Yung Mazi (born Jabril A) was an Atlanta rapper based. Yung Mazi was a devout Muslim.

He begang his rapping career in 2012. In 2013 Mazi released Humbled By The Hustle, a project hosted by Rick Ross’s signee DJ Scream, featuring guest appearances from Yo Gotti, Young Scooter, Rich Homie Quan, and Kanye West protégé Cyhi the Prynce. His next mixtape Murderati featured Alley Boy and Mazi’s longtime friend Kevin Gates. It was followed by Strictly 4 The Traps N Trunks 73- a franchise that has previously been hosted by Trinidad Jame$, Trouble, Jose Guapo and Drumma Boy.

Mazi has signed on with famed engineer turned executive maven Nico Solis of Crown Kingz Productions (CKP), a production team-turned-record label, who also manage CyHi The Prynce, and have worked with such names as Young Jeezy, Jazze Pha, Big Boi, Ciara and Too Short.

Mazi has been shot more than 12 times.

In 2013, Mazi was shot five times—one bullet hitting him in the head and leaving him temporarily brain damaged, almost ending his life.

“When the bullet hit me in the head,” Mazi recollects, “it greatly affected me.

I had to learn how to read, write, and speak all over again.

I’m still not 100% right.

I tried doing my daughter’s elementary school homework and it was hard.

I couldn’t count money.

My brother had to send text messages for me from my phone.

It was deep.”

Just three months into rehab, Mazi was shot again.

“I didn’t learn my lesson,” Mazi admits.

“The second time I got shot, I realized that I have to drastically change my lifestyle.

I have four children and I have to be there for them."

Mazi - a Muslim - was attached to the street life as a young man.

His sister was murdered when he was a teenager.

In 2015, he lost his brother Mucho in a car accident.

On December 27, 2016, Mazi was shot inside a Waffle House restaurant in Buckhead. He Tweeted "God made me bulletproof" after surviving. ^[1]

On August 6, 2017, around 8:55 PM, Atlanta Police responded to a shooting near the intersection of Oakview Road and Hosea L. Williams Drive in Atlanta's historic Kirkwood neighborhood. Shots were fired in front of a pizza business called Urban Pie. There, the police identified Yung Mazi, who was fatally shot with multiple gunshot wounds. Police said they responded to the incident when they heard gunshots from outside Zone 6 headquarters, which is located at 2025 Hosea L. Williams Drive.