Zeethewizard, an up-and-coming Dallas rapper, has died \u2014 days after he was shot at a club in the Stemmons Corridor, police officials said Monday. Zec\u2019Qurie Cannon Grant Fields, 25, was critically injured shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday when gunfire erupted at Pink House Dallas, an after-hours club near Empire Central and North Stemmons Freeway. New Year\u2019s Eve was the club\u2019s grand opening, according to advertisements shared on social media.<\/p>\n
Fields died Monday at a hospital, according to Dallas police. Four others, who have not been publicly identified by authorities, were wounded. Police have declined to share additional information, including potential suspects or motives for the shooting.<\/p>\n
Fields, who was from Dallas, most recently lived in west Oak Cliff, public records show. He began his music career after an injury dashed his sports ambitions.<\/p>\n
South Oak Cliff quarterback Sean Simms (3) makes a cut as he scrambles past golden bears receivers Zecqurie Cannon Grant Fields (4) and Derrick Coleman (11) during a big second quarter gainer. The two teams clashed in their Class 5A Division ll Region ll semifinal playoff football game at Midlothian ISD Stadium in Midlothian on November 30, 2018. (Steve Hamm\/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n
Steve Hamm \/ Special Contributor<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first six, seven months I wasn\u2019t feeling it,\u201d Fields told a YouTube blog in 2024. \u201cWhat I\u2019m putting down, people weren\u2019t picking up.\u201d He credited his inner circle with motivating him to continue: \u201cAin\u2019t nobody finna steer me in the wrong direction, not the people I got around me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fields was part of New Dallas, a loose collective of friends who advocate for peace and unity in the local rap scene, which emerged around 2023. In August, he released a song that went on to become his most-streamed track with over 87,000 listens on Spotify. After the song\u2019s music video reached 100,000 views, Fields wrote of the milestone in an August post to Instagram: \u201cWhat a blessing to be in this position \u2026 ain\u2019t no looking back now, let\u2019s keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video has since amassed close to 640,000 views.<\/p>\n
Davante Peters, who recently made music with Fields, told The Dallas Morning News that both in and outside of music, Fields was a \u201cstand-up guy\u201d who had \u201ca bright future ahead of him.\u201d \u201cEverybody said positive things about him,\u201d Peters said. \u201cHe was definitely on his way to blow up in the city, go on to do some great things.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut unfortunately, bullets don\u2019t have names on them.\u201d Peters learned Fields had been wounded early Thursday morning from friends who witnessed the shooting. Peters said he\u2019ll remember Fields as a \u201crare personality\u201d in the music industry: supportive, humble and approachable, all \u201cdespite his success.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did a song, and I was just impressed by him,\u201d Peters said. \u201cHe could have just took his money and left, but he stayed for hours and hours at the video shoot. He rapped my part word-for-word. And it just let me know he was a different kind of guy. He was passionate about his career, and people who supported his career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read the crime and public safety news your neighbors are talking about.<\/p>\n
The tragic death of Zeethewizard has sent shockwaves through the music industry and the community. His rise to fame was a testament to his talent and dedication, and his loss will be deeply felt by all who knew him. As the investigation into the shooting continues, fans and friends of Zeethewizard will remember him as a bright and promising young artist who was taken from us far too soon.<\/p>\n
Q: What was Zeethewizard’s real name?<\/p>\n
A: Zeethewizard’s real name was Zec\u2019Qurie Cannon Grant Fields.<\/p>\n
Q: How old was Zeethewizard when he died?<\/p>\n
A: Zeethewizard was 25 years old when he died.<\/p>\n
Q: What was the cause of Zeethewizard’s death?<\/p>\n
A: Zeethewizard died from injuries sustained in a shooting at a club in the Stemmons Corridor.<\/p>\n
Q: Was Zeethewizard a part of any music groups or collectives?<\/p>\n
A: Yes, Zeethewizard was part of New Dallas, a loose collective of friends who advocate for peace and unity in the local rap scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tragic Death of Up-and-Coming Dallas Rapper Zeethewizard Zeethewizard, an up-and-coming Dallas rapper, has died \u2014 days after he was shot at a club in the Stemmons Corridor, police officials said Monday. Zec\u2019Qurie Cannon Grant Fields, 25, was critically injured shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday when gunfire erupted at Pink House Dallas, an after-hours club near […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":20127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dmn-dallas-news-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/UAB6ZBIQSR2NIBPLKSC6NACN74.jpg?auth=aeb6914580970db9f050d00c1b95784c55e23e66e82def289fe806df501942df&quality=80&width=1200&height=630&smart=true","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20128,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20125\/revisions\/20128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/dallas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}