Rapper MoneySign Suede dies in California prison stabbing

SOLEDAD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities and his lawyer say rapper MoneySign Suede has died after being stabbed in a shower at a California prison. The rapper’s real name was Jaime Brugada Valdez. The Huntington Park 22-year-old was found in the shower area of the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad Tuesday night and died at a prison medical facility. Officials say his death is being investigated as a homicide. His lawyer tells the Los Angeles Times that he was told the rapper was stabbed in the neck. Valdez was serving 32 months on felony gun charges. The Times reports that Suede signed to Atlantic Records in 2021, and released his most recent album “Parkside Baby” last September.