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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.
Don Henry and Kevin Ives, two Arkansas teenagers, were killed and their bodies placed on railroad tracks on August 23, 1987.At the time, the boys' deaths were controversially ruled accidental, but after Kevin Ives' body was exhumed and a second autopsy performed, the original examiner's ruling was overruled and the cause of death for Kevin Ives and Don Henry was changed from accidental to ...
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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 ...
In 2017, Foolio's 18-year-old cousin, Zion Malik Brown, was shot and killed in his home. [10] This is believed to have started the deadly gang war in Jacksonville, as rapper Yungeen Ace was wounded and three men killed in a 2018 retaliatory shooting, [ 11 ] and Foolio posted derogatory content about the victims on social media .
Eazy-E has been called the "godfather of gangsta rap". [ 55 ] [ 56 ] [ 3 ] [ 57 ] MTV's Reid Shaheem said that Eazy-E was a "rap-pioneer", [ 57 ] and he is sometimes cited by critics as a legend. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] Steve Huey of AllMusic said that he was "one of the most controversial figures in gangsta rap". [ 5 ]
Pages in category "Gangsta rappers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 393 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in January 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025