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Revision as of 01:39, 6 September 2016
The following is a list of deceased hip hop artists.
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Name | Date of Death | Age | Place of Death | Cause of Death | Reference |
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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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