Before he was murdered, Gandy Kaydea, also known as Young Shad, was trying to get his GED and make a career out of music.
"He's still very much alive in our head, the smile he had, the argumentation sometimes he had, the leadership quality he had," Teny Gross at the "Institute for the Study and Practice of Non Violence" in Providence told ABC6.
Kaydea had one test left before getting his GED and his music aspirations had garnered him several thousand followers on YouTube.
Officals at the nonviolence institute said Kaydea attended class four days a week and was recently homeless.