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{{Expand list|date=October 2013}} {{Expand list|date=October 2013}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! colspan="12" | Deceased Hip-Hop Artists
|- |-
!Stage name !Stage name
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!Cause of death !Cause of death
!Reference !Reference
|-
|]
|March 15, 2011
|41
|Complications from multiple ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|September 4, 2001
|33
|Car accident
|
|-
|]
|March 1, 2013
|37
|Car accident
|<ref>http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_rapper_awood_mr_ma.html</ref>
|-
|]
|June 27, 2010
|49
|Undisclosed illness
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|April 11, 2006
|32
|Shot 4 times and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved April 16, 2014</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
|August 25, 2001 |2001
|29–30
|Throat ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 13, 2004
|35
|] - mixture of ] and ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|March 9, 1997
|24
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 1, 2004
|34
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|April 25, 2002
|30
|Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 22, 2008
|36-37
|Died in sleep due to illness - possibly due to kidney failure that happened a month earlier and being on life support for 2 days
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 4, 2008
|31
|Undisclosed health complications
|
|-
|]
|December 4, 2007
|33
|Combination of ] and an overdose on ].
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|March 26, 1995
|31
|Complications from ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 3, 1999
|57
|]
|
|-
|]
|May 31, 2014
|21
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved June 13, 2014</ref>
|-
|Eclipse
|November 14, 2000
|23
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Billboard aka 4Bent
|June 2, 2004
|25
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Creepyface
|September 2012
|
|Shot and killed
|<ref></ref>
|-
|D-Drew
|October 29, 2008
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|D-Mac
|September 4, 2001
|
|Car accident
|
|-
|]
|October 5, 2011
|
|Suicide
|<ref></ref>
|-
|Derek B
|November 16, 2009
|
|Heart attack
|
|-
|Money Clip D
|November 27, 2011
|34
|Shot and killed
|<ref></ref>
|-
|]
|August 27, 1987
|25
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|Q-Don
|May 4, 2000
|22 |22
|Shot and killed
|Plane crash
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref></ref>
|- |-
|Quiet Loc
|]
|January 22, 2010 |May 16, 2008
|45 |
|Suicide
| |
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
|December 26, 2000
|22
|Suicide
| |
|-
|G-Train (LMG Mafia)
|1999
|
|Unknown
| |
|Shot and killed by police
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|K-Ruger
|]
|May 9, 2003 |September 19, 2005
|28 |
|Unknown
|
|-
|Anthony Wilson
|March 5, 2007
|
|Heart failure
|
|-
|Pretty Russ
|
|
|Heart failure
|
|-
|Big Boss
|Late 2006
|
|Kidney failure
|
|-
|Big Juice
|
|
|
|
|-
|Killa Sha
|
|
|]
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|Cash
|
|24
|Leukemia
|
|-
|Growl Nitti
|
|
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Boss Player
|]
|
|August 1, 2009
|35 |
|Shot and killed
| |
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Nussie
|]
|February 11, 2011 |February 19, 2009
|33 |
|Shot and killed
|Murdered
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Big Steve
|]
|October 2, 2012 |January 11, 1999
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Top Cat
|
| |
| |
| |
|- |-
|] (Botany Boyz)
|]
|May 22, 2003 |May 9, 1999
|31 |21
|Suicide
|Cancer
| |
|- |-
|Pac Da Great
|]
|
|2001
|
|29–30
|Car accident
|Throat ]
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Lil Skandalaz
|]
|1997
| |
| |
|Car accident
| |
|- |-
|Johnny Boy Da Prince
|]
|December 25, 1999 |January 9, 2013
|23
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Lil Jeff
|May 12, 2013
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Lil Marc
|March 28, 2014
|20
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|September 26, 2013
|17
|Shot and killed
|<ref>http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130927/south-shore-below-79th/la-capone-rapper-friend-of-lil-durk-shot-killed-outside-studio</ref>
|-
|Trife
|October 7, 2013
|38
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|August 28, 2009
|36
|Drug Overdose
|
|-
|]
|February 2000
|36
|Drug related causes
|
|-
|DJ Caravan
|
|
|
|
|-
|DJ Crazy Rak (Rondo & Crazy Rak)
|1998
|32
|Hotel fire
|
|-
|Dion Stewart aka The True Lesson Giver (Black Dynasty)
|March 24, 1996
|
|
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|July 11, 1999
|26
|Car accident
|
|-
|Blood Money aka Big Glo
|April 9, 2014
|
|Shot and killed
|<ref>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-blood-money-big-glo-chief-keef-englewood-chicago-20140410,0,2114739.story</ref>
|-
|]
|April 27, 2014
|46
|
|<ref> Retrieved April 30, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|April 26, 2014
|34
|Drug overdose
|<ref> Retrieved April 30, 2014</ref>
|-
|Sinister
|2007
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|July 31, 1996
|26
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|Gangsta P
|May 2012
|
|Shot and killed by ] police department
|<ref name="The Hip Hop Obituary"> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|1000 (Mad Poets)
