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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.
Michael Jackson earned $825 million in 2016, the highest earnings for a celebrity dead or alive in any year. Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22. This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001.
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 ...
There’s a bittersweetness in celebrating 50 years of hip-hop when many artists don’t even make it to 50.
Billboard and Vibe presented the first set of rappers on January 11, 2023, and ten more rappers were announced over the course of three weeks. The top rankings were unveiled on February 8, 2023, which crowned Jay-Z the greatest rapper of all time and Nicki Minaj the greatest female rapper of all time. It sparked multiple debates within the hip ...
March 10, 2023: Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. Complications from Dementia & Parkinson's Disease [69] Costa Titch Amapiano rapper and dancer: 27: March 11, 2023: Johannesburg, South Africa: Collapsed on stage [70] Canisso Bassist for Raimundos: 57: March 13, 2023: São Paulo, Brazil: Undisclosed [71] Simon Emmerson Afro Celt Sound System: 67 ...
DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died at the age of 43. Unk, born Anthony Platt, was one of the key figures in snap music, a subgenre of crunk that ...
This Atlanta rapper brought snap music to the masses thanks to his hit 2006 songs "Walk it Out" and "2 Step." Anthony Platt, better known by his stage name DJ Unk, was a fixture in the Atlanta rap ...