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Apr 17, 2024 · Rico Wade, an integral part of the bedrock of Southern hip-hop, the godfather of modern Atlanta rap, and one-third of the production crew Organized Noize with Patrick "Sleepy" Brown and Ray Murray, has died. He was 52.
Aug 8, 2023 · It was 2021 when moans of woe about Black men in rap music dying young erupted into a panic of calls to action. In that year alone, we lost eight artists, ranging in age from 28 to 57. Twenty...
Nov 1, 2022 · The rapper known as Takeoff, a subtle vocal technician and one-third of the chart-topping group Migos, whose singsong flow helped define Atlanta’s ever-evolving, influential rap sound, was...
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Nov 17, 2021 · Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., better known as Young Dolph, has died of an apparent gunshot wound in his hometown of Memphis. Dolph, 36, was one of the most successful self-made rappers in recent...
Aug 15, 2023 · Rico Wade, an integral part of the bedrock of Southern hip-hop, the godfather of modern Atlanta rap, and one-third of the production crew Organized Noize with Patrick "Sleepy" Brown and Ray Murray, has died. He was 52.
Dec 5, 2007 · Pimp C, the rapper who helped define Southern hip-hop with his group, UGK, was found dead in a hotel room in West Hollywood, Calif., yesterday morning. He was 33. His record label, Jive,...
Carlos Rico Walker (March 22, 1976 – September 21, 2016), better known as Shawty Lo, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. He initially came to prominence as a founding member of the Southern hip hop group D4L, and in 2000 founded D4L Records.
