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The following is a list of deceased hip hop artists.

Name Date of Death Age Place of Death Cause of Death Reference
Scott La Rock (Boogie Down Productions) August 27, 1987 25 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [1]
Trouble T Roy July 15, 1990 22 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Head injuries [2]
D-Boy October 6, 1990 22 Dallas, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [3][4]
MC Trouble June 4, 1991 20 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Epileptic seizure [5][6]
DJ Subroc (KMD) April 23, 1993 19 Long Island, New York, U.S. Hit by car [7]
Charizma December 16, 1993 20 Milpitas, California, U.S. Shot and killed [8][9]
Eazy-E (N.W.A.) March 26, 1995 30 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pneumonia [10][11]
Stretch (Live Squad) November 30, 1995 27 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [12]
Buffy (The Fat Boys) December 10, 1995 28 Cardiac arrest [13]
Seagram July 31, 1996 26 Oakland, California, U.S. Shot and killed [14][15]
Tupac Shakur September 13, 1996 25 University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Shot and killed [16][17][18]
Yaki Kadafi November 10, 1996 19 Orange, New Jersey, U.S. Shot and killed [19]
The Notorious B.I.G. March 9, 1997 24 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [20][21][22]
Fat Pat February 3, 1998 27 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [23][24]
Big L February 15, 1999 24 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [25][26][27]
Freaky Tah (Lost Boyz) March 28, 1999 27 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [28]
Big Pun February 7, 2000 28 White Plains, New York, U.S. Heart attack [29][30][31]
DJ Screw November 16, 2000 29 Houston, Texas, U.S. Heart attack – Drug overdose – mixture of codeine and promethazine (purple drank) [32]
Joe C. November 16, 2000 26 Taylor, Michigan, U.S. Died in his sleep due to coeliac disease [33]
Magik December 26, 2000 22 Katowice, Poland Suicide [34]
Prince Ital Joe May 16, 2001 38 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. Car accident [35][36]
Poetic aka Grym Reape (Gravediggaz) July 15, 2001 36 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Colon cancer [37]
Big Ed July 2001 29–30 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Throat cancer [38]
Aaliyah August 25, 2001 22 Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Plane crash [39][40]
Cougnut September 4, 2001 33 Northern California, U.S. Car accident [41]
DJ Uncle Al September 10, 2001 32 Miami, Florida, U.S. Shot and killed [42][43]
Left Eye (TLC) April 25, 2002 30 La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras Car accident [44]
Big Mello June 16, 2002 33 Houston, Texas, U.S. Car accident [45]
Jam Master Jay (Run-DMC) October 30, 2002 37 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [46]
Sabotage January 24, 2003 29 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Shot and killed [47][48]
Camoflauge May 19, 2003 21 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [49]
Big DS (Onyx) May 22, 2003 31 Cancer [50]
Half a Mill October 24, 2003 30 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [51]
Soulja Slim November 26, 2003 26 Gentilly, New Orleans, U.S. Shot and killed [52][53]
Mac Dre November 1, 2004 34 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Shot and killed [54]
Ol' Dirty Bastard November 13, 2004 35 New York City, U.S. Drug overdose – mixture of cocaine and tramadol [55]
Blade Icewood April 19, 2005 28 Shot and killed [56]
J Dilla February 10, 2006 32 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Cardiac arrest [57]
Professor X the Overseer March 17, 2006 49 New York City, New York, U.S. Spinal meningitis [58]
Proof April 11, 2006 32 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Shot and killed [59][60][61]
Big Hawk (Screwed Up Click) May 1, 2006 36 Houston, Texas, U.S. Shot and killed [62]
Doc Doom February 11, 2007 31 Compton, California, U.S. Shot and killed [63]
X-1 July 4, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Suicide [64]
Big Moe October 14, 2007 33 Houston, Texas, U.S. Heart attack [65][66]
Pimp C December 4, 2007 33 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Combination of sleep apnea and an overdose on cough syrup. [67]
O.G. Style January 3, 2008 37 Intracranial aneurysm [68]