|
|
|
|
|-
|]
|June 20, 2013
|18
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Lil Bout It
|September 28, 2002
|20
|Rabies
|
|-
|Freddy E
|January 5, 2013
|22
|Suicide - shot himself in the head
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 28, 2013
|22
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|June 4, 1991
|20
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Stack Bundles
|June 11, 2007
|24
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 26, 2003
|26
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|February 11, 2014
|42
|Shot and killed
|<ref>http://nypost.com/2014/02/11/arrest-in-murder-of-g-unit-associate-mazaradi-fox/</ref>
|-
|Splashy Roc
|May 16, 2014
|20
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|Hollywood Will
|May 15, 2014
|25
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|Speaker Knockerz
|March 6, 2014
|19
|Heart attack
|<ref>http://www.complex.com/music/2014/03/speaker-knockerz-erica-kane Speaker Knockerz "Erica Kane"] Retrieved June 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|April 30, 2014
|27
|Stabbed to death
|<ref> Retrieved May 10, 2014</ref>
|-
|DJ Fela
|
|
|Stabbed to death
|
|-
|Ran Rover
|
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Lil Derrick
|
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|S.T.N.
|
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|C Kane
|
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|November 19–21, 2006
|36
|Motorcycle accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|May 9, 2003
|28
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
|-
|]
|
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
|-
|]
|
| |
| |
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|Shot and killed (gang related) |Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/> |<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
|-
|]
|
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
|-
|]
|
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
|-
|]
|2003
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Hip-Hop Graveyard"/>
|- |-
|] (]) |] (])
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|- |-
|Big Steve (])
|]
|
|February 15, 1999
|24 |
|
|Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Big Rue (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Baytown (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|D-Pac (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Hard Jarv (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Hard Ward (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Jason (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Lil Boo (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|Pat Lemmon (])
|January 1, 1997
|
|
|
|-
|Treble Treb (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|T-Lee (])
|
|
|
|
|-
|]
|February 7, 2000
|28
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|Car accident |Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|April 14, 2012
|33
|Suicide
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|] (X Clan)
|March 17, 2006
|49
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (X Clan)
|September 1, 1995
|
|Complications from ]
|<ref>Talevski, Nick. Knocking on heaven's door: rock obituaries. London: Omnibus, 2006. Print.</ref>
|-
|]
|May 18, 2009
|21
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Young Trigger
|]
|
|February 7, 2000
|28 |
|
|]
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Pretty Black
|]
|April 19, 2005 |March 28, 2008
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|Blu Crush
|February 12, 2008
|28 |28
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Bone Skanless
|]
|November 19–21, 2006 |July 28, 2006
|36 |
|Shot and killed
|Motorcycle accident
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Roc Raida
|]
|October 30, 2009 |September 19, 2009
| |
|Cardiac arrest
|
|-
|Sporty T
|
|39
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
| |
|- |-
|]
|] (Botany Boyz)
|May 9, 1999 |June 13, 2003
|21 |24
|Some type of illness (some people say throat cancer)
|Suicide
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|February 3, 1998
|27
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 16, 2000
|29
|Drug overdose - ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|DJ Michael Price
|1997
|
|
| |
|- |-
|]
|] (Wreckx-n-Effect)
|August 9, 1990 |February 10, 2006
|32
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|G-Slimm
|October 13, 1996
|20 |20
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref name="List of Dead Rappers 1"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|]
|]
|
|December 10, 1995
|28 |
|HIV/AIDS
|]
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|2005
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|February 15, 1999
|24
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|1997
|
|
|
|- |-
|] |]
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|]
|]
|May 25, 2008 |March 7, 2007
|30 |31
|Suicide - gunshot to the head
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 24, 2012
|19
|Suicide - jumped off rooftop
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|October 5, 2011
|
|Suicide
|<ref></ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|Shot and killed in mugging |Shot and killed in mugging
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 10, 1995
|28
