Atlanta rapper Young Scooter died on his 39th birthday Friday in a freak accident that occurred while fleeing a confrontation with police, according to authorities.

Kenneth Edward Bailey, better known as Young Scooter—a successful rapper who worked with Future and Gucci Mane—died at just 39 years old after trying to flee from the police. The Atlanta-based musician was pronounced dead Friday—tragically,

Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper who has worked with Future and Gucci Mane, has died. He was 39. The Streetz Krazy artist (born Kenneth Edward Rashaad Bailey) was pronounced dead on Friday, which was his birthday, after he was brought into Grady Marcus Trauma Center from a location on the southeast side of the city.