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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 ...
Dotdash, formerly About.com, while ranking him fifth among the greatest rappers, nonetheless notes, "Tupac Shakur is the most influential hip-hop artist of all time. Even in death, 2Pac remains a transcendental rap figure." [257] Yet to some, he was a "father figure" who, said rapper YG, "makes you want to be better—at every level."
A visitor observes a display of late hip hop artist Tupac Shakur during the press preview day for the “Tupac Shakur. Wake Me When I’m Free” exhibition, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at The Canvas ...
Saydi Abu Sheikh, 23, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 31, died after the attack in Ilford, east London.
A 22-year-old rapper known for his version of the viral children’s song Baby Shark has been shot dead in a suspected robbery gone wrong.. Ralan Styles, real name Michael Robinson, died on ...
On September 7, 1996, at 11:15 p.m. , Tupac Shakur, a 25-year-old American rapper, was shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The shooting occurred when the car carrying Shakur was stopped at a red light at East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. [2] The driver, Marion "Suge" Knight, was grazed by a bullet in the shooting. Shakur died ...
Saydi Abu Sheikh, 23, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 31, were killed in a house in Ilford, east London, during a midnight raid on October 25 2022.