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Snootie Wild Birthday and Biography

 

Born:  April 23, 1985

Birthplace:  College Park, GA

Died:  February 26, 2022

Zodiac Sign:  Taurus

Preston Porter III, aka Snootie Wild, was a rapper and singer.

He was best known for his first single, "Yayo,” which successfully helped launch his career.

The song is charted in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

In October 2013, it was announced that a fellow Memphis-based rapper, Yo Gotti, had signed Wild to his Collective Music Group (CMG) imprint.

In September 2014, Wild released his only extended play, Go Mode. The EP's second single, "Made Me,” peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the highest-charting single of his career. Snootie Wild signed to Epic Records/CMG with Yo Gotti.

On February 25, 2022, Porter was found in a ditch in Houston with gunshot wounds to his neck.

He was hospitalized in critical condition but died the following day at age 36.

He left behind four children. Ten months after the crime, Ivory Duke Williams was arrested by Houston police and charged with murder.

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