DJ Nando,38, who is a popular Atlanta strip club DJ/tastemaker, was pronounced dead after being shot in the head outside of his home in Clayton County, GA. The DJ real name is William Fernando Barnes and his death has impacted the hip hop community.

 

A woman who lives close by the incident by the name is Cindy Copeland reported that she heard a “very large bang” about 3:30 a.m. Copeland explained that she thought the power went out, so she checked her clock and that it wasnt a power outage. Copeland also said,  what grabbed her attention was about 4 o’clock when she heard an hysterical woman, on her phone, walking up and down the street, yelling, ‘My baby My baby.' After listening to her, I realized, there’s five or six police cars out here, and that’s when I started realizing something very serious has happened down our street here.”
 

 

Vibe.com stated

 

"Today we've lost not only a great talent and DJ, but our friend and brother. Nando had a great ear for talent and was highly respected within the DJ community and the music industry at large.. DJ Nando played a huge role in the success of Atlanta's thriving music scene, and was a constant "go to" for labels and artists trying to get their music to the masses.

We're not engaging in speculation, as we await the final reports from authorities, and ask that you join us in honoring his memory by doing the same. In the coming days we ask for your continued prayers for DJ Nando's family , friends, his business partner AB and our organization as we work to process this senseless tragedy."

 

DJ Nando worked at several popular Atlanta adult entertainment clubs, including Onyx and Magic City. He was also a member of an Atlanta based DJ partnership known as the “Coalition DJs”. DJ Nando will be missed in the hip hop community, the death rate in the hip hop community has been crazy lately, check out the tweets from celebrity friends below.

 

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