While the music cannot be blamed, its sad to see these talented souls leave the world too soon. My side is killing me.. Months earlier, it was announced that the Brooklyn native was gracefully and optimistically battling Stage 4 lung cancera diagnosis revealed on the Facebook page of her daughter Lexus, whom she parented with iconic MC/producer Erick Sermon. Officers responded to a shooting on the interstate just before 3AM and discovered one male who was shot and died at a local hospital. was also an accomplished ghostwriter (working within the Juice Crew circle) and producer, working with not only names like Heltah Skeltah and Ice-T but composing all his own projects following his debut. On a somber note, here are the rappers who died in 2022. Was it COVID-19? No foul play is suspected, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson said. GCPD is investigating an early morning homicide that happened on I-85 South near JCB. Coolio, whose legal name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., achieved mainstream . An absolute hero to me and many. He was 59. Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab had been on dialysis for an unbelievable seven years when hegot the call hed been waiting for inJanuary 2020. "A member of our family is gone. LePreston Porter, better known by his stage name Snootie Wild, was best known for his first single, Yayo, whose success helped launch his career. Mike was a good man#DjDoubleK #PUTS #PeopleUnderTheStairs #LosAngeleHipHop pic.twitter.com/tKOcKaUuxP, rhettmatic (@rhettmatic) January 31, 2021. On July 22, 2022, he was pronounced dead after taking to Instagram with a defiant message for his detractor. Finally, the Bay Area Hip Hop staple learned hed be getting a double kidney transplant and would be able to move forward with his life. DMX Rapper DMX Dead at 50 After Suffering 'Catastrophic' Heart Attack, Family Confirms The rapper was admitted to a New York hospital on April 2 following a heart attack and had been on. The One Time rapper was just 31 years old. come got to add my boy takeoff and also all of killing is getting boring at point of nothing new, on bro add takeoff,edot baby,and pnb rock. His brother, Alexander Krause, was arrested at Eversoles home and charged with murder after officers had noticed bloodstains on his socks. He was just 14 when he died. Lil Keed, a budding, melodic rapper from Atlanta with a delicate voice that he often stretched into a helium-high, Auto-Tuned falsetto, died on Friday in Los Angeles. However, the 36-year-old rapper died a brutal death on Feb 25, 2022, after he was found unconscious in a ditch in Houston with gunshot wounds to his neck. D.M.V. And you allowed them to jump my son. Clearly, there's a disconnect somewhere between the national murder "clearance rate" and the one that exists when a hip-hop artist is involved. The bodies were found in the basementof anabandoned apartment building in Highland Park, a small city surrounded by Detroit, saidLt. Mike Shaw. Aint nothing respectful about that. But when Buff Love died of a heart attack in 1995, any hopes for a reunion were squashed. Their artistic collaboration ultimately led to Ablohs own brand, Off-White. Chicago rapper FBG Cash, whose real name was Tristan Hamilton, was shot and killed on the citys South Side on June 10, 2022. Both were transported to Piedmont Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead. Meanwhile, there were many other rappers and Hip Hop figures who died of drug overdoses, poor health and cancer. He was rushed to Burbank Hospital in Los Angeles when he was allegedly complaining of serious stomach pain, leading to his death. (Murder Is A Major Issue) rapper was just 28 when he was gunned down while driving a Toyota Camry near Zoo Miami. As per the Chicago Police Department, a black four-door sedan, which looked like a Cadillac, approached the vehicle in which FBG Cash and her female companion were seated. He was 57-years-old. Fellow Juice Crew member Roxanne Shant, his DJ Cutmaster Cool V, Montell Jordan and Rev. If a n**** want smoke, Im at my crib in 5 mins, he wrote on Instagram andfive minutes laterhe was allegedly shot once in the parking lot of his apartment complex. The whole program should have been orchestrated a lot better than what it was. "As far as what I know now is that he was at a friends house and was in his bathroom and had a heart attack," said his manager, Jarez Posey. The Notorious B.I.G., aka Biggie Smalls, aka Christopher Wallace, was by far the dominant figure of the 1990s East Coast rap world. Look at all this love for u bro!! His body was discovered around 1:30 a.m. local time in the western Pennsylvania area of McKnees Rocks with a bullet wound to the head. American rapper Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., passed away on November 17, 2021 after he was shot at Makeda's Cookies. Pat Stay died on September 4, 2022, at the age of 36. In November, LL COOL J visited him atNorth Shore University Hospital in Manhasset shortly after one of his many surgeries. While initially thought to have been a case of the rapper catching stray shots, The Harris County medical examiner ruled the shooting a homicide days later. He is among the rappers that died recently after contracting the coronavirus. Only The Family crew member OTF ARoy died on Chicagos OBlock on December 13 following an altercation. Evidence