the pocket of his shorts as they ran away,” said the witness, who wished not to be named.

EMS rushed Vontae to St. Barnabas Hospital, but he couldn’t be saved.

Vontae was staying at a hotel on Webster Ave. near the pharmacy. A friend from California had accompanied him on his trip.

A short time before his death, the drill rapper posted photos of himself outside a Bronx bodega, the massive nameplate dangling from his neck.

Roger Frowner, his father, said that he had no idea Avanti was visiting the Big Apple until “his brother called me.”

“My son is gone,” Roger Frowner said. “He’s in another state, and I can’t do nothing. So you know, a big-ass hole is in my heart.”

The footage of the shooting shows one of the suspects, wearing a white T-shirt and white du-rag apparently struggling to grab something from Frowner before three more suspects rush in through the door.

A worker can be seen crouching down behind the counter.

The suspects are shown knocking Frowner to the ground, pushing him past a swinging door to enter the area behind the counter, where one of the men strikes him with a long umbrella.

The worker who was behind the counter disappears just before the du-rag-wearing man fires off at least four shots – leaving the helpless victim sprawled out behind the counter with a blood-soaked shirt.

The suspects made off with the victim’s chain and money, sources said.

The grieving dad said his son “likes everything that money could buy,” and added that he “worked hard” for the jewelry he wears.

“That’s all he did with his money. Clothes, cars and jewelry.”

He described his son as “popular, well-known, and into music.”

“He was a good son, he did what he was supposed to do,” the grieving dad continued. “Then he went out on his journey.”

“All I wanna say is I’ll be glad when this is all over, because the memory will always be there,” the rapper’s father added. “You know I want justice for my son. I’m just hurt right now.”

“I Got Use To Counting So Much Money I Got Paper Cuts‼️” he wrote on an Instagram post.

Fans mourned his loss on social media.

“I really hope all this s— a dream gang,” one commented.

The assailants also robbed a second person, whose connection to the victim is unclear, police sources said.

The owner of Amazing Pharmacy, who did not give his name, said on Friday that there were no other customers in the store at the time of the slaying and all of the workers were in the back.

“We were all hiding, we were not in a position to hear anything,” he said, when asked if the victim had any last words. “When we came out they had already moved the body, I did not want to see him.”

“[Shootings are] an everyday thing now, it’s a common thing,” said another worker, who also did not give his name. “The Bronx is getting dangerous. A lot of people get a hold of a gun, you don’t know ….. you say the wrong thing to the wrong person, anything could happen.”