PnB Rock's Girlfriend Says Scammers Are Posing as Her After Rapper's Death

Stephanie Sibounheuang, the girlfriend of slain rapper PnB Rock, has said that scammers have been misrepresenting her on social media to sell merchandise.

PnB Rock, real name Rakim Hasheem Allen, died aged 30 on September 12 after being shot "multiple times" while he and Sibounheuang visited a Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles restaurant in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

"The victim was eating at a table when he was approached by one suspect," said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman. The armed "suspect demanded items" from PnB Rock before firing multiple shots.

The suspect "removed some items from the victim, entered a waiting vehicle and fled the scene." Quoting eyewitnesses, Rolling Stone magazine reported that the rapper appeared to have been targeted for his jewelry.

Shortly before the shooting, Sibounheuang had posted a since-deleted image on Instagram, which included a geotag of their location at the eatery.

As news of PnB Rock's death circulated, Sibounheuang faced an onslaught of vitriol from social-media users, a number of whom blamed his murder on her post. Her Instagram account was reported en masse, which led to it being taken down.

The influencer, who welcomed a daughter with PnB Rock in March 2020, quietly returned to the platform in early October after her account was reinstated. And while she has yet to directly address the incident or the circumstances surrounding it, she had a message for her 680,000-plus followers.

"I don't have telegram. I don't have a group. I am not selling t shirts, bags, or weave and never was," she wrote in a message entitled "SCAM!"

"I never made a back up account after my page was reported," Sibounheuang wrote. "I have not been on the internet in weeks. Let alone... on my phone at all. I have not been answering text or calls. If you think you have been in communication with me. You have not. Please do not be scammed."

Nicki Minaj, 39, who collaborated with the late rapper on the track "Fendi," touched on the 2020 murder of Pop Smoke as she spoke about the dangers of addresses and locations being shared online. Pop Smoke was fatally shot at a Los Angeles residence, after the address was seen on Instagram as he showed his gift bags.

"After Pop Smoke there's no way we as rappers or our loved ones are still posting locations to our whereabouts," Minaj wrote on Twitter. "To show waffles & some fried chicken????! He was such a pleasure to work with. Condolences to his mom & family. This makes me feel so sick. Jesus."

Rival rapper Cardi B had an opposing take, as she wrote on Twitter: "I highly doubt nikkas was looking at PMB's babymom IG. He was in a bad location and people stay outside plotting. It's very irresponsible and inconsiderate to blame her for something so tragic. We should be sending nothing but love to her and his family at this time."

In the weeks since PnB Rock's death, Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV reported that Freddie Lee Trone, his 17-year-old son, and his wife, Shauntel Trone, have been identified as suspects by the LAPD.

Despite internet assertions that Sibounheuang's Instagram post was to blame for her partner's death, a felony complaint says that a man, who has not yet been publicly named, saw the rapper and his girlfriend arrive at the restaurant.

According to the court documents, the man waited outside until Trone arrived and the two spoke. Trone then left and returned soon after to drop off his son, who was armed with a gun, a short walk away from the restaurant.

The son walked directly over to the table where PnB Rock and his girlfriend were dining and demanded their jewelry before shooting the rapper in the chest and then twice in the back after he fell to the ground.

He then allegedly threatened to shoot Sibounheuang in the head before he robbed her of her jewelry. As PnB Rock lay dying, the teen removed the musician's chains, watch and rings, before leaving the restaurant.

The shooter's pretrial hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

Philadelphia native PnB Rock rose to fame following the success of his 2014 mixtape Real N***a Bangaz mixtape, and in 2015, he signed a deal with Atlantic Records.

He scored a hits with the singles "Fleek" and "Selfish," with the latter reaching No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2019, PnB Rock teamed up with Ed Sheeran and Chance the Rapper on "Cross Me," from Sheeran's fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project.

Also in 2019, PnB Rock collaborated with Minaj on the Murda Beatz-produced track "Fendi," released to help promote Minaj's Fendi Prints On fashion collection.