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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.
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 ...
Lana Michele Moorer (born October 11, 1970), better known by her stage name MC Lyte, is an American rapper.Considered one of the pioneers of female rap, [5] [6] [7] MC Lyte first gained fame in the late 1980s, becoming the first female rapper to release a full solo album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.
Rapper Lichelle 'Boss' Laws died Monday afternoon at 54, The Times confirmed. She was the first female rapper to sign a contract with Def Jam Records.
In 1999, Johnson along with the rap group Crime Affliates independently released the collaboration album, Crime Pays.The following year, Johnson released his debut solo album, I Represent, which peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Album Chart and led to a solo recording deal with Universal Records for his sophomore album, Strictly 4 Da Streets: Sex, Drugs and Violence Vol.1; however ...
In June, 26-year-old rapper C.Gambino — whose real name is Karar Ramadan and is not to be confused with American rapper Childish Gambino — was killed in a shooting. He had been named the ...
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. [2]
More details are emerging about the victims of a shooting in Benedict Canyon on Saturday morning that left three women dead and four people hurt.. The three who died, all with roots in the Chicago ...