Static Major February 25, 2008 33 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Myasthenia gravis
VL Mike April 20, 2008 32 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [69]
Camu Tao May 25, 2008 30 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Lung cancer [70]
Johnny J October 3, 2008 39 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Suicide [71]
MC Breed November 22, 2008 37 Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S. Died in sleep due to kidney failure [72][73]
Party Arty December 4, 2008 31 New York City, New York, U.S. Undisclosed health complications [74]
Francis Magalona March 6, 2009 44 Manila, Philippines Chronic myelogenous leukemia
Tony D April 5, 2009 42 Hamilton, New Jersey, U.S. Car accident [75]
Dolla May 18, 2009 21 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Shot and killed [76][77][78]
DJ AM August 28, 2009 36 New York City, New York, U.S. Drug overdose [79][80]
Apache January 22, 2010 45 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. Undisclosed illness [81]
Nujabes February 26, 2010 36 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Car accident [82]
Guru April 19, 2010 48 New York City, New York, U.S. Cancer [83]
Rammellzee June 27, 2010 49 New York City, New York, U.S. Undisclosed illness [84]
Eyedea October 16, 2010 28 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. Drug overdose [85][86]
Magnolia Shorty December 20, 2010 28 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Shot and killed [87]
Bad News Brown February 11, 2011 33 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Murdered [88]
Nate Dogg March 15, 2011 41 Long Beach, California, U.S. Complications from multiple strokes [89]
Tre-8 May 28, 2011 37 Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Car accident [90]
Heavy D November 8, 2011 44 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Pulmonary embolism [91][92]
Killa Keise November 10, 2011 28 Shot and killed [93]
Viro the Virus April 14, 2012 33 Suicide [94]
Adam Yauch (The Beastie Boys) May 4, 2012 47 New York City, New York, U.S. Cancer [95]
Lil Phat June 7, 2012 19 Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [96]
Capital Steez December 24, 2012 19 New York City, New York, U.S. Suicide [97][98]
Tim Dog February 14, 2013 46 Fairburn, Georgia, U.S. Complications from diabetes [99]
Magic March 1, 2013 37 Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. Car accident [100]
Kris Kross May 1, 2013 34 Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Drug overdose – cocaine and heroin [101][102]
Pavlos Fyssas September 18, 2013 34 Stabbed to death [103]
Lord Infamous (Three 6 Mafia) December 20, 2013 40 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Heart attack [104]
Doe B December 28, 2013 22 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. Shot and killed [105]
DJ Rashad April 26, 2014 34 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Drug overdose [106]
DJ E-Z Rock April 27, 2014 46 Diabetic seizure [107]
Big Bank Hank November 11, 2014 58 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. Cancer [108]
The Jacka February 2, 2015 37 Oakland, California, U.S. Shot and killed [109]
Chinx Drugz May 17, 2015 31 New York City, New York, U.S. Shot and killed [110]
Pumpkinhead June 9, 2015 39 New York City, New York, U.S. Complications from surgery [111]
Ezkimo June 21, 2015 35 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Unknown [112]
Hussein Fatal (Outlawz) July 10, 2015 38 Banks County near Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Car accident [113]
Sean Price (Heltah Skeltah) August 8, 2015 43 New York City, New York, U.S. Fatal asthma attack [114]
Koopsta Knicca (Three 6 Mafia) October 9, 2015 40 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. Stroke [115]
Denis Cuspert October 16, 2015 39 Raqqah, Syria Airstrike [116]
Cadalack Ron January 23, 2016 34 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Suspected drug overdose [117]
Big Kap February 3, 2016 45 New York City, New York, U.S. Heart attack [117]
Bankroll Fresh March 4, 2016 28 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Shot and killed [118]
Phife Dawg (A Tribe Called Quest) March 22, 2016 45 Contra Costa County, California, U.S. Diabetes [119]
Tenor Fly (Freestylers) June 17, 2016 [120]
DJ Official (116 Clique) August 14, 2016 39 Several health problems

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