Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic for Life is Beautiful Music & Art Festival

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 17: POORSTACY performs onstage during the 2021 Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival on September 17, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Detectives are investigating the death of Florida-based rapper POORSTACY, and the woman he was staying with before his death is being held Thursday in a local jail on a child neglect charge , according to police and public records.

The 26-year-old performer, whose real name was Carlito Mitford Jr., died Saturday after he was rushed to the Delray Medical Center for treatment following an "incident" at a hotel in the city of Boca Raton, local police said.

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