Rising Maryland rapper HavinMotion (born Dwayne Omar Isaacs, Jr.), 22, was shot and killed in Washington, D.C. on Thursday (April 23). According to a press release from the Washington Metropolitan Police Department from Friday, officers responded at 10:11 p.m. to reports of a shooting and when they arrived on the scene they observed an “adult male victim who was unconscious and not breathing, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.”
DC Fire and EMS also responded an despite lifesaving efforts, said Issacs succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The release confirmed that the victim was Upper Marlboro, Maryland resident Isaacs, whose name matches that of the MC who last month released a pair of songs on his YouTube channel, a remix of Kehlani’s “Folded” and the distorted trap anthem “Druggin N’ Thuggin”; the video for the latter opens with a disclaimer reading: “All weapons in this video are AI-generated for the purpose of entertainment.”
According to Complex, D.C.’s Chief Medical Examiner said the rapper’s manner of death was “multiple gunshot wounds” and the manner of death was tagged as “homicide”; a copy of the police report shared with Billboard describes the incident as a “gun involved murder,” noting that Isaacs was pronounced dead less than 20 minutes later.
MPD is offering a $25,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest in the case. A spokesperson for the police department told Billboard on Tuesday morning (April 28) that the investigation into the shooting is ongoing and that there is currently no information on suspects or motive.
HavinMotion’s Spotify page has 113,062 monthly listeners and 28,100 followers. Starting with his 2002 single “iM SAD,” the rapper released a string of singles, EPs and albums, including the 2022 EPs Stuck Ina Mix and Lost Files, followed by the 2023 EPs Lost Files 2, 100 Day Run and Bang Music, the 2024 albums Motion, Trappin In Beverley and Sorry Ma, the 2025 LPs Romantic Trapper, F–k You Pay Me and Rich Junkie, this year’s 16-track How Life Been album and a string of singles.
Watch HavinMotion’s “Folded” remix video below.
