New York Daily News

Man shot dead outside Bx. cemetery may have been lured by mystery call

- Kerry Burke and John Annese

A young rapper fatally shot in a Bronx cemetery may have been lured there by a phone call, his loved ones told the Daily News on Monday.

Dylan Nieves, 19, who raps under the name “Tokyo 808,” was found shot in the head at the corner of Jerome and Bainbridge Aves., outside Woodlawn Cemetery at 2:10 a.m. Saturday.

“We’re clueless. He was here. He received a phone call and he left. Supposedly it was one of his friends looking for him to go meet up,” said his girlfriend’s mother, Stephanie Juarez, 38.

Nieves (photo), who’s estranged from his family in Queens, lived in Fordham Heights with his girlfriend, Juarez said.

“He was only 19. What a waste,” she said. “He’d only been here four years from Venezuela.”

Nieves’ slickly produced videos have racked up more than 10,000 views on YouTube.

“He was really into his music. He wasn’t a bad person. He was always ready to help someone,” Juarez said. “We didn’t know him to have a problem from anyone.”

Police have made no arrests in his slaying.

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