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Coolio died at 59 years old last week. Award winning SC columnist and hip hop artist Preach Jacobs writes about how the death of the “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper speaks to the issue of Black ...
Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some reasons cited for the high homicide rate include poor background of many artists, criminal gang activity, drug use, and inadequate pastoral care among artists and record labels.
Rappers including King Von and Young Dolph, who Fisher said worked with or distributed their music through Empire, were fatally shot in recent years in Atlanta and Memphis, Tennessee, respectively.
Rapper Rich Homie Quan, known for songs 'Lifestyle' and 'Type of Way' and his work with artists including Young Thug, has died, The Times can confirm. He was 33.
Many musicians have been murdered during their active career. Most of the musicians had been shot or stabbed to death. Some of them have received extensive media attention, including the murder of John Lennon in 1980, the killing of Marvin Gaye in 1984, the murder of Selena in 1995, the murder of Tupac Shakur in 1996, the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. in 1997, the murder of XXXTentacion in ...
African-American male rappers. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American male rappers . It includes American male rappers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
OPINION: Hip-hop's many deaths are a byproduct of problems that all of us in the Black community face The post Why are so many rappers dying? appeared first on TheGrio.
Lucas Coly’s cause of death has been revealed. Coly died by suicide in Las Vegas according to the Clark County Office of the Coroner and Medical Examiner, Us Weekly can confirm. He was 27 years old.