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An 18-year-old aspiring rapper from Pittsburg nicknamed "Kanyva" was arrested Monday after he reportedly shot and killed his promoter because she told him he didn't have the talent to sell records, police said.
Juston Michael Potts was booked on suspicion of murder after confessing to shooting Shani Renee Holloway, 31, as she sat in a car with her 23-year-old boyfriend Sunday in Pittsburg, said city police Inspector John Conaty.
Holloway had agreed three months ago to promote Potts' fledgling music career in a "loose business agreement," Conaty said.
"It's kind of senseless, really," Conaty said. "According to both (Potts and Holloway's boyfriend), there wasn't a lot of animosity. It's just that the victim wasn't approaching his career in a positive way. She was negative about his prospects. ... He felt resentment as a result of that."
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