Thursday, February 19, 2026

Lil Poppa’s Purple Hearts

The following notable person recently added to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2026 site stands out:

Lil Poppa (Janarious Mykel Wheeler; March 18, 2000  — February 18, 2026) 25,  rapper.

 He released a track called "Purple Hearts" in 2018 (see lyrics below), that detailed his experiences after surviving a shooting that left two of his friends dead.  

His song Purple Hearts is a reference to the war medal, so venturing to the Purple Hearts (medal) wikipedia page, I go to the list of Notable recipients.  There’s quite a few listed in Alphabetical order, so I decided to open the link to the first one whose surname is an addition to the recently formed “First and Last Two Letters of Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, … which just so happens to the first one in the list, … his surname Basilone, providing us with “bane” (see etymology and definition below) note from his wiki page: 

John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945)                     (*bane)

The anniversary of his death is TODAY!!   An addition to the “Timely” pattern cluster.  Note the following notable persons mentioned on the Purple Hearts wikipedia page: 

  • Charles Pelot Summerall (March 4, 1867 – May 14, 1955)          (*sull) sullen/plow
  • John Ray Sinnock (July 8, 1888 – May 14, 1947)                          (*sick

Both have surnames that are additions to the “First and Last Two Letters of Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, and both passed away on May 14 and so a “May 14(x2)” pattern cluster is in the works, and so a prompt to investigate the May 14 wikipedia page by using the formula as per usual… and so arriving at the only one whose surname is another addition to the cluster : 

His surname via the cluster provides us with “aler”, a French word that translates into English as go”.  Note from his wiki page: 
  • Archibald Alphonso Alexander (May 14, 1888 – January 4, 1958)      (*also go)
On perusing the other purple hearts recipients in the various lists provided, I perused the surnames for those who fit in the cluster: 
  • James Maurice Gavin (22 Mar 1907 – 23 Feb1990)"jumping general".       (*mace gain)
  • Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 22, 1999).                         (*hack)
  • Calvin Leon Graham (April 3, 1930 – November 6, 1992) enlisted at 12                (*gram)
  • Bill Graham (January 8, 1931 – October 25, 1991)                                                   (*gram)
  • Raymond E. Jacobs (January 24, 1926 – January 29, 2008)                                       (*jabs)
  • Marcus Luttrell (born November 7, 1975)                                                                  (*lull )
  • Harold Gregory Moore Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017)                     (* more)
  • Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 – June 15, 1985)                                   (* stem)
  • David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005)                       (* hall hath)
  • Colin Powell (April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021)                                                          (*poll)
  • Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007)                                            (*mill)
  • John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973)                                                        (* ford)
  • Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012)                       (*dung)
Note the etymology of “bane”:  

bane (n.):Middle English bane, from Old English bana "killer, slayer, murderer, a worker of death" (human, animal, or object), also "the devil," from Proto-Germanic *banon, cognate with *banja- "wound" (source also of Old Frisian bona"murderer," Old Norse bani "death; that which causes death," Old High German bana "death, destruction," Old English benn "wound," Gothic banja"stroke, wound"), a word of no certain IE etymology. The sense of "that which causes ruin or woe" is attested from 1570s. Related: Baneful.

Modern definition of bane:  

  1.  a source of harm or ruin : CURSE
  2. a : DEATH, DESTRUCTION; 2b: WOE; 2c: POISON; 2dobsolete : KILLER, SLAYER

bane:  verb obsolete: to kill especially with poison  ; noun (2)chiefly Scotland: BONE


Purple Hearts lyrics: 

 Gone, gone

Gone, goneGone, goneI'm gone, gone
At night I wonder, "Why them bullets ain't hit me?"Why the fuck they miss me?Rather be gone, take me out my motherfuckin' miseryWalkin' alone, still havin' visions of 'em killin' meFragments all in my arm but I don't need the doctor healin' meStill ain't no fear in me, close my eyes and I see CPTraumatized, tears in my eyes, I ain't gettin' sleepDetectives try to frame me, interrogation, they blame meWish I could take it back to the day that my mama named me
Never underestimate the competitionScreaming, fuck the oppositionStill disappointed, how they catch us slippin'?Wish I woulda listened, it's too late for all thatDon't call my phone with no bad news, I can't take all thatWhat's gon' happen behind this shit? I can't say all thatThey tellin' me to pray, I just pray my dawg shake backAsk the Lord to keep me covered, so much love for my brothersAyy, Baby Tay, they gon' pay and I put that on my mother
Purple heart for them soldiers, niggas gon' feel usGotta make it out before they come and kill usLion-hearted, I'm a soldier, gotta change the way I'm livin'Mama stressin' and I know just how she feelin'But I was raised to be a soldier, ain't lettin' upNiggas better second-guess before they fuck with usYou shaken back, boy, you a soldierAyy, Baby Tay, I love youNLMB, I'll never leave my brothers
All I hear is shots so I duck, what the fuck?I guess it's just my goddamn luckFeel like I'm stuck, can't shed a tearI'm more angry than anythingTell me, can you feel my pain?Chevy arm in a slang
He got hit tryna cover meI know he got love for me, forever he stuck with meLet 'em talk, they know what's up with meThink they gone be smokin' me, nigga, you ain't rollin' meNo, it ain't no R.I.P., my niggas gon' die with me
Sleepless counts, lesson learned, tables turn, bridges burnCan't be in a rush to die, lil' nigga, just wait yo' turnI got three angels in the sky that died from gunfireThey watchin' over us, now a lot of tears I can't cry
Purple heart for them soldiers, niggas gone feel usGotta make it out before they come and kill usLion-hearted, I'm a soldier, gotta change the way I'm livin'Mama stressin' and I know just how she feelin'But I was raised to be a soldier, ain't lettin' upNiggas better second-guess before they fuck with usYou shaken back, boy, you a soldierAyy, Baby Tay, I love youNLMB, I'll never leave my brothers
Lion-hearted, I'm a soldierAyy, it's purple hearts for them soldierAyy, I was raised to be a soldierPurple heart for them soldiersGone, goneI'm gone, gone
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