A member of US rapper TI's entourage has been shot dead in an incident at the Club Ritz in Cincinnati, early yesterday morning. The hip-hopper himself was not harmed in the fracas, which, according to local newspaper the Cincinnati Enquirer, started inside the club when a group of men confronted TI and his group. The rapper and his entourage attempted to drive away from the club without further confrontation, according to a witness, but they were followed onto the nearby highway, interstate 75, where a shootout took place. The identity of the dead man has not been released.
Earlier in the evening TI had performed a set at the city's Bogart's venue in support of his chart topping album 'King'. A subsequent show in St Louis has been cancelled.