Bad News Brown: dead at 33

Montreal’s Paul Frappier, the rap performer known as Bad News Brown, has died. His body was found near the Lachine Canal on Feb 12. No cause of death has been determined, but the word on the street is that it was murder. No idea of how or why. A vigil was held tonight in the park in Little Burgundy. RIP.

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