KJ Balla (born 1997) was a Brooklyn based rapper who is popular for his two singles "Switch the Game" and "Strangers". He was shot and killed on May 18, 2020 at the age of 23.^[1][2]

He was born in 1997 as Kennedy Joseph Noel in the United States.

His mothers name is Valencia Smith.

He attended a private school where he completed his high school.

He then joined a reputed college located in New York City where he obtained his degree upon his graduation.

His family realized that he was a born singer when he showed his talent in his childhood.

He had always wanted to be a rapper from a young age and he made a big break with his two singles "Switch the Game" and "Strangers" which streamed for over 80,000 times on Spotify which is a digital music streaming service.

His song "Cookin Up" that was released in 2017 came out on YouTube and garnered over 1.7 million views and it was one of his hits in his music career.

He started collaborating with many other rappers from Brooklyn and one famous rapper he worked with was "Jay Gwuapo". He started his record label Nothing Records along with Deezy Mula.

He was single before his demise and liked keeping his relationship life away from the media.

He was against the violence and crime that happened in the United States.

Through his songs, he tried to discuss the issues with his fans.

He wore designer chains in his neck in the music videos and inked many tattoos on his head, chest, and hands.

Before his death his net worth valued around $450K US Dollars.

He made decent profits through his singles released.

The young rapper lost his life on May 18, 2020.

He was murdered as the killing took place around 9:45 pm.

An unknown person shot him with his gun near the New Lots Avenue.

He struggled for his life at the Brooklyn University Medical Center.

However his death has not been confirmed by the Authority and his death will be the third big name from Brooklyn to succumb to tragedy this year.

As Pop Smoke was murdered on February 19 then Nick Blixky was killed on May 10.

His good friend Deezy Mulla posted an emotional message on losing his friend.

As he wrote "I love you bro, forever, @KJ_Balla" with a picture of them both.

Also the rapper J.I. (Rapper) posted a tribute to him on Instagram where he wrote "

His Instagram his also flooded with RIP tributes by his fans.

He was active on Instagram with around 37.9K followers. He posted his last post on April 22nd where he was promoting his new song with Jay Gwuapo "Back to Back".