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Who is Cliff Dixon?

The ex-boyfriend of "Love and Hip Hop" star Erica Mena was fatally shot outside of an Atlanta area nightclub.

The ex-boyfriend of a "Love and Hip Hop" star was killed shortly after arriving at a Chamblee nightclub to celebrate his birthday early Thursday, police confirmed.

Cliff Dixon was fatally shot outside the SL Lounge on Buford Highway around 1:17 a.m., according to Chamblee Police.

Dixon, 32, was the ex-boyfriend of Erica Mena, a star on the VH1 show "Love and Hip Hop", Chamblee Police confirmed.

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Multiple reports said that Dixon was also a friend of NBA star Kevin Durant. Dixon reportedly played basketball at Western Kentucky University before being dismissed from the team "for a violation of team rules" in 2011. He reportedly played basketball in Europe after that. 

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Condolences poured in on Dixon's Instagram page, where he had more than 196,000 followers. 

His final post, a flyer promoting his birthday party at SL Lounge, had more than 8,000 comments, making of them saying version of "Rest in Peace."

Rapper Dave East also posted a memory of his friend, which had more 62,000 reactions as of noon Thursday.

"We been cool since like 16-17 years old 🤦🏽‍♂️U was just in my session in Atlanta listening to my album..." he wrote. "Rest in heavenly peace bro u ain’t deserve whatever happen to u..."

The gunman behind the shooting has not been captured, police said.

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