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (RBL Posse)
|January 1, 1996
|22
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (RBL Posse)
|February 3, 2003
|24
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Young Prozpekt
|March 17, 2006
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|May 21, 2000
|28
|Unknown
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (Kris Kross)
|May 1, 2013
|34
|Drug overdose - ] and ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|September 4, 2001
|33
|Car accident
|<ref>http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2011/09/jamoeblog/9-11-2011-is-also-bay-area-rapper-cougnut-s-ten-year-anniversary-.html</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/15/DDG47PPKBT1.DTL&ao=2 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle | first=Eric K. | last=Arnold | title=For S.F. rappers, another dream deferred | date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>
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|] |]
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|]
|]
|October 6, 1990 |June 25, 1994
|22
|Shot and killed
| |
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Karizma
|] (Damian Dame)
|
|June 27, 1996
|29 |
|
|]
|
|<ref name="Damian Dame"/>
|- |-
|Plan B
|] (Damian Dame)
|
|June 27, 1994
|35 |
|
|Car accident
|
|<ref name="Damian Dame"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|DJ Co-V-Co (FunxSoulJaz)
|]
|
|August 28, 2009
|36 |
|
|Drug Overdose
| |
|- |-
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|- |-
|DJ Rob One
|]
|
|April 27, 2014
|46 |
|Leukemia
| |
|<ref> Retrieved April 30, 2014</ref>
|- |-
|D.O. Cannon
|]
|April 26, 2014 |September 5, 2003
|34 |
|Drug overdose
|<ref> Retrieved April 30, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|August 27, 1987
|25
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 16, 2000
|29
|Drug overdose - ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|1993
|19-20
|Hit by a car while crossing the street
|<ref name="Hip-Hop Graveyard"/>
|-
|]
|June 25, 1994
| |
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|September 10, 2001
|32
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|E-Moneybags
|]
|May 18, 2009 |July 16, 2001
|21 |
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
|March 26, 1995 |October 27, 2012
|31 |32
|Car accident
|Complications from ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] (Sporty Thievz)
|]
|October 16, 2010 |May 10, 2001
|28 |
|Struck by minivan
|Drug overdose
|<ref> Retrieved April 18, 2014</ref>
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Nut (Street Military)
|]
|
|February 3, 1998
|27 |
|Drive-by shooting
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|January 3, 2008
|37
|]
|
|-
|OC Dre
|February 10, 2005
|
|
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|] |]
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|Gang related attack |Gang related attack
|
|-
|] (Damian Dame)
|June 27, 1994
|35
|Car accident
|<ref name="Damian Dame"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (Damian Dame)
|June 27, 1996
|29
|]
|<ref name="Damian Dame"/>
|-
|Fooly Wayne
|
|
|
|
|-
|Freako (Ghetto Stars)
|February 2004
|25
|Shot and killed
| |
|- |-
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|Holy Quran
|]
|2004
|April 19, 2010
|48
|Cancer
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|
|
| |
|Shot and killed
| |
|- |-
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|Tonnie Sheppard (cousin of ])
|]
|May 2001
|November 8, 2011
|44 |36
|Stabbed to death
|]
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Skee 64
|] (RBL Posse)
|February 3, 2003 |February 25, 2007
|24 |28
|Health problems concerning his ]
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref name="The Rapper Deathstyle"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] |]
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|La Banga
|]
|
|February 10, 2006
|32 |
|
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|]
|]
|
|October 30, 2002
|37 |
|Car accident - he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|]
|] (Cali Swag District)
|June 6, 2014 |August 1, 2009
|25 |35
|]
|<ref> Retrieved June 13, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|October 3, 2008
|39
|Suicide - jumped off upper tier of prison
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (The Conscious Daughters)
|December 10, 2011
|44
|Complications from ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|December 29, 2013
|27
|Apparent suicide
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|September 18, 2013
|34
|Stabbed to death
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|1997
| |
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|Shot and killed
|<ref name="Kilo G"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] (Major Figgas)
|] (Above the Law)
|July 7, 2012
|43
|Heart attack
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|April 25, 2002
|30
|Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|1994
| |
|Shot and killed
| |
|Murder
|-
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|]
|June 7, 2012
|19
|Shot and killed
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|Lil Bango
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|November 11, 2012
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|Shot and killed (gang related) |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
