Lyonel Shiloh Khalil-Goodwin (January 25, 1998 – July 5, 2019) or known professionally as K-Murda (or Kash Murda), was an Robloxian rapper, singer, songwriter, and one of the biggest Ro-Gangsters in in Robloxia. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, Khalil gained a cult following among his young fanbase during his short career with his depression- and alienation-themed music. Critics and fans often credit him for his musical versatility, with his music exploring emo, drill, trap, lo-fi, indie rock, nu metal, hip hop, R&B, and punk rock. He is considered to be a leading figure in the emo rap and Sound-Blox rap genres which garnered mainstream attention during the mid-to-late 2010s.
Khalil began his career as an independent artist in 2015 and signed a recording contract with Bloxy Productions in 2017. He gained recognition with his now diamond-certified 2018 single "Black Beatles", which peaked at number two on the Robloxian Billboard Hot 100. It was included on his triple platinum debut studio album Goodbye & Good Riddance (2018), Love Roses (2018), and SORRY BABY LOST YOU (2017), where he also did a collab with Lil Mist.
the talented young rapper and singer whose career was just taking off, is dead after suffering a seizure in the airport.
Early Life and Education
Lyonel Shiloh Khalil-Goodwin (January 25, 1998 – July 5, 2019) was born and partially raised in Minnecana, Blorida, alongside 4 other siblings. K Murda would would move at age 7 to Kositrix, Blorida. He began to write music at age 16 in 2014, after he had been released from a rehabilation center in Minnecana, Blorida, on Sound-Blox. Most of his old songs drew inspiration from Emo and Grunge Styles of Music, combined that with Rapping, his first notable song was a drill song named, Survive N' Thrive (2014) which would become one of his most notable early songs. In the song, he talked about why he had been in a juvenile center; Murda' later stated this was because he had committed a carjacking near Farmington Beach.  The rapper faced a series of legal issues and controversy due to his criminal history, most notably his battery and assault on a pedestrian that happened on May 26, 2015; while still living in Kositrix, Blorida, he had assaulted a pedestrian after committing a robbery on Bouston Avenue in Kositrix, Blorida; however, he later pleaded not guilty under a self-defense verdict, under Blorida's Stand Your Ground gun laws. As a younger teen, he was with the Ro-Bloods gang, since the gang had ruling territory partially in Miablox, and also in Minnecana. He had six other unrelated battery charges and three violent car-jackings that all happened in 2012-2013; as a member, he allegedly ran a car-jacking business, where he would be paid by Robloxians to car-jack certain vehicles, and give them, for an estimated 500 R$. His most recent crime was on June 30, 2018, at age 20, to take revenge on the Robloxian who shot his 17-year-old brother 3 days prior on June 27, 2018. In CCTV Video, Murda is seen showing up in a White Dodge Charger, alongside with four others, they proceeded to shot down his brother's killer, Jahseh Hayward, and killed a second accomplice named Jaden Rice, at the same time, and a third accomplice, named Javon Onfroy, was also shot and killed. An estimated 206 shots were fired at both Hayward and Rice. However, because of his fame, he was later acquitted by a judge in Minnecana. Other charges that were dropped against Murda include, but not limited to; nine counts of carjacking, four counts of grand theft, six counts of petty theft, and four counts of wreckless endangerment. He was sued later by Hayward's family, but Hayward's family only received a small settlement, and the family of Jaden Rice, chose not to sue Khalil. He would later to go on to mention his brother, Rice, and Hayward in future songs. Lyrics include, "He shot my brother 114 times, so I shot him 206 Times" and, "AK-47s, AR-15s and MAC11's, we was shooting them N****'* with anything" and not to mention, "Just got acquitted over these N****'*, fuck their families, and their homies, fuck the opps" In August 2018, the family of victim Jahseh Hayward, attempted to sue Khalil for the murder of their son, for roughly 100 million R$, However, they reached a small settlement of just 2 million R$, and Khalil went on six months' probation.
