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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.
Taymor Travon McIntyre (born June 16, 2000), better known professionally as Tay-K, is an American rapper and convicted murderer.He is best known for his 2017 song "The Race", which peaked at number 44 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and received platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Anerae Veshaughn Brown [1] (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California. In 1992, Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison on murder charges, which Brown denied, maintaining his innocence. The lyrics of his debut album, Psycho Active, was submitted as evidence by the prosecutors.
They have been given jail terms ranging between 15 and 20 years. Natalia Améstica and her brother Guillermo were already sentenced to 25 years in prison back in February for murder.
Tekashi has been a free man since 2020, when he was released following a two-year prison stint on charges including conspiracy to commit murder related to his ties to Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang ...
State of Florida v. Jamell Demons is an ongoing American criminal case in Florida's 17th Judicial Circuit in which rapper Jamell Demons, commonly known by his stage name YNW Melly, was accused of murdering his two friends, Anthony D'Andre Williams (YNW Sakchaser) and Christopher Jermaine Thomas Jr. (YNW Juvy) in October 2018.
The suspects at large are Rashad Murphy, 30, and Davion Murphy, 27, police said. They are each charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder.
The victim's boyfriend said he and the aspiring rapper used PCP the day before the murder took place. [8] On November 7, 2003, Singleton was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. [7] He had been convicted of murder and aggravated mayhem the previous June [9] after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of ...