Man Accused of Sending His 17-Year-Old Son to Rob and Kill Rapper PnB Rock Convicted of Murder

Published on August 8, 2024

COMPTON, Calif.—A Los Angeles County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of sending his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock. After deliberating for about four hours, jurors convicted Freddie Trone, 42, of one count of murder, two counts of robbery, and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery. Both sides at the two-week trial agreed that the teen walked into Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles in South Los Angeles in September of 2022 and shot the Philadelphia hip-hop star while robbing him of his jewelry as he ate with the mother of his 4-year-old daughter. The prosecution said he was acting on his father’s orders while the defense said Trone was only an accessory after the fact....

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