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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 ...
Charles Andrew Jones II [4] (June 21, 1998 – June 23, 2024), known professionally as Foolio or Julio Foolio, was an American rapper from Jacksonville, Florida.He was associated with the city's rap scene and was involved in high-profile feuds with other rappers. [5]
Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in Las Vegas hours after attending a heavyweight title fight between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. LAS VEGAS (AP) — The first arrest in the 1996 death of Tupac ...
Rapper Julio Foolio, real name Charles Jones, was shot and killed in a hotel parking lot in Tampa, Fla., after a weekend spent celebrating his 26th birthday.
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 ...
The rap artist was shot in 2000, survived and thereafter refused to cooperate with law enforcement regarding the shooting. Messages transmitted over the Murder Inc. pager indicate that McGriff is involved in an ongoing plot to kill this rap artist, and that he communicates with Murder Inc. employees concerning the target.
OG Maco, the Atlanta rapper best known for his 2014 hit “U Guessed It,” died at the age of 32. The musician, born Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital on Dec ...