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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 ...
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 ...
Rappers B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta were members of the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips. [2] The Game's father was a Nutty Blocc Compton Crip, and through his father The Game also had two half-brothers who were members of the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips. [5] Both of these half-brothers were murdered. [5]
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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 ]
His releases made most gangsta rappers’ records look like a Mr. Rogers’ Christmas Album. He was hated and assailed by the left and the right, unusually agreeing on something.
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.