Texas rapper G$ Lil Ronnie and his 5-year-old daughter were shot dead at a car wash Monday morning just as their post-birthday festivities were getting underway, the slain artist's videographer tells TMZ Hip Hop.

Ronnie Smith, known as G$ Lil Ronnie, and his daughter were killed days after he wrote about her kindness in an Instagram post.

Fort Worth rapper Lil Ronnie and his daughter were fatally shot at a car wash late Monday morning, family and friends told CBS News Texas. Forest Hill police responded to Slappy's Car Wash on Forest Hill Drive just north of I-20 just before 11 a.