Deceased Hip-Hop Artists (Who Weren't Murdered)
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Ms. Melodie, the stage name of Ramona Parker (née Scott; March 21, 1969 – July 17, 2012), was an American emcee. She was associated with KRS-One's group Boogie Down Productions (BDP), and was for a time married to KRS-One, until the couple's divorce in 1992. Parker died on July 17, 2012 at the age of 43. The cause of her death was not revealed publicly.
Father Shaheed, the DJ for the Trenton, New Jersey rap group Poor Righteous Teachers, passed away on May 26, 2014 after sustaining injuries from a motorcycle accident. He was 45-years-old.
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Natina Reed of Blaque
r.i.p. to all. life's good hope we all are enjoying it
KMG (Kevin Michael Gulley)of Pomona, California Hip Hop group Above The Law died of a heart attack July 7, 2012.
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Man... Had no idea KMG was dead.. One of my childhood friends whom is deceased as well loved KMG... One of his favorite tracks of all time is Dose of the Megaflex.. I listen to this song at least once a month....
My Brotha and Parter in Rhyme Marland Bradoe died a Hero saving his girlfriends younger brother from getting hit by a car and took the hit. R.I.P.
Damn didn't know this... I bump No Pidgeons STILL! Here's story below... RIP
Sporty Thievz’s Marlon Brando Struck, Killed By Van
Rapper was leaving Bronx deli at 3 a.m. when accident occurred.
by brian hiatt 05/11/01
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NEW YORK — Sporty Thievz member Marlon Brando, who rapped on the group’s hit TLC parody “No Pigeons,” died in a car accident in the Bronx early Friday morning.
Brando, whose real name was Marlon Bryant, was walking out of a deli around 3 a.m. when a minivan ran a red light, jumped a curb and slammed into him, according to Sporty Thievz DJ Gehai. The accident crushed both of his legs and sent his blood pressure plummeting — he died shortly after an ambulance arrived on the scene, Gehai said.
The rapper was 22 years old and the father of a newborn baby, according to Gehai.
Sylvia Reyes, a spokesperson for Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the South Bronx, confirmed that Bryant was pronounced dead early Friday morning. A police spokesperson was unable to provide details on the car accident or information on whether the driver will face charges.
Sporty Thievz had just released a new indie-label album, In Stores Now (F— Sporty Thievz), and were going to celebrate at an album-release party this weekend.
Gehai described Brando as “the conscience” of Sporty Thievz and a driving, creative force.
“He basically came up with the idea for all the hooks, the concepts for the song,” Gehai said. “Bran was the comedian of the group. He’d been through a lot of sh–, like everybody else, but you’d always see Bran smiling and cracking a joke.”
Sporty Thievz released their debut album, Street Cinema, in 1998, garnering radio play with the single “Cheapskate (You Ain’t Getting’ Nada).”
But the group’s career moved into higher gear the following year when they released the single “No Pigeons,” an answer to TLC’s “No Scrubs” that used the original song’s backing track but reversed its message.
The single was a major hit and was added to Street Cinema as a bonus track. In April 2000, the group released the single “La La,” which became a hip-hop radio hit in its own right.
The Yonkers-based group, whose other members are King Kirk and Big Dubez, plan to stay together, according to Gehai.
“We got to,” he said. “We owe that to Bran.”
Eric "O.G. Style" Woods (July 5, 1970 – January 3, 2008) was a Houston, Texas based rapper. In 1989 after meeting and forming a duo with Dirty South producer DJ Big Boss. They became known as O.G. Style. In 1991 they released I Know How To Play 'Em on Rap-a-Lot Records. On January 2, 2008, he was rushed to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital with a severe brain aneurysm.
Big Boss one half of Rap-A-Lot group OG Style and later as a member of the very dope 4 Deep passed away from Kidney Failure.
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My Brotha and Parter in Rhyme Marland Bradoe died a Hero saving his girlfriends younger brother from getting hit by a car and took the hit. R.I.P.
I remember this. ANd I thought you guys were from Queens, not Yonked?
of what? had no clue
Haha...this was one of my favorite joints.
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Sugar Shaft had aids too
Rudy Pardee from the hip hop group based in Los Angeles, California L.A. Dream Team, died in a scuba-diving accident in 1998.
Yusef Afloat Muhammad (1972 - 2000) of the hip-hop duo from Los Angeles, California The Nonce was found dead on the side of Freeway 110 in Los Angeles on May 21, 2000.
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Eric "O.G. Style" Woods (July 5, 1970 – January 3, 2008) was a Houston, Texas based rapper. In 1989 after meeting and forming a duo with Dirty South producer DJ Big Boss. They became known as O.G. Style. In 1991 they released I Know How To Play 'Em on Rap-a-Lot Records. On January 2, 2008, he was rushed to St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital with a severe brain aneurysm.
Big Boss one half of Rap-A-Lot group OG Style and later as a member of the very dope 4 Deep passed away from Kidney Failure.
A very slept on album
rip to all
DJ Screw
it's been stated before, but cowboy of gm flash also died from aids.
Reason has never been disclosed
Johnny Lee Jackson (August 28, 1969 – October 3, 2008), professionally known as Johnny "J", was a Mexican American multi-platinum songwriter, music producer and rapper who was perhaps best remembered for his production on Tupac Shakur's albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World, as well as many of Shakur's subsequent posthumous albums. Johnny J died on October 3, 2008 at the age of 39, while serving a sentence for DWI in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility located in Los Angeles, California. He allegedly jumped off an upper tier of the prison in an apparent suicide.
Kenneth Doniell Moore (August 20, 1974 – October 14, 2007), better known by his stage name Big Moe, was an American rapper from Houston, Texas. Moe died on October 14, 2007 at 33 years old, after suffering a heart attack one week earlier that left him in a coma. There was speculation that recreational codeine use in the form of Purple Drank may have contributed to his death.
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In 2010 hip-hop lost another legend when Rodger "UNCLE JAMM" Clayton, co-founder of LA's legendary Uncle Jamm's Army, passed following a heart attack. Uncle Jamm's Army was an extended collective of LA promoters, DJs, producers & emcees that Clayton (aka Mr. Prinze), along with Gid Martin, took to wide fame.
John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, (March 15, 1956 – October 2, 2009) was a prominent hip hop radio DJ. Mr. Magic died on the morning of October 2, 2009 from a heart attack.
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Dang, I didn't know he died. 
killed by an accidental fall.
KMG (Kevin Michael Gulley)of Pomona, California Hip Hop group Above The Law died of a heart attack July 7, 2012.
In 2010 hip-hop lost another legend when Rodger "UNCLE JAMM" Clayton, co-founder of LA's legendary Uncle Jamm's Army, passed following a heart attack. Uncle Jamm's Army was an extended collective of LA promoters, DJs, producers & emcees that Clayton (aka Mr. Prinze), along with Gid Martin, took to wide fame.
John "Mr. Magic" Rivas, (March 15, 1956 – October 2, 2009) was a prominent hip hop radio DJ. Mr. Magic died on the morning of October 2, 2009 from a heart attack.
It appears that this gentleman was the oldest...at the ripe age of 53. Wow.
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Yusef Afloat Muhammad (1972 - 2000) of the hip-hop duo from Los Angeles, California The Nonce was found dead on the side of Freeway 110 in Los Angeles on May 21, 2000.
didn't know this.. RIP
Good thread. Wasn't caught up on a number of the passings. Rest in peace to all of the deceased.
Cool posting. Thanks for the info.