Serge Pierre Illy Illz

Serge Pierre Dumas, who performed under the stage name Illy‑Illz, was a young hip‑hop artist and father whose life and promise touched those around him. Public records and contemporary reporting indicate he was 28 at the time of his death and is remembered in family and community remembrances as an aspiring musician with a young son.

Friends and family described Dumas as an up‑and‑coming artist working to build his music; clips and references to his work under Illy‑Illz appear on music aggregation pages and community memorials. He was also a father—news reports from the time quote the child’s mother when describing the loss and the impact of his death on their family. Those who knew him called attention to the creative side of his life and the potential his music held.

On March 19, 2016, Dumas was killed in the aftermath of a large house gathering in Plantation, Florida. Reporting from local outlets and later memorial pages record the event as a sudden and tragic end to a life that family and friends had hoped would continue to grow artistically and personally. In the years since, online memorials and gun‑violence databases have kept his name available as a record of his life and as a place where people have left condolences and remembrances.

Though no family‑published obituary suitable for a funeral‑home memorial matching the exact name and date was located in public obituary indexes, the available sources consistently identify him as Serge Pierre Dumas and as Illy‑Illz, and they confirm the date of death as March 19, 2016. Because published personal notices (obituary or funeral home pages) meeting the strict verification criteria were not found, this life story honors the verified details available: a young father and musician whose community continues to remember his creative presence and the son he left behind.

If the family wishes, a fuller memorial page could include photos, links to his music, and family‑authorized tributes or funeral‑home notices. Those materials would allow a more personal, family‑led remembrance that centers his life, relationships, and artistry rather than the circumstances of his death.