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|- |-
|] (Wreckx-n-Effect)
|] (Major Figgas)
|August 9, 1990
|20
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Fat Tone
| |
| |
|Murder
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|December 20, 2013
|40
|Heart attack
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] (Cali Swag District)
|May 15, 2011
|22
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Mausberg
|]
|November 1, 2004 |July 4, 2000
|34 |21
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|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
|
|March 1, 2013
|37 |
|Shot and killed by police
|Car accident
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|]
|]
|December 26, 2000 |October 2, 2012
|22 |
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|Suicide
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|]
|]
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|December 20, 2010
|28 |
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|Shot and killed
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|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|]
|] (Sporty Thievz)
|May 10, 2001 |December 25, 1999
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|Struck by minivan
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|]
|]
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|February 2000
|36 |
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|Drug related causes
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|]
|]
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|November 22, 2008
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|36-37
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|Died in sleep due to illness - possibly due to kidney failure that happened a month earlier and being on life support for 2 days
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|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
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|]
|] (The Almighty RSO)
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|1990
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|Stabbed to death
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|]
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|June 4, 1991
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|Mike Beck
|] (RBL Posse)
|January 1, 1996 |October 30, 2009
|22 |
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|]
|March 15, 2011 |October 30, 2009
|41 |
|Shot and killed
|Complications from multiple ]
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Cavlar
|]
|October 27, 2012 |March 25, 2008
|32 |36
|Shot and killed
|Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|- |-
|29-E
|]
|
|March 9, 1997
|January 4, 2009
|24
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
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|.38
|]
|
|February 26, 2010
|36 |
|
|Car accident
|
|<ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
|- |-
|4-1-So-Sicc-Ass-Rell (Cold World Hustlers)
|]
| |
| |
|
|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/> |<ref name="The Hip Hop Obituary"/>
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|Abraham Bojorquez
|]
|January 3, 2008 |May 20, 2009
|37 |
|Hit by a bus
|]
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|- |-
|Arcani Crosswords
|]
|November 13, 2004 |January 4, 2008
|35 |
|Accidental gunshot to the head
|] - mixture of ] and ]
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
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|Lil Bo
|]
|2003
|July 11, 1999
|26 |25
|
|Car accident
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|- |-
|] (The Almighty RSO)
|]
|1990
|December 4, 2008
|31
|Undisclosed health complications
| |
|Stabbed to death
|<ref name="Hip-Hop Graveyard"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|] (The Almighty RSO)
|]
|1988
| |
|Shot and killed
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|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Bigg Jake
|]
|December 4, 2007 |April 17, 2008
|33 |
|
|Combination of ] and an overdose on ].
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref>
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|Jokez
|]
|2007
| |
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|-
|Mista Snake aka Joe B.G.
|July 27, 2007
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|Killed in a fire
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
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|Mixmaster Spade
|March 15, 2005
|
|Motorcycle accident
|
|-
|]
|November 30, 1995
|27
|Shot 4 times and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|T-Gunn
|February 14, 2005
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|Heart failure
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|-
|]
|1993
|19-20
|Hit by a car while crossing the street
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|July 15, 1990
|22
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|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|October 3, 2008
|39
|Suicide - jumped off upper tier of prison
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|John "Vietnam" Nguyen
|August 30, 2012
|19
|Drowned
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|1997
|
|Shot and killed
|<ref name="Kilo G"> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Pimp Daddy
|1994
|
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|] (U.N.L.V.)
