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Sep 28, 2022 · Coolio, the rapper whose playful and sometimes gritty takes on West Coast rap and anthemic hits like “Gangsta’s Paradise” made him a hip-hop star in the 1990s, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles....
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28-year-old TakeOff, one-third of the Grammy-nominated, Atlanta-based group Migos, died on November 1 after being shot three times outside of 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston, Texas, where he was attending a private function with his uncle—and fellow Migo—Quavo. Following an altercation that didn’t involve him, multiple shots rang out, leaving th...
Philly rapper PnB Rock’slife ended on September 12, when he was shot and killed in a deadly robbery while having lunch with his girlfriend, Stephanie Sibounheuang, at a Los Angeles location of Roscoe’s House of Chicken’ N Waffles. Originally thought to be the result of Sibounheuang revealing their location in an Instagram story, it was later reveal...
DJ Kay Slay, a Hip Hop fixture, mixtape legend and legendary radio personality (whose presence in the culture dates back to the iconic 1983 documentary Style Wars), passed away on April 17 after a four-month battle with COVID-19. He first caught the pandemic virus in January, at one point rumored to be on a ventilator; however, his brother shot dow...
Hurricane G, a well-respected, pioneering Boricua MC, passed away on November 6. Months earlier, it was announced that the Brooklyn native was gracefully and optimistically battling Stage 4 lung cancer–a diagnosis revealed on the Facebook page of her daughter Lexus, whom she parented with iconic MC/producer Erick Sermon. The First Lady of Sermon’s ...
As part of a one-two gut punch, on November 6 Hip Hop also lost New Jersey legend Tame One, a famed graffiti artist and one-half of The Artifacts. Along with MC El Da Sensei and DJ Kaos, he first broke out in 1994 with the highly revered classic single “Wrong Side of da Tracks.” Cousin of his state’s most acclaimed Hip Hop export, Redman, Tame’s ca...
The battle tap community was devastated following the news that 36-year-old Canadian MC Pat Stay, who first made his debut in the Toronto-based King of the Dot (KOTD) battle rap league, had been killed in his hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The rapper was fatally stabbed after trying to stop a fight inside the downtown bar Yacht Club Social on Se...
Every legend has an origin story, and for the Notorious BIG, that story included a then 21-year-old DJ 50 Grand, who started working with the iconic rapper when he was just 15. An infamous demo tape recorded in the DJ’s basement was put in the hands of Mister Cee, who shared it with journalist Matty C, director of The Source Magazine’s once coveted...
After a year of heavy loss, it was revealed on December 13 that former Cold Chillin’ rapper and member of the storied Juice Crew collective, Grand Daddy I.U., had passed away peacefully in his sleep. His career began when he was signed by the late Biz Markie, who served as the sole credited produced on his 1990 debut LP Smooth Assassin, which inclu...
In an interview, Coolio–who began his career as a member of WC and the Maad Circle–once said he would be able to perform off the strength of his timeless international smash “Gangsta’s Paradise” well into his sixties. Though his untimely death on June 7 at 59 years old ensured that it wouldn’t come to fruition, he did remain active until his end. S...
ATL rapper Troublewas fatally shot on the morning of June 7, in the East Atlanta suburb of Conyers. The gunman, who later turned himself in, was the abusive ex-partner of the woman who owned the home where the rapper was killed. The two had split a week prior, and the shooter (upon finding his ex in bed with Trouble) shot and killed him following a...
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Dec 27, 2023 · Big Pokey. Milton “Big Pokey” Powell — an original member of the late DJ Screw ’s Screwed Up Click — was pronounced dead in a Texas hospital on Sunday, June 18, 2023, hours after he...
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We celebrate and honor the rappers that died in 2021 and reflect on the year after recovering COVID, drugs, and violence in Hip Hop.
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Sep 29, 2022 · Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP. LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Fantastic Voyage," died Wednesday at...
Aug 18, 2023 · 08/18/2023. Young Capone Prince Williams/WireImage. Young Capone, known for songs “What It Iz,” “Lights, Camera, Action,” “Dope Boy Fashion” and more, has died at 35. The rapper’s death was...
Nov 1, 2022 · CNN — Takeoff, who was one-third of the platinum-selling rap group Migos, was shot and killed early Tuesday in Houston, Texas, authorities said. He was 28. Police received a call of a shooting in...
