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Brooklyn rapper Nas Blixky is alive after a gun ambush last week that wounded him in the back and legs and left him determined to abandon his stage name, his family says.
Blixky — whose real name is Nasir Fisher — decided that the price of laying tracks about guns and violence and dissing rival emcees on bass-driven beats is much too high, say relatives.
Fisher plans to walk away from that life, though walking is something he has struggled with since he was shot Jan. 27 along Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Cops said Fisher, 22, was shot in the back and the leg around 9:30 a.m. and taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
His parents said he was ambushed by rivals after a round of bitter trash talking on social media.
“He simply had an argument on Facebook and the internet,” said Fisher’s stepfather, who did not want to give his name. “He said when he came out of the store they were waiting for him. He was in a kill box. There were two or three of them surrounding him. It was an ambush. He was shot multiple times.”
Fisher’s mother, Dana Maunday, 54, a home health aide, said Fisher managed to escape with his life.
“He was at his son’s mother’s house the night before,” Maunday said. “He dropped his 3-year-old son off at school and he went to buy a sandwich. He saw the gunman on the other side of the street, pointing a gun right at him. He ran for his life. There were two or three of them. They ambushed him.”
“It’s ridiculous,” she said. “They’re rapping back and forth. I can’t understand how someone can come around and shoot you.”
Maunday said social media has been mistakenly buzzing about Nas Blixky’s death, perhaps confusing him with a similarly-named rapper Nick Blixky, 21, who was shot and killed in the same neighborhood in May 2020.
But if the internet thinks Nas Blixky is dead, that’s fine with them and Fisher, who is content to leave him buried.
“He’s doing much better,” the stepfather said. “On Facebook they’re saying he’s dead but he’s still alive. The rapper Nas Blixky is dead. The stage name is gone.”
So is Fisher’s connection to drill music, a rap genre rooted in violent and gritty street life, and characterized by a grim and deadpan delivery. Even the word “blixky” is slang for gun.
Lu Blixky, another who used the slang gun word in his name, was shot to death in 2020 in Brownsville. His real name was Luis Caballero, and he died at age 22.
“Many people want him dead,” the stepfather said. “I told him he’s better than that. You want him dead? He’s dead. He’ll be back with better music and better lyrics.”
In the meantime, Fisher has a long road to recovery.
“He’s going to make it,” Maunday said. “He’s out of the ICU. He’s already had two surgeries, one in his colon, one in his lungs. He said he saw death. He asked, ‘Mommy, am I going to live?’”
Maunday said Fisher’s toughest moment in recovery was having to face his little boy.
“His son saw him in the hospital and said ‘My daddy is sick,’” Maunday said. “How is a 3-year-old supposed to deal with that? These guns are scaring me. We need to get together as one. We really need to get these guns off the street.”
Blixky — whose real name is Nasir Fisher — decided that the price of laying tracks about guns and violence and dissing rival emcees on bass-driven beats is much too high, say relatives.
Fisher plans to walk away from that life, though walking is something he has struggled with since he was shot Jan. 27 along Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Cops said Fisher, 22, was shot in the back and the leg around 9:30 a.m. and taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
His parents said he was ambushed by rivals after a round of bitter trash talking on social media.
“He simply had an argument on Facebook and the internet,” said Fisher’s stepfather, who did not want to give his name. “He said when he came out of the store they were waiting for him. He was in a kill box. There were two or three of them surrounding him. It was an ambush. He was shot multiple times.”
Fisher’s mother, Dana Maunday, 54, a home health aide, said Fisher managed to escape with his life.
“He was at his son’s mother’s house the night before,” Maunday said. “He dropped his 3-year-old son off at school and he went to buy a sandwich. He saw the gunman on the other side of the street, pointing a gun right at him. He ran for his life. There were two or three of them. They ambushed him.”
“It’s ridiculous,” she said. “They’re rapping back and forth. I can’t understand how someone can come around and shoot you.”
Maunday said social media has been mistakenly buzzing about Nas Blixky’s death, perhaps confusing him with a similarly-named rapper Nick Blixky, 21, who was shot and killed in the same neighborhood in May 2020.
But if the internet thinks Nas Blixky is dead, that’s fine with them and Fisher, who is content to leave him buried.
“He’s doing much better,” the stepfather said. “On Facebook they’re saying he’s dead but he’s still alive. The rapper Nas Blixky is dead. The stage name is gone.”
So is Fisher’s connection to drill music, a rap genre rooted in violent and gritty street life, and characterized by a grim and deadpan delivery. Even the word “blixky” is slang for gun.
Lu Blixky, another who used the slang gun word in his name, was shot to death in 2020 in Brownsville. His real name was Luis Caballero, and he died at age 22.
“Many people want him dead,” the stepfather said. “I told him he’s better than that. You want him dead? He’s dead. He’ll be back with better music and better lyrics.”
In the meantime, Fisher has a long road to recovery.
“He’s going to make it,” Maunday said. “He’s out of the ICU. He’s already had two surgeries, one in his colon, one in his lungs. He said he saw death. He asked, ‘Mommy, am I going to live?’”
Maunday said Fisher’s toughest moment in recovery was having to face his little boy.
“His son saw him in the hospital and said ‘My daddy is sick,’” Maunday said. “How is a 3-year-old supposed to deal with that? These guns are scaring me. We need to get together as one. We really need to get these guns off the street.”
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