|
|
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Young Grin
|January 28, 2005
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|Shot and killed
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|-
|]
|November 10, 1996
|19
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] (X Clan)
|March 17, 2006 |September 10, 2001
|49
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|April 11, 2006
|32 |32
|Shot 4 times and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved April 16, 2014</ref>
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|Scientifik
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|Late 1996
|June 27, 2010
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|Apparent suicide
|Undisclosed illness
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|MC Thick
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|1996
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|Shot and killed
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|Car accident - he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|]
|January 24, 2003 |May 25, 2008
|29 |30
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|December 3, 1999
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|] |]
|<ref></ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
|July 31, 1996 |April 5, 2009
|26 |42
|Car accident
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 28, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|Tony Trapz
|]
|November 26, 2003 |January 21, 2012
|26 |
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|]
|December 16, 2011 |October 16, 2010
|24 |28
|Drug overdose
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|October 30, 2002
|37
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|Nigga Creep
|]
| |
| |
|Shot and killed (gang related) |Shot and killed
|
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
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|] |]
|February 25, 2008 | April 20, 2008
|33 |32
|Shot and killed
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|December 24, 2012
|19
|Suicide - jumped off rooftop
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (South Park Coalition)
|December 14, 2005
|36
|Heart attack
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Michael "The Mac" Robinson
|1991
|20-21
|Shot and killed
|<ref name="Hip-Hop Graveyard"/><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|P-Folks
|April 27, 2009
|32
| |
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
|November 30, 1995 |April 19, 2010
|27 |48
|Cancer
|Shot 4 times and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|]
|] (X Clan)
|September 1, 1995 |January 22, 2010
|45
| |
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|Complications from ]
|-
|<ref>Talevski, Nick. Knocking on heaven's door: rock obituaries. London: Omnibus, 2006. Print.</ref>
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|August 25, 2001
|22
|Plane crash
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|] (Above the Law)
|July 7, 2012
|43
|Heart attack
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|November 8, 2011
|44
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] (The Conscious Daughters)
|December 10, 2011
|44
|Complications from ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] (Kris Kross)
|May 1, 2013
|34
|Drug overdose - ] and ]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
|December 20, 2013
|40
|Heart attack
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|February 11, 2011
|33
|Murdered
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|Camoflauge
|May 19, 2003
|21
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|-
|]
|September 18, 2013
|34
|Stabbed to death
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|King Tut
|March 17, 2009
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|Suicide - shot himself in the head in a taxi cab
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|Shot and killed (gang related)
|<ref name="Damu Ridas"/>
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|August 31, 1997 |April 19, 2005
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|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
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|- |-
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|]
|April 5, 2009 |November 10, 2011
|42 |28
|Shot and killed
|Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
|July 15, 1990 |June 7, 2012
|22 |19
|Shot and killed
|]
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|]
|April 14, 2012 |January 24, 2003
|33 |29
|Shot and killed
|Suicide
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] |]
| April 20, 2008 |December 20, 2010
|32 |28
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref> |<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|]
|March 7, 2007 |December 16, 2011
|31 |24
|Shot and killed
|Suicide - gunshot to the head
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref><ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|]
|December 29, 2013
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|Apparent suicide
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
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|November 10, 1996 |May 22, 2003
|19 |31
|Cancer
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|-
|Anthony J. Vital
|October 15, 2006
|28
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
|- |-
|JoJo White (Bored Stiff)
|] (U.N.L.V.)
|January 19, 1996
|23
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 21, 2014</ref>
|-
|Petey Parker (Prominent Sons)
| |
| |
|
|
|-
|] (Cali Swag District)
|May 15, 2011
|22
|Shot and killed |Shot and killed
|
|<ref> Retrieved December 29, 2013</ref>
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|] (Cali Swag District)
|]
|May 21, 2000 |June 6, 2014
|28 |25
|]
|Unknown
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|]
|August 31, 1997
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|Shot and killed
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|-
|]
|1994
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|Shot and killed
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|-
|Darrel "Double D" Anderson
|August 16, 2003
|30
|Shot and killed
|
|-
|]
|February 26, 2010
|36
|Car accident
|<ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
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|]
|October 6, 1990
|22
|Shot and killed
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|-
|]
|January 31, 2013
|
|Natural causes
|<ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
|-
|Handy
|May 19, 2004
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|Car accident
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|-
|Priceless Game
|August 13, 2002
|23
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|-
|]
|February 25, 2008
|33
|]
|
|-
|Kenny Clutch
|February 21, 2013
|27
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
|-
|Lil Ced
|February 20, 2013
|24
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved April 22, 2014</ref>
|-
|Jimme Wallstreet
|June 20, 2013
|25
|Shot and killed
|<ref> Retrieved May 16, 2014</ref>
|- |-
|} |}

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The following is a list of deceased hip hop artists.

Artists

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Deceased Hip-Hop Artists
Stage name Date of death Age Cause of death Reference
Nate Dogg March 15, 2011 41 Complications from multiple strokes
Cougnut September 4, 2001 33 Car accident
Magic March 1, 2013 37 Car accident
Rammellzee June 27, 2010 49 Undisclosed illness
Proof April 11, 2006 32 Shot 4 times and killed
2Pac September 13, 1996 25 Shot and killed
Big Ed 2001 29–30 Throat cancer
Ol' Dirty Bastard November 13, 2004 35 Drug overdose - mixture of cocaine and tramadol
The Notorious B.I.G. March 9, 1997 24 Shot and killed
Mac Dre November 1, 2004 34 Shot and killed
Left Eye April 25, 2002 30 Car accident
MC Breed November 22, 2008 36-37 Died in sleep due to illness - possibly due to kidney failure that happened a month earlier and being on life support for 2 days
Party Arty December 4, 2008 31 Undisclosed health complications
Pimp C December 4, 2007 33 Combination of sleep apnea and an overdose on cough syrup.
