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Rest In Peace Dolla.net. Roderick Anthony Burton II (November 25, 1987 – May 18, 2009) better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Burton embarked on his music career in 2003, with hip hop group Da Razkalz Cru, under the pseudonym Bucklyte. The group quickly disbanded, and Burton went on to work as a ...
Jason Johnson (December 9, 1981 – May 19, 2003), also known as Camoflauge, was an American rapper, famous for his songs "Cut Friends" and "Laying My Stunt Down". He released his final album Keepin It Real in 2002. Camoflauge was murdered in Savannah, Georgia, by gunfire outside of Pure Pain Records recording studio while he was walking his ...
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 ...
Wyclef Jean. Nel Ust Wyclef Jean[ 2] ( / ˈwaɪklɛf ˈʒɒ̃ / WHY-clef; born October 17, 1969) [ 2][ 3] is a Haitian rapper and record producer. At the age of nine, [ 4] Jean and his family emigrated to Northeastern United States. He formed the New Jersey-based hip hop trio Fugees in 1990 with fellow musicians Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, for ...
Bushwick Bill. Richard William Stephen Shaw (December 8, 1966 – June 9, 2019), better known by his stage name Bushwick Bill, was a Jamaican rapper. [ 3] He was a member of the Texas hip hop group Geto Boys, a group he originally joined as a breakdancer in 1986 as Little Billy. [ 4] He went on to become one third of one incarnation of the ...
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023) McDonald's All-American ( 2022) Flau'jae Johnson (born November 3, 2003) is an American rapper and college basketball player for the LSU Tigers. Johnson has a large social media following and is estimated to be one of the highest-earning college basketball players from name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
Johnny "J". Johnny Lee Jackson (August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008) [ 1] was a Mexican-American multi-platinum songwriter, music producer and rapper best known for his early career with Death Row Records, and for his work with 2Pac on Me Against the World and All Eyez on Me, as well as 2Pac's posthumously released albums. [ 2]
Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris ( / ˈluːdəkrɪs /, spoken as 'ludicrous' in American English ), is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age nine, where he first began rapping. Starting out with a brief stint as a DJ, he formed ...