MoneySign Suede found murdered at Soledad Correctional Training Facility
SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- Officers at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad are investigating the death of one of its inmates-- Jaime Brugada Valdez. Valdez is also known as the rapper MoneySign Suede.
The 22-year-old was found with stab wounds in the shower after being unaccounted for during a routine count just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday. Medical staff performed life-saving measures, but he passed away five minutes after he was found.
He was serving two years and eight months for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm with a conviction of a violent felony.
Originally from Huntington Park, Valdez was an up-and-coming rapper with a quarter million followers on Instagram and over 7 million Youtube views on his most popular music video.
Suede signed to Atlantic Records in 2021, and released his most recent album “Parkside Baby” last September, the LA Times said.
The Monterey County prison houses more than 4,000 minimum- and medium-security inmates.