Eazy-E March 26, 1995 31 Complications from AIDS
Scatman John December 3, 1999 57 Lung cancer
OTF NuNu May 31, 2014 21 Shot and killed
Eclipse November 14, 2000 23 Shot and killed
Billboard aka 4Bent June 2, 2004 25 Shot and killed
Creepyface September 2012 Shot and killed
D-Drew October 29, 2008 Shot and killed
D-Mac September 4, 2001 Car accident
Chaos Kid October 5, 2011 Suicide
Derek B November 16, 2009 Heart attack
Money Clip D November 27, 2011 34 Shot and killed
DJ Scott La Rock August 27, 1987 25 Shot and killed
Q-Don May 4, 2000 22 Shot and killed
Quiet Loc May 16, 2008 Suicide
Magik December 26, 2000 22 Suicide
G-Train (LMG Mafia) 1999 Unknown
K-Ruger September 19, 2005 Unknown
Anthony Wilson March 5, 2007 Heart failure
Pretty Russ Heart failure
Big Boss Late 2006 Kidney failure
Big Juice
Killa Sha Diabetes
Cash 24 Leukemia
Growl Nitti Shot and killed
Boss Player Shot and killed
Nussie February 19, 2009 Shot and killed
Big Steve January 11, 1999 Shot and killed
Top Cat
B.G. Gator (Botany Boyz) May 9, 1999 21 Suicide
Pac Da Great Car accident
Lil Skandalaz Car accident
Johnny Boy Da Prince January 9, 2013 23 Shot and killed
Lil Jeff May 12, 2013 Shot and killed
Lil Marc March 28, 2014 20 Shot and killed
L'A Capone September 26, 2013 17 Shot and killed
Trife October 7, 2013 38 Shot and killed
DJ AM August 28, 2009 36 Drug Overdose
Matthew Roberts February 2000 36 Drug related causes
DJ Caravan
DJ Crazy Rak (Rondo & Crazy Rak) 1998 32 Hotel fire
Dion Stewart aka The True Lesson Giver (Black Dynasty) March 24, 1996
Papo July 11, 1999 26 Car accident
Blood Money aka Big Glo April 9, 2014 Shot and killed
DJ E-Z Rock April 27, 2014 46
DJ Rashad April 26, 2014 34 Drug overdose
Sinister 2007 Shot and killed
Seagram July 31, 1996 26 Shot and killed
Gangsta P May 2012 Shot and killed by Vallejo police department
1000 (Mad Poets)
Lil Snupe June 20, 2013 18 Shot and killed
Lil Bout It September 28, 2002 20 Rabies
Freddy E January 5, 2013 22 Suicide - shot himself in the head
Doe B December 28, 2013 22 Shot and killed
MC Trouble June 4, 1991 20 Epileptic seizure
Stack Bundles June 11, 2007 24 Shot and killed
Soulja Slim November 26, 2003 26 Shot and killed
Mazaradi Fox February 11, 2014 42 Shot and killed
Splashy Roc May 16, 2014 20 Shot and killed
Hollywood Will May 15, 2014 25 Shot and killed
Speaker Knockerz March 6, 2014 19 Heart attack
Monkey Black April 30, 2014 27 Stabbed to death
DJ Fela Stabbed to death
Ran Rover Shot and killed
Lil Derrick Shot and killed
S.T.N. Shot and killed
C Kane Shot and killed
Bloody Mary aka Nini X November 19–21, 2006 36 Motorcycle accident
B-Brazy May 9, 2003 28 Shot and killed
Peanut 2 aka KP Shot and killed (gang related)
Lil' Laniak 2 Shot and killed (gang related)
Tip Toe Shot and killed (gang related)
Pimp D
Big Hawk (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) Shot and killed (gang related)
O.G. Mad Eye Shot and killed (gang related)
Spyder aka S.P Shot and killed (gang related)
G-Spider 2003 Shot and killed (gang related)
Big Hawk (Screwed Up Click) May 1, 2006 36 Shot and killed
Big Steve (Screwed Up Click)
Big Rue (Screwed Up Click)
Baytown (Screwed Up Click)
D-Pac (Screwed Up Click)
Hard Jarv (Screwed Up Click)
Hard Ward (Screwed Up Click)
Jason (Screwed Up Click)
Lil Boo (Screwed Up Click)
Pat Lemmon (Screwed Up Click) January 1, 1997
Treble Treb (Screwed Up Click)
T-Lee (Screwed Up Click)
Big Pun February 7, 2000 28 Heart attack
