One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Woman Who Leapt From Radio Tower Identified as Alori Joh, Singer and Kendrick Lamar Collaborator
The woman who leapt to her death from a radio tower this week has been identified as Alori Joh, an emerging singer on the hip hop scene.
Her death was confirmed by the coroner who identified the singer by her legal name Loriana Johnson, according to Our Weekly. Her body was found at the base of a radio transmission tower Monday afternoon in unincorporated Rancho Dominguez near Compton.
Alori Joh was just 25, and friends and family have been honoring the Carson native with videos, photos and other remembrances on Twitter and hip hop blogs. She was known for collaborating with Top Dawg Entertainment artists such as Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolBoy Q and Ab-Soul.
Here is a sampling of the work Joh leaves behind:
Sponsored message
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
