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Robert Crimo’s net worth: Highland Park shooter also went by Awake the rapper and had a Twitter fan page

Crimo’s socials were removed over violations of guidelines. He also had a Twitter fan page that became a topic of discussion on the Internet

Update: The death toll in the Highland Park shooting has risen to seven after another victim succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. Six of the seven victims have been identified, including Steve Straus, 88; Katherine Goldstein, 64; Jacki Sondheim, 63; Nicholas Toledo Zaragoza, 78; and husband and wife Irina and Kevin McCarthy, 35 and 37. 

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Robert 'Bobby' Crimo III aka Awake the Rapper was arrested in Chicago after he allegedly killed six people and left more than 24 injured at a July 4 parade. The 22-year-old was spotted driving a silver Honda Fit which is also linked to one of his earlier songs called ‘In My Honda’. The verified Spotify artist, who also goes by the name of Bobby, was reportedly armed with a rifle.
 
Crimo opened the fire from a rooftop at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Crimo aka Awake the Rapper was described as "very dangerous” by Highland Park Police chief Lou Jogmen. Crimo’s social media accounts including YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter were removed over “violations of platform’s guidelines.” Awake the Rapper apparently also had a Twitter fan page that quickly became a topic of discussion among social media users. 
 
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Inside the 8-hour manhunt that led to the capture of Highland Park killer Robert Crimo

What is Robert Crimo’s net worth?

Robert Crimo aka Awake the Rapper apparently belongs to an affluent family as his father Bob Crimo was involved in politics. His father reportedly lost an election for mayor of Highland Park in 2019. Crimo’s mother identified as Denise Pesina is an alternative healer. It is also reported, according to the Daily Mail that Crimo’s father ran two restaurants.
 
There are no records available for Crimo’s net worth, however, he seemed to be making money via releasing his music on streaming platforms. Daily Mail reports Awake the Rapper is worth $100,000.

Awake the Rapper on Spotify

Though he was not a big artist, on Spotify he enjoyed more than 16K followers. Crimo, who is an avid Trump supporter, in his music videos included gun violence and gory images that are now being linked to the July 4 parade shooting. On Spotify, Crimo dropped several albums and EPs. One of the EPs called ‘Brainwashed’ included songs namely ‘Dead Again’ and ‘I Am the Storm.’  Awake the Rapper’s single called ‘By The Pond’ featuring Atlas amassed more than 3 million streams in 2016.  His songs ‘On My Mind’ and ‘Toy Soldier’ have also come under the radar after he shot multiple people.

WARNING: Disturbing content in videos

His fan club told people to 'stay woke'

Social media users got hold of an Awake the Rapper’s fan page that was supposedly archived. “Several of these videos have been up for months. Crimo used to perform as Awake the Rapper and received a large number of streams on YouTube before they were removed from YouTube for unclear reasons. According to a fan page, Crimo stopped producing music after that”, said one user as another posted, “Robert Crimo -"Awake The Rapper" - Highland Park suspect. He's insane- he had a fan club - 39k people saw this psychopathic video - and nobody did a thing.”
 
The next one shared, “His fan club told people to “stay woke,” and allegedly his social media made references to “awakening the dreamers” through a mass shooting.” And, another posted, “It looking like rap music and skateboarding are to blame for the Highland Park shooting, not guns. Also, ladders.”  One user tweeted, “There was a fan club page on twitter for "Awake the Rapper", the Highland Park shooter. The fan page has been deleted by Twitter. Now THAT is fu**ing suspicious. Found the page accidentally while looking up images of the freak.”

A person on Twitter who goes by the handle @1cowtools states he knew Awake the Rapper. However, it cannot be verified if this person was writing in jest. He tweeted, "Hi I knew awake the rapper/ Robert / Bobby Crimo. We used to make music together around 2015-18. He’s not antifa, he’s not some maga overlord. I know that shit sounds really interesting. But it’s not the truth. He was an isolated stoner who completely lost touch with reality. 1/2" He further says in lengthy chain of 5-6 tweets about Crimo how: "He coopted aesthetics from the left and right but I don’t think he was any of those things, I think he was lost. Gravitated towards aesthetics he found interesting. Maybe things can change in a couple of years, but he was never a white nationalist. And was never a leftist." The Twitter user has also posted pictures to back his claim of knowing Crimo. 

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