Big Mello June 15, 2002 33 Car accident
Viro the Virus April 14, 2012 33 Suicide
Professor X the Overseer (X Clan) March 17, 2006 49 Spinal meningitis
Sugar Shaft (X Clan) September 1, 1995 Complications from AIDS
Dolla May 18, 2009 21 Shot and killed
Big Moe October 14, 2007 33 Heart attack from Purple drank
Young Trigger
Pretty Black March 28, 2008 Shot and killed
Blu Crush February 12, 2008 28 Shot and killed
Bone Skanless July 28, 2006 Shot and killed
Roc Raida September 19, 2009 Cardiac arrest
Sporty T 39 Shot and killed
Speedy Loc June 13, 2003 24 Some type of illness (some people say throat cancer)
Fat Pat February 3, 1998 27 Shot and killed
DJ Screw November 16, 2000 29 Drug overdose - purple drank
DJ Michael Price 1997
J Dilla February 10, 2006 32 Cardiac arrest
G-Slimm October 13, 1996 20 Shot and killed
Mr. Ivan HIV/AIDS
CAC 2005 Shot and killed
Big L February 15, 1999 24 Shot and killed
Big Gee 1997
Bugz May 21, 1999 22 Shot and killed
Woodie March 7, 2007 31 Suicide - gunshot to the head
Charizma December 16, 1993 20 Shot and killed in mugging
Buffy December 10, 1995 28 Cardiac arrest
Mr. Cee (RBL Posse) January 1, 1996 22 Shot and killed
Hitman (RBL Posse) February 3, 2003 24 Shot and killed
Young Prozpekt March 17, 2006 Shot and killed
Yusef Afloat May 21, 2000 28 Unknown
Chip Banks November 25, 2000 30 Shot and killed
Cowboy 1989 29 Drug overdose - Crack cocaine
DJ Train June 25, 1994 Smoke inhalation
Karizma
Plan B
DJ Co-V-Co (FunxSoulJaz)
DJ Daryll C (Crash Crew) 1999 Diabetes
DJ Rob One Leukemia
D.O. Cannon September 5, 2003 Shot and killed
Doc Doom February 11, 2007 Shot and killed
E-Moneybags July 16, 2001 Shot and killed
Natina Reed October 27, 2012 32 Car accident
Marlon Bryant Brando (Sporty Thievz) May 10, 2001 Struck by minivan
Nut (Street Military) Drive-by shooting
O.G. Style January 3, 2008 37 Intracranial aneurysm
OC Dre February 10, 2005
Father Lord
Flipside (O.F.T.B.) September 23, 2013 Gang related attack
Deah Dame (Damian Dame) June 27, 1994 35 Car accident
Damian (Damian Dame) June 27, 1996 29 Colon cancer
Fooly Wayne
Freako (Ghetto Stars) February 2004 25 Shot and killed
Freaky Tah March 28, 1999 27 Shot and killed
Holy Quran 2004 Shot and killed
Half a Mill October 24, 2003 30 Shot and killed
Tonnie Sheppard (cousin of Half a Mill) May 2001 36 Stabbed to death
Skee 64 February 25, 2007 28 Health problems concerning his liver
Huddy Combs October 13, 2010 Car accident
La Banga
Rappin' Ron Car accident - he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed
Baatin August 1, 2009 35
Lil Ruckie aka Rucis (Major Figgas) Murder
Lil Jojo September 4, 2012 18 Shot and killed
Lil Bango November 11, 2012 19 Shot and killed
Brandon "B-Doggs" Mitchell (Wreckx-n-Effect) August 9, 1990 20 Shot and killed
Fat Tone Shot and killed
Mausberg July 4, 2000 21 Shot and killed
AWOL Shot and killed by police
B.G. Scarface October 2, 2012
Half Dead
Big Freeze December 25, 1999
Crip Inch
Fo' Clips Eclipse1
Koolay
Mac-11
MCA May 4, 2012 47 Cancer
Michael Menson February 13, 1997 Burned alive - died from burns
Mike Beck October 30, 2009 Shot and killed
Bloodshed October 30, 2009 Shot and killed
Cavlar March 25, 2008 36 Shot and killed
29-E January 4, 2009 Shot and killed
.38
4-1-So-Sicc-Ass-Rell (Cold World Hustlers)
Abraham Bojorquez May 20, 2009 Hit by a bus
Arcani Crosswords January 4, 2008 Accidental gunshot to the head
Lil Bo 2003 25
MC Rock (The Almighty RSO) 1990 Stabbed to death
