Canadian rapper Jon James McMurray has died while filming a stunt for a music video. Source:InstagramThe rapper had trained for months to perform the stunt.
Canadian rapper Jon James McMurray has tragically died while attempting to perform a stunt on an aeroplane for a music video.
McMurray, 33, had trained for months to perform the stunt, his management team told CBC News.
The stunt involved the rapper trying to walk out onto the wing of a Cessna aircraft on Saturday while the aircraft was flying, however he “walked too far out on the wing and sent the aircraft into a downward spiral.”
“Jon held onto the wing until it was too late, and by the time he let go, he didn’t have time to pull his chute. He impacted and died instantly,” McMurray’s management team said in a statement.
McMurray was known for incorporating stunts into his music videos.
“His passion for making music videos and performing stunts were combined, and Jon pushed music in a new direction that was uncharted territory,” the statement said.
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Tributes have flooded in since the musicians death:
“The sun is not as bright today as it was yesterday when it was shining on my homie’s last moments. Jon James McMurray, my very best, dearest and oldest friend passed yesterday evening in a skydive accident,” his friend and professional skier Rory Bushfield wrote in an Instagram post.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help with the “celebration” of his life and to “help his people get his stuff out there to the world in the right way”.
