More than a year and a half after a hit-and-run driver killed club promoter Darryl Mathis Jr. on the Major Deegan Expressway, police have made an arrest. Fuquan Bradley, 36, has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, and Bronx Criminal Court set his bail at $100,000.
Mathis, 39, known in the industry as “Maybach Swagg,” was killed early on March 22, 2025, when the driver of a Mercedes struck his disabled Ford Crown Victoria on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx, according to nydailynews.com. The driver fled the scene on foot, police said, as reported by dailyvoice.com. For months, the case remained unsolved until the New York Daily News reported this week that police said the mystery had finally been solved with Bradley's arrest.
A Breakdown Turned Deadly on the Deegan
Mathis had been on his way home to New Jersey from an event with rapper Rick Ross in the Bronx when he was killed, the outlet reported. He had worked a late gig with Ross before calling it a night and heading to his Elizabeth, New Jersey, home. His Crown Victoria broke down on the highway around 3:15 a.m., and he posted on Instagram telling followers about the situation, according to the same account.
NYPD officers responded at 3:46 a.m. to a 911 call for a crash on the Major Deegan Expressway near the Fordham Road exit, the report noted. EMS rushed Mathis to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police had hoped to use a video Mathis recorded during his final moments to help identify the driver responsible, per the same account.
Friend Says Mathis Described Being Hit From Behind
According to a friend, Mathis told an associate that he had been hit from behind and was in pain and unable to breathe before he died. The article notes he was texting and posting on social media about his stranded car in the moments before the crash that took his life.
Mathis was more than just a local promoter — he was an ambassador for Rick Ross's Belaire champagne line, going around to hotspots in New York and New Jersey to get bottles of the bubbly placed in clubs and lounges. He acquired the nickname “Maybach” through his association with Ross, who owns the Maybach Music Group record label. Ross posted a tribute to Mathis on Instagram following his death.
Charges Filed More Than a Year Later
The arrest closes out a long and painful wait for answers in a case that had gone cold for more than a year. Bradley now faces a charge of leaving the scene of an accident in connection with Mathis's death, with his bail set at $100,000 in Bronx Criminal Court.
