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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 ...
The American rapper Christopher Wallace, better known as the Notorious B.I.G., was murdered in a drive-by shooting in the early hours of March 9, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. He was 24 years old.
With other high-profile rappers such as Drakeo the Ruler, who was fatally stabbed in 2021, and Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle also fatally shot in 2019 in Los Angeles, there has been some ...
Inglewood's Half Ounce was found dead in Koreatown, according to reports. He's the third rapper fatally shot in Los Angeles County since Sept. 12.
Name Age Date Location of death Cause of death Fred White Earth, Wind & Fire: 67: January 1, 2023: Los Angeles, California, U.S.: Undisclosed causes [1]: Sebastian Marino
Rapper Saafir’s cause of death has been revealed. The 54-year-old hip-hop star (né Reggie Gibson) died on Nov. 19 of septic shock and enterocolitis, according to a death certificate obtained by ...
Los Angeles, California, US: Undisclosed [26] Wayne Kramer MC5: 75: February 2, 2024: Los Angeles, California, US: Pancreatic cancer [27] Derrick McIntyre Jamiroquai: 66: February 2, 2024: Hertfordshire, England: Car crash [28] Aston "Family Man" Barrett Bob Marley and the Wailers: 77: February 3, 2024: Miami, Florida, US: Heart failure after a ...