Music Career
2012-2015
Sometime in August 2012, Lyonel Khalil began uploading songs to Bloxify under the name, "Murda the Kid" He dropped roughly three songs between August 2012 and January 2014. He unofficially became in artist in 2014 when his song, Survive N' Thrive, began to gain him small notability in the Sound-Blox and Bloxify community. However, he would never achieve Roblox-wide fame until 2016, shortly after he released the 2015 song, Da Hills.
2015-2016
In March 2015, at age 17, he released the song, "14 Days" to BloxTube, as well as on BloxTok and Sound-Blox. He officially became an independent artist on April 2, 2015, after he would be signed by Bloxy Productions, for 5 million R$. However, he would gain larger notoriety. Later, in May 2017, he released his triple-platinum single, SORRY BABY LOST YOU (2017), which reached number 1 on the Hot 100 Roblox billboard. Around this time, he changed his name from, "Murda the Kid" to "Kash Murda", which he was inspired by deceased rapper and hip-hop artist, "Kash Money".
2017-2018
In May 2017, his song, SORRY BABY LOST YOU (2017) was released, and it was not too long before the song took off. Within a few hours of the song's release, it reached number 1 on the Hot 100 Roblox Billboard. Khalil rose to stardom, even though he was not a major figure in the rap-scene at the time. When the song released on May 24th, 2017, he was signed two weeks later on June 8, 2017, for 5 million R$ by Bloxy Productions. Khalil hosted his first concert at age 19 on July 27, 2017, in Miablox, Blorida. His fame kept him relevant throughout 2017 and became Bloxorbes Person of the Year. Khalil was described to be a staple of 2017. In a social experiment, 97% of people knew Khalil, and listened to his music. He began to release more notable songs in 2017, such as, "I talked to the devil in Miablox, he said everything would be okay", as well as, "Red Porsche", and most notably, "F#CK YOU!".
On February 4, 2018, Khalil released the single, which was a part of Khalil's triple-star platinum album, Goodbye & Good Riddance, the single Black Beatles (2018), which the song talked about more depressing ideas. In the song, Khalil talked about Lil Mist, whom he was friends with, and collaborated together in 2016, Lil Mist had helped Khalil produce the song, "SORRY BABY LOST YOU" Khalil was one of the people onboard the chartered flight that Mist, whose real name is Niko Gusev, had overdosed on. In the song, he mentions, "I wanna put 10 shots in my brain" referencing him being depressed after Gusev's passing. It would later be known as, "K-Murda's saddest song", even as its popularity reached an all-time peak between 2018-2020.
Another triple-platinum single of Lyonel Khalil's was Love Roses (2018). The song also maintained the theme of depressing ideas, and it talked about Khalil's personal struggles, his tough up-bringing, as well as things he regretted doing during his early to late teen years, as well as his childhood. The song also reached number 1 on the Robloxian Hot Billboard 100.
2019-2024
2019 was the year that Khalil died after a robbery, which lead to his murder on July 5, 2019. During 2019, the songs he rapped were mostly drill and rap, with not many depressing songs. Two-singles that were recorded in 2019, but weren't released until 2023, made top-charts on Bloxify, namely, Smoking That Shit, and Bruh! The songs would be frequently posted on BloxTok, and Rostagram, and many videos using the songs audio were made, making Khalil the rapper with highest posthumous release charts, as it would have roughly 2,262,723,379 Streams/Replays on Bloxify. Khalil's last song, which was recorded on the day that he died on July 5, 2019, Past Lives, would become the 3rd highest used sound on Bloxtok, and 6th on highest streamed song on Bloxify, during 2019, Khalil's career was still coming into relevancy, as he was planning to release the now triple-star platinum album, The World Star, (2019) and finished the final song, which also happened to be Past Lives.
Trivia
- According to an interview in 2014, Khalil, musical career was inspired by his admirer Kaiden "Kay-X" Burgundy calling him creative, in-repetitive, and inspirational.