The woman riding in the passenger seat of Chicago drill rapper BloodHound Q50’s Tesla when he was fatally shot has identified herself publicly and denied online speculation that she set him up. In a separate statement, she described what she saw in the minutes before the gunfire and what she tried to do to warn him. Hypefresh covered Q50’s earlier 2025 St. Louis shooting at the time of its publication, including the alleged $60,000 theft that preceded it — separate reporting that frames the pattern of violence around the rapper in the year before his death.
Mikquale T. Cooper, the 22-year-old rapper known as BloodHound Q50, was killed in an ambush at the BP gas station at 4248 S. Wentworth Avenue in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood about 3:58 a.m. Sunday, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report citing the Chicago Police Department. Cooper was in a white Tesla when a black Infiniti carrying two masked occupants and a silver Honda Accord carrying four more people pulled into the lot, the Sun-Times and the New York Post reported.
When Cooper returned to the driver’s seat and the woman to the passenger side, approximately six gunmen exited the vehicles and opened fire on the Tesla. Cooper was struck in the chest and shoulder. He was taken to University of Chicago Medicine, where he was pronounced dead. Surveillance footage published by the outlets shows masked occupants retrieving items from one of the cars before the shooting. A firearm was recovered at the scene. The attackers fled southbound toward the Dan Ryan Expressway. No arrests have been announced.
Witnesses told the Sun-Times they heard dozens of rounds, with one account placing the count above 50 and another witness saying they heard “over 100.” People magazine also covered the scene. Nearby Subway restaurant windows were damaged by gunfire. The woman was not injured. Before the shooting, one of the gunmen approached the car and told her it would be her “man’s last night alive,” according to the Sun-Times.
The girlfriend, identified in coverage as Cooper’s partner, broke her silence in a Facebook post Monday that was later circulated by No Jumper and other outlets. She said she was the woman seen exiting the Tesla and running as gunfire erupted, and she pushed back against viral accusations that she had been involved. “I am the girl that was in the passenger seat yall don’t know what the fuck happened i didnt set shit up,” she wrote. She said she had warned Cooper to hurry after spotting “dudes… walking around the car looking suspicious” while he was inside the store, and she claimed the car would not shift into drive because of a seat-belt safety feature. “Soon as I seen them and heard shots i got out fast as I could and ran screaming for help.” She closed the post by calling Cooper her “homie,” her “lover,” and her “unborn baby father,” and asked for “respect” on his life and hers.
The girlfriend later spoke to Fox 32 Chicago and posted a video addressing critics. She told the station she has left Illinois. The New York Post, citing Fox 32, also reported that some of the gunmen allegedly bragged about the killing online by showing off their weapons shortly after the attack, a claim police have not publicly confirmed.
Cooper had built a rising profile in Chicago’s drill scene, with releases including the 2025 project “Long Live My Brudda He Prolly Kilt Yo Brudda” and the more recent “Get Back Or Die Trying.” He collaborated with artists including VonOff1700 and EST Gee and had drawn more than a million monthly Spotify listeners. In a recent interview with vlogger DJ Akademiks, Cooper acknowledged the risks of his lifestyle. “One slip up [and] you’re gone,” he said, according to the Sun-Times.
His mother, Machetta Dudley, posted emotional messages on Facebook after the shooting, defending her son’s memory and warning online critics. Complex and other outlets covered her statement. Chicago police continue to investigate the homicide. The woman’s account of the seat-belt interlock has circulated widely alongside the surveillance video of the attack.
No arrests have been announced. Anyone with information is asked to contact Chicago police.
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Hypefresh’s earlier coverage of BloodHound Q50 (separate incidents from the September 2026 Fuller Park attack):
- Hypefresh’s initial report on Q50’s 2025 St. Louis shooting
- The alleged $60,000 theft that preceded the St. Louis shooting
- Q50’s Instagram Live video after the St. Louis shooting
Adjacent Chicago drill coverage:
