Up-and-coming Atlanta rapper Slim Dunkin was shot and killed while he was filming a music video, after an argument at a recording studio got out of hand.

SAD NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF HIP-HOP -- UP-AND-COMING ATLANTA RAPPER SLIM DUNKIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED WHILE FILMING A MUSIC VIDEO LAST FRIDAY.

THE RAPPER, WHOSE LATEST SINGLE 'LIGHTZ ON' FEATURES JADAKISS, STYLES P AND WAKA FLOCKA FLAME, WAS AT A RECORDING STUDIO IN HIS HOMETOWN WHEN AN ARGUMENT GOT OUT OF HAND.

POLICE SAY AN AS-YET-UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT PULLED A HANDGUN AND SHOT SLIM DUNKIN ONCE IN THE CHEST.

THE RAPPER, WHOSE REAL NAME IS MARIO HAMILTON, WAS BEGINNING TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF ALONGSIDE CHILDHOOD FRIEND WAKA FLOCKA, WHO TWEETED: 'WISH IT WAS ME ... MY 'EFFING' RIGHT HAND IS GONE'

ATLANTA POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER, WITH A SPOKESPERSON TELLING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'It seems everybody witnessed something very different. We're just trying to go back and make sense of everything.'

SLIM DUNKIN WAS 24 YEARS OLD.