Award-winning masked rapper C.Gambino has been shot dead in a car park ambush in Sweden.

The 26-year-old, whose real name is Karar Ramadan, was one of Sweden’s biggest rap stars and was named rapper of the year last month.

The artist parked his car at a garage in Gothenburg last night where one or more attackers were lying in wait, according to police.

He was shot and hit by multiple bullets, investigators said, with pictures from the scene showing a spray of bullet holes in a glass door.

Police have said the killing was ‘linked to a gang conflict’ and that C.Gambino was ‘known to police’.

‘Police have launched a murder inquiry… No one has been arrested in the case,’ police said in a statement.

A chart topper in his native Sweden, C.Gambino had a million monthly listeners on Spotify and recently released a new single.

The hip hop star received a Grammi – Sweden’s most prestigious music prize which is equivalent to the American Grammy Award – just a few weeks ago.