A Canadian rapper Jon James McMurray kicks the bucket in music video stunt
The rapper tumbled to his death after his video shoot stunt went horribly wrong.
34 year old rapper had trained for months to perform a stunt that involved walking on the wing of a moving aircraft.
His management reports that he walked to the end of the wing forcing the aircraft to spiral to one side toppling him.
“His final act included performing an airplane stunt that included rapping while walking on the wing. He had trained intensively for this stunt, however, as Jon got further out onto the wing it caused the small Cessna to go into a downward spiral that the pilot couldn’t correct. “
His management said he held on too long and could not launch his parachute.
Jon held onto the wing until it was too late, and by the time he let go, he didn’t have time to pull his chute. He impacted and died instantly.” Wrote his management
However this was not his first time to pull such an extreme stun during his music videos shoot previously jumped out of a plane in a shoot for a song dubbed , “The Man”.
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McMurray had been working on this project for “months,” with his team noting he trained “intensely for the stunt.” It appears from Instagram he was working on the video for his song “The Man,” featuring Riff Raff.
His manager, Ryan Desrochers, said the artist’s passion for music videos and extreme sports went hand-in-hand, adding that McMurray tried to combine his interests with his songs in order to push music “in a new direction”.
Family, fans and friends have come out to pay their last respect to the rapper;
“Jon was an incredibly passionate person and was always smiling. He filled everyone around him with positivity, and never spoke poorly about another person. He had a heart of gold,” the statement concluded. “Jon would want to be remembered as a beacon of light to follow your dreams, and would want everyone to continue to be inspired through his music and life message.”
The family has started dubbed GoFundMe page to “get his stuff out there to the world in the right way” and “help with Jon James’s celebration of life.”