Hundreds of people showed up at Bessie Branham Park in the Kirkwood neighborhood Thursday night, the neighborhood where Young Scooter grew up.

ATLANTA - Hundreds gathered in Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood to honor Young Scooter, who died last week after he ran from police, who were responding to a false 911 call. Balloons soared over Bessie Branham Park on Thursday night, where friends, family, and fans remembered the rapper.

Cam'ron, the rapper best known for his 2009 album Crime Pays, recently spoke about Young Scooter's tragic death on his sports news talk show, It Is What It Is.

The Kirkwood neighborhood held a balloon release for Rapper Young Scooter on Thursday night. “It’s gonna be awful without him. We love Scooter,” said Mary Ragsdale, who was an auntie to the rapper as he grew up in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

Atlanta rapper Young Scooter died on his 39th birthday Friday in a freak accident that occurred while fleeing a confrontation with police, according to authorities.

Young Scooter, the Atlanta rapper who was signed to Future and Waka Flocka Flame, has died at the age of 39 on the same day as his birthday.

Future posted a tribute to his recently deceased friend and collaborator Young Scooter on his Instagram Story. "Life will never be the same without you my brother," he wrote yesterday (Apr. 2) over a video of him and Scooter backstage somewhere.

On Friday (March 28), the rap community suffered a heartbreaking loss with the passing of Young Scooter, an influential Atlanta rapper known for his raw street lyricism and collaborations with some of the industry's biggest names.