Percy Forrest, a respected name in the Bronx, New York City hip-hop community and a long-term manager linked to rapper Fat Joe’s Terror Squad group, was fatally stabbed in a nightclub in Queens, New York City. Forrest was 55 at the time of his death.
The fatal stabbing took place around 2:20 a.m. on November 11, 2024, in the Agenda Restaurant and Lounge located in Astoria, Queens. Forrest suffered chest puncture wounds and was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital where he was pronounced dead by the medical staff.
Despite an early arrest following the initial investigations, the individual was later released by the authorities. The New York Police Department has since refrained from providing further information about potential suspects.
Forrest’s standing in the music industry was bolstered by his lifelong friendship with Fat Joe, which began during their kindergarten years. As remembered by family members, Forrest once said, “I was the baddest black guy in the school, Joe was the baddest Puerto Rican in the school, and we would always meet each other in the principal’s office. One day we was looking at each other and was like, ‘Wassup, wassup’, and we started laughing and became best friends.”
His 33-year-old daughter, Denise Forrest, highlighted her father’s influential industry connections, asserting that he was a well-known figure in the music industry and that he and Fat Joe were inseparable.
Before transitioning into music management, Forrest was part of a quartet dance group named Up Town’s Hottest. He later managed an R&B band and ran a ticket resale enterprise until Fat Joe invited him to join the Terror Squad, an active hip-hop ensemble from 1998 to 2006. However, Forrest had to abandon his street activities to accept the offer.
Yulonda Paul, Forrest’s bereaved wife, reminisced about their first encounter at a roller-skating rink over three decades ago. The couple had been planning her 50th birthday celebration prior to his sudden death.
Apart from managing music artists, Forrest ran a talent agency and worked as a celebrity concierge, arranging for exclusive restaurant bookings and access to events.
Forrest’s life was not without legal hurdles. He served an 18-month stint at Rikers Island before charges against him were dropped in a 2011 murder case in Harlem. He also served a three-and-a-half-year sentence for a 1995 assault conviction in Manhattan. Fat Joe later lauded Forrest for his ability to forgive those who didn’t stand by him during these troubled times.
On the night of his death, Forrest was at Agenda Lounge, a venue he frequented. According to his family, his daughter Denise expressed, “I cannot even fathom what occurred. I just wish it was a night that he did not go. I heard it was really really crowded that night.”