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Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Killed and crushed in Haiti earthquake 2010 [ 6] Yabby You. 63. January 12, 2010. Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. Brain aneurysm [ 7] Jay Reatard. Lost Sounds, The Reatards.
This is a list of notable rappers and hip hop musicians murdered since 1987. Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who died in the 2010s decade. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age. Rock music developed from the rock and roll ...
Signature. Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. Regarded as an influential figure in the late 1990s and early 2000s hip hop, [ 4] his music is characterized by his "aggressive" rapping style, [ 5] with lyrical content varying from hardcore themes to prayers. [ 2][ 3 ...
Coolio. Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (August 1, 1963 – September 28, 2022), [ 4] known by his stage name Coolio, was an American rapper. He was best known for his single "Gangsta's Paradise" (1995), which won a Grammy Award, and was credited for changing the course of hip hop by bringing it to a wider audience. [ 5]
Heavy D. Dwight Arrington Myers[ 1][ 2] (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), [ 3] known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz (Glen Parrish) and "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), as well as DJ and producer ...
August 16, 2024 at 12:37 PM. Houston rapper BeatKing aka Club Godzilla. The "Thick" and "Crush" hitmaker died at 39 from a pulmonary embolism. Houston rapper BeatKing, known for the viral 2010 ...
1. Angela Brookins-Gillispie (born November 24, 1976), [ 1][ 2] better known as Jacki-O, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. She signed with local record label Poe Boy Entertainment, an imprint of TVT Records to release her debut album Poe Little Rich Girl (2007), which entered the Billboard 200. Prior, she was known for her 2003 dirty ...