According to the San Antonio Express-News, Tuesday, authorities discovered the body of Martell DeRouen while conducting a welfare check. The request for a police checkup on Derouen, who performed under the name Kardone, was made by an unnamed person who hadn’t heard from him for several days.
Police have now issued a warrant for the arrest of Sasha Skare, who was confirmed as a murder suspect, according to local TV station KSAT. It is worth noting that this is not the 21-year-old’s first run-in with the law. Back in 2019, she was also charged with an assault linked to the shooting death of her boyfriend.
The San Antonio-based musician was widely known in his area as Beyoncé’s cousin through her maternal grandmother Agnéz Deréon, who Tina Knowles’ fashion line House of Deréon was named after. His Spotify bio reads, “in the last few years, he’s changed that narrative with his own musical pursuits.”
Beyoncé’s rapper cousin Martell ‘Kardone’ Derouen shot dead, reports claim https://t.co/dqfd7g37HB
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“That’s not even something he would even mention to people,” Brian Mitchell, who owns Fyngermade Studio, told the local news outlet. “We’d just have to put in his bios because it’s just, it’s worthy to put it in there, but he doesn’t like stuff like that. He was just a real subtle dude, quiet.”