of his impact could be felt across social media when he died on September 6 following a drug overdose in his Brooklyn apartment. One of the shooters was found in a nearby parking lot with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Now he got the chance to watch the tapes without me. Captain Rocks history inHip Hop culturedates back to the 1970s when he DJed for Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde under the moniker DJ Ronnie Green. His wife Stephanie Hubbard said he finished a composition called The Awakening just a week before his death. His father was shot twice in the arm and was in stable condition. Police had been concerned about their disappearance because there had not been any activity on their phones or online accounts. The rapper, whose real name was Dashawn Robertson, 20, died by suicide, said his attorney, Ashkan Mehryari. He gained fame in the 1980s for his membership in the rap group UTKO, known for their popular hit Roxanne, Roxanne. The South African rapper died of an apparent suicide, BBC reported. Witnesses revealed that the rapper was fatally shot at a New Years Party after several masked men allegedly broke in and attacked Swain. Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., better known as rapper Young Dolph, was reportedly shot and killed in his native Memphis, Tenn., on Nov. 17. On Sept. 12, rapper PnB Rock, whose real name was Rakim Allen, was fatally shot during a botched . Our condolences. We Ready rapper Archie Eversole was shot while in his own home, later found by authorities with a gunshot wound in his face at a Chevron gas station just east of Atlanta on March 25. Ladies and Gentlemen, the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. G.O.A.T. 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 included the Billboard hits Something New and Sugar Free.. Rapper Lil Keed - real name Rahqid Render - died on May 13, 2022, per a tweet from his record label, Young Stoner Life (YSL). Gonzoe 12 Cops were dispatched following a ShotSpotter activation at around 5.40pm on Sunday, according to The Hartford Courant. He died at the age of 29. Many young rappers have died in the past few years. He said the trio was about to perform their first gig together at Lounge 31. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the home around 4 p.m. for a death investigation, the department said. Four strokes I dont know what to tell you man. Memphis rapper Snootie Wild was found dead in Houston, Texas, ditch next to an SUV with a gunshot wound in his neck on March 1. His final LP was 2020s The Essence. But the lives taken are somebodys child, mother, father, sister, brother or friend, and the impact of their deaths will gravely affect their families forever. His press representative confirmed his death to the Guardian but did not. Rapper Coolio, known for his hit 90's song 'Gangsta's Paradise,' died Wednesday. Sanders, a former official in the Trump administration, said that the Arkansas proposal could serve as a model that other states could follow if PNB rock was also shot and killed at roscoes chicken and waffles Another shooting in Portland. Rest In Peace.. He was declared dead just hours later on August 13, leaving his friends, family and fans thoroughly confused. One of the games most well-respected hip-hop managers Jonathan Hovain Hylton passed away in his home on November 26; the heartbreaking news was announced via his Instagram account, though the cause of death was not disclosed. Instead of settling disagreements with a good old fashioned fist-fight or simply accepting the fact some people are inevitably going to be more successful in life, people callously pull out a weapon and squeeze the trigger like its a game of Grand Theft Auto. Just when his prospects seemed brightest, a Bronx rapper who used his music to rail against violence was shot dead yesterday. In the interim, his friends The Grouch, J. DMX had begun rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, in 1998 which sold more than 250,000 copies within its first week. In the days leading up to his death, he had complained of serious stomach pain to friends and family, TMZ reported. ", "The Current Status of Every Murdered Rapper's Case", "R.I.P. Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of hip hop musician deaths. Nzazi Malonga, a longtime friend . England lost a good one on Feb. 9, 2019. The City of Memphis also declared November 17 will be a Day of Service due to his philanthropic nature. 20. The rapper was shot and killed on July 29, 2021 at the age of 45. The rappers -- 38-year-old Armani Kelly, 31-year-old Dante Wicker and 31-year-old Montoya Givens -- were last seen on Jan. 21. He was 55. He was best known for his singles Which Way? Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of hip hop musician deaths. Lounge 31 owner Darnell Williams told the Free Press the performances were canceled the night the men went missing because of technical failures with DJ equipment. Shock G, also known as Humpty Hump, was part of the 1980s hip-hop group Digital Underground. Beyond Shock Gs musical contributions to Hip Hop, he also introduced a young Tupac Shakur to the world when he employed the future icon as one of Digital Undergrounds backup dancers. FBG Cash dropped his debut albumThe Heart of the Streets in January 2021 and has collaborated with the likes of Famous Dex and Lotto Savage.