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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 ...
Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. (July 27, 1985 – November 17, 2021), better known by his stage name Young Dolph, was an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He first garnered mainstream attention for his guest appearance on O.T. Genasis ' 2015 single "Cut It", which peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.
Juice Wrld. Jarad Anthony Higgins (December 2, 1998 – December 8, 2019), known professionally as Juice Wrld (pronounced "juice world"; stylized as Juice WRLD ), was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Throughout a career of four years, he was a leading figure in the emo rap and SoundCloud rap genres which garnered mainstream attention ...
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 ...
Young Dolph, a rapper best known for tracks like "Major" and "1 Scale," died on Wednesday at age 36 after being shot in Memphis, according to multiple reports.Three independent law enforcement ...
The owner of a store told local station FOX News 13 that the hip hop star walked in to buy cookies when someone drove up, shot and killed him around 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh's local hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of 15. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records and released his breakthrough ...
This 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 2017.