American rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has paid his respects to 15-year-old Ghanaian teenager Javits Frimpong during the kickoff of his highly anticipated “10 Years of Artist” Anniversary Tour, following the teen’s tragic death in New York.

The touching gesture came as the Bronx-born rapper began celebrations marking a decade since the release of his breakthrough 2016 mixtape, Artist. A social media post circulating on Saturday reported that A Boogie used the opening of the anniversary celebration to honor Javits, whose killing has sent shockwaves through New York’s Ghanaian and West African communities.

A Boogie’s anniversary shows began at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, with performances scheduled for October 29 and 30 before the tour continues to cities including Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto, Orlando, Minneapolis and Hartford. The special tour celebrates 10 years since Artist, the project that helped propel him into mainstream hip-hop.

American rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie paid his last respects to 15-year-old Ghanaian, Javits Frimpong, during the kickoff of his "10 Years of Artist" Anniversary Tour https://t.co/qty7UxKC36

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Javits Frimpong was fatally shot on the morning of Thursday, October 29, 2026, while walking to school in the Bronx. Police said the teenager was shot in the abdomen near East 171st Street and Crotona Place before being rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he later died. Authorities have been searching for three teenage males in connection with the shooting.

Javits had moved from Ghana to the United States about a year earlier. His father, Thomas Frimpong, has said his son had previously complained about being bullied at school, although police have not publicly established whether the alleged bullying was connected to the deadly shooting.

The teenager’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief, with members of the Ghanaian community gathering for a candlelight vigil and Ghanaian officials expressing condolences to his family.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s tribute added another emotional moment to the growing wave of condolences as calls for justice for Javits continue.