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Toya Wright Memorializes Brothers in New Orleans with Second-Line Dance

The reality star commemorated the lives of her brothers Ryan "Rudy" Johnson and Josh Johnson with a traditional Louisiana send off.
Toya Wright Memorializes Brothers in New Orleans with Second-Line Dance
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By Toni Akindele · Updated October 27, 2020
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Toya Wright memorialized her brothers with a celebration on the streets of New Orleans this weekend. Dancing in the street to a brass band, the reality star commemorated the lives of her brothers Ryan “Rudy” Johnson and Josh Johnson with a traditional Louisiana send off.

#ToyaWright celebrating her brothers lives with close friends and family. #RIPRudyAndJosh via: @grandhussle

A video posted by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Aug 5, 2016 at 10:12pm PDT

Wright lost her brothers in July. Rudy, 24, and Joshua, 31, were found dead in a car with multiple gun wounds near their home in the seventh ward of New Orleans.

The family held a private funeral on Friday before second-line. WWLTV reports that police are still searching for the motive and key figures involved in this heinous shooting death of these two young men.