Big T (The Almighty RSO) 1988 Shot and killed
Bigg Jake April 17, 2008
Jokez 2007
Mista Snake aka Joe B.G. July 27, 2007 Killed in a fire
Mixmaster Spade March 15, 2005 Motorcycle accident
Stretch November 30, 1995 27 Shot 4 times and killed
T-Gunn February 14, 2005 Heart failure
DJ Subroc 1993 19-20 Hit by a car while crossing the street
Poetic July 15, 2001 36 Colon cancer
Trouble T Roy July 15, 1990 22 Freak accident
Johnny J October 3, 2008 39 Suicide - jumped off upper tier of prison
John "Vietnam" Nguyen August 30, 2012 19 Drowned
Kilo G 1997 Shot and killed
Pimp Daddy 1994 Shot and killed
Yella Boy (U.N.L.V.) Shot and killed
Young Grin January 28, 2005 Shot and killed
Yaki Kadafi November 10, 1996 19 Shot and killed
Prince Ital Joe May 16, 2001 38 Car accident
DJ Uncle Al September 10, 2001 32 Shot and killed
Scientifik Late 1996 Apparent suicide
MC Thick 1996 Shot and killed
Camu Tao May 25, 2008 30 Lung cancer
Tony D April 5, 2009 42 Car accident
Tony Trapz January 21, 2012 Shot and killed
Eyedea October 16, 2010 28 Drug overdose
Jam Master Jay October 30, 2002 37 Shot and killed
Nigga Creep Shot and killed
VL Mike April 20, 2008 32 Shot and killed
Capital Steez December 24, 2012 19 Suicide - jumped off rooftop
AC Chill (South Park Coalition) December 14, 2005 36 Heart attack
Michael "The Mac" Robinson 1991 20-21 Shot and killed
P-Folks April 27, 2009 32
Guru April 19, 2010 48 Cancer
Apache January 22, 2010 45
Aaliyah August 25, 2001 22 Plane crash
KMG the Illustrator (Above the Law) July 7, 2012 43 Heart attack
Heavy D November 8, 2011 44 Pulmonary embolism
Karryl "Special One" Smith (The Conscious Daughters) December 10, 2011 44 Complications from blood clot
Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly (Kris Kross) May 1, 2013 34 Drug overdose - cocaine and heroin
Tim Dog February 14, 2013 46 Complications from diabetes (reportedly faked his own death)
Lord Infamous December 20, 2013 40 Heart attack
Bad News Brown February 11, 2011 33 Murdered
Camoflauge May 19, 2003 21 Shot and killed
Killah P September 18, 2013 34 Stabbed to death
King Tut March 17, 2009 Suicide - shot himself in the head in a taxi cab
Blade Icewood April 19, 2005 28 Shot and killed
Killa Keise November 10, 2011 28 Shot and killed
Lil Phat June 7, 2012 19 Shot and killed
Sabotage January 24, 2003 29 Shot and killed
Magnolia Shorty December 20, 2010 28 Shot and killed
Slim Dunkin December 16, 2011 24 Shot and killed
KayO Redd December 29, 2013 27 Apparent suicide
X1 July 5, 2007 28 Suicide
Big DS May 22, 2003 31 Cancer
Anthony J. Vital October 15, 2006 28 Shot and killed
JoJo White (Bored Stiff) January 19, 1996 23 Shot and killed
Petey Parker (Prominent Sons)
M-Bone (Cali Swag District) May 15, 2011 22 Shot and killed
JayAre (Cali Swag District) June 6, 2014 25 Sickle-cell disease
Tombstone August 31, 1997 Shot and killed
Lil Boo The Caretaker 1994 Shot and killed
Darrel "Double D" Anderson August 16, 2003 30 Shot and killed
Nujabes February 26, 2010 36 Car accident
D-Boy October 6, 1990 22 Shot and killed
D-Boy Killa Stone January 31, 2013 Natural causes
Handy May 19, 2004 Car accident
Priceless Game August 13, 2002 23 Shot and killed
Static Major February 25, 2008 33 Myasthenia gravis
Kenny Clutch February 21, 2013 27 Shot and killed
Lil Ced February 20, 2013 24 Shot and killed
Jimme Wallstreet June 20, 2013 25 Shot and killed

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