Soulja Boy's brother killed in crash

ATLANTA, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. hip-hop star Soulja Boy has confirmed via Twitter his younger brother was killed in a weekend car crash.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said 15-year-old Deion O'Neal Jenkins died Sunday night in a collision in Tallahatchie County, Miss. No other details regarding the wreck were reported.

"At home crying my eyes out I can't believe my Lil bro is gone," the newspaper quoted Soulja Boy, whose real name is Deandre Cortez Way, as tweeting Monday.