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Fans, friends, family gather for final goodbye to rapper Shawty Lo

On Saturday, family and the hip-hop community gathered to say its final good-byes to beloved Atlanta rapper, Shawty Lo.

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NEW YORK - JANUARY 23: Hip-hop artist Shawty Lo appears on MTV's 'Sucker Free' at TRL Studios on January 23, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images)

ATLANTA -- On Saturday, family and the hip-hop community gathered to say its final good-byes to beloved Atlanta rapper, Shawty Lo.

The rapper, who's given name was Carlos Walker, was a founding member of the hip-hop group D4L. In 2003, he founded D4L Records. His best-known single was “Dey Know."

Funeral services were held at the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church on Fairburn Road in Atlanta, and were set to begin Saturday morning. 11Alive streamed the memorial, with permission from Walker's family, for those who wished to pay their respects, but couldn't do so in person. Click here to see the order of the program.

After, Walker was laid to rest in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in College Park. On Friday, family, friends and fans gathered for a wake for the rapper.

PHOTOS | Rapper Shawty Lo through the years

Walker was killed earlier in September after he was ejected onto I-285 after his 2016 Audi crashed through the highway guardrail and caught fire. The official cause of death in the accident was ruled to be blunt force trauma, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office.

Shawty Lo killed in crash | What We Know

Two women were also in the car at the time of the wreck, and were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. They were later identified as Destini Carter and Deshondria Miller, though how the two women knew Walker is unclear.

PHOTOS | From the scene of the fatal crash

Tributes poured in for the rapper after news of his death broke. D4L members said the whole sad situation felt "like a dream."

"He definitely had a lot of love for everyone out here," D4L manager Johnnie Cabbell said. "He was real. Very authentic. Wasn’t nothing fake about Shawty Lo."

Walker grew up in Bowen Homes, an Atlanta public housing development. As his music career grew, so did his family. He was the father of 11 children.

PHOTOS | Fans gather for a vigil

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