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Certainly other music news happened this week, much of it just as shocking and some of it much, much more saddening. Case in point: the shooting death of rising rapper Dolla. On Monday afternoon the 21-year-old former member of the hip-hop group Da Razkals Cru and onetime model for Diddy's Sean John fashion line was gunned down at the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles, only hours after flying in to L.A. from Atlanta. Although a motive for the crime has not been announced as of this writing, a suspect, Aubrey Louis Berry, was arrested and is currently being held on $5 million bail. He has entered a not guilty plea to murder and assault charges. Ironically, Dolla (real name: Roderick Anthony Burton II) had cited the Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, and Pimp C--all legendary rappers who died while in their prime--as three of his chief influences. "I wish I could have [recorded with] Pimp C," he once said in an interview. "I wish I could have done a song with Tupac and Biggie, all the legends." And now, tragically, Dolla has met with a similar fate, dying young. We here at Yahoo! Music send our condolences to Dolla's friends, family, and fans.