The following is a list of deceased hip hop artists.[1]
Artists
Deceased Hip-Hop Artists | |||||||||||
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Stage name | Date of death | Age | Cause of death | Reference | |||||||
Nate Dogg | March 15, 2011 | 41 | Complications from multiple strokes | [2] | |||||||
Cougnut | September 4, 2001 | 33 | Car accident | ||||||||
Magic | March 1, 2013 | 37 | Car accident | [3] | |||||||
Rammellzee | June 27, 2010 | 49 | Undisclosed illness | [4] | |||||||
Proof | April 11, 2006 | 32 | Shot 4 times and killed | [5][6][7] | |||||||
2Pac | September 13, 1996 | 25 | Shot and killed | [8] | |||||||
Big Ed | 2001 | 29–30 | Throat cancer | [9] | |||||||
Ol' Dirty Bastard | November 13, 2004 | 35 | Drug overdose - mixture of cocaine and tramadol | [10] | |||||||
The Notorious B.I.G. | March 9, 1997 | 24 | Shot and killed | [11] | |||||||
Mac Dre | November 1, 2004 | 34 | Shot and killed | [12] | |||||||
Left Eye | April 25, 2002 | 30 | Car accident | [13] | |||||||
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 | [14][15] | |||||||
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. | [16] | |||||||
Eazy-E | March 26, 1995 | 31 | Complications from AIDS | [17] | |||||||
Scatman John | December 3, 1999 | 57 | Lung cancer | ||||||||
OTF NuNu | May 31, 2014 | 21 | Shot and killed | [18] | |||||||
Eclipse | November 14, 2000 | 23 | Shot and killed | ||||||||
Billboard aka 4Bent | June 2, 2004 | 25 | Shot and killed | ||||||||
Creepyface | September 2012 | Shot and killed | [19] | ||||||||
D-Drew | October 29, 2008 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
D-Mac | September 4, 2001 | Car accident | |||||||||
Chaos Kid | October 5, 2011 | Suicide | [20] | ||||||||
Derek B | November 16, 2009 | Heart attack | |||||||||
Money Clip D | November 27, 2011 | 34 | Shot and killed | [21] | |||||||
DJ Scott La Rock | August 27, 1987 | 25 | Shot and killed | [22] | |||||||
Q-Don | May 4, 2000 | 22 | Shot and killed | [23] | |||||||
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 | [24] | |||||||||
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 | [25] | |||||||
L'A Capone | September 26, 2013 | 17 | Shot and killed | [26] | |||||||
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 | [27] | |||||||||
Papo | July 11, 1999 | 26 | Car accident | ||||||||
Blood Money aka Big Glo | April 9, 2014 | Shot and killed | [28] | ||||||||
DJ E-Z Rock | April 27, 2014 | 46 | [29] | ||||||||
DJ Rashad | April 26, 2014 | 34 | Drug overdose | [30] | |||||||
Sinister | 2007 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Seagram | July 31, 1996 | 26 | Shot and killed | [31] | |||||||
Gangsta P | May 2012 | Shot and killed by Vallejo police department | [32] | ||||||||
1000 (Mad Poets) | |||||||||||
Lil Snupe | June 20, 2013 | 18 | Shot and killed | [33] | |||||||
Lil Bout It | September 28, 2002 | 20 | Rabies | ||||||||
Freddy E | January 5, 2013 | 22 | Suicide - shot himself in the head | [34] | |||||||
Doe B | December 28, 2013 | 22 | Shot and killed | [35] | |||||||
MC Trouble | June 4, 1991 | 20 | Epileptic seizure | [36] | |||||||
Stack Bundles | June 11, 2007 | 24 | Shot and killed | [37] | |||||||
Soulja Slim | November 26, 2003 | 26 | Shot and killed | [38][39] | |||||||
Mazaradi Fox | February 11, 2014 | 42 | Shot and killed | [40] | |||||||
Splashy Roc | May 16, 2014 | 20 | Shot and killed | [41] | |||||||
Hollywood Will | May 15, 2014 | 25 | Shot and killed | [42] | |||||||
Speaker Knockerz | March 6, 2014 | 19 | Heart attack | [43] | |||||||
Monkey Black | April 30, 2014 | 27 | Stabbed to death | [44] | |||||||
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 | [45][46] | |||||||
B-Brazy | May 9, 2003 | 28 | Shot and killed | [47][48] | |||||||
Peanut 2 aka KP | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
Lil' Laniak 2 | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
Tip Toe | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
Pimp D | |||||||||||
Big Hawk (Crenshaw Mafia Gang) | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
O.G. Mad Eye | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
Spyder aka S.P | Shot and killed (gang related) | [49] | |||||||||
G-Spider | 2003 | Shot and killed (gang related) | [50] | ||||||||
Big Hawk (Screwed Up Click) | May 1, 2006 | 36 | Shot and killed | [51] | |||||||
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 | [52] | |||||||
Big Mello | June 15, 2002 | 33 | Car accident | [53] | |||||||
Viro the Virus | April 14, 2012 | 33 | Suicide | [54] | |||||||
Professor X the Overseer (X Clan) | March 17, 2006 | 49 | Spinal meningitis | [55] | |||||||
Sugar Shaft (X Clan) | September 1, 1995 | Complications from AIDS | [56] | ||||||||
Dolla | May 18, 2009 | 21 | Shot and killed | [57] | |||||||
Big Moe | October 14, 2007 | 33 | Heart attack from Purple drank | [58] | |||||||
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) | [59] | |||||||
Fat Pat | February 3, 1998 | 27 | Shot and killed | [60] | |||||||
DJ Screw | November 16, 2000 | 29 | Drug overdose - purple drank | [61] | |||||||
DJ Michael Price | 1997 | ||||||||||
J Dilla | February 10, 2006 | 32 | Cardiac arrest | [62] | |||||||
G-Slimm | October 13, 1996 | 20 | Shot and killed | [63] | |||||||
Mr. Ivan | HIV/AIDS | ||||||||||
CAC | 2005 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Big L | February 15, 1999 | 24 | Shot and killed | [64] | |||||||
Big Gee | 1997 | ||||||||||
Bugz | May 21, 1999 | 22 | Shot and killed | [65][66] | |||||||
Woodie | March 7, 2007 | 31 | Suicide - gunshot to the head | [67] | |||||||
Charizma | December 16, 1993 | 20 | Shot and killed in mugging | [68] | |||||||
Buffy | December 10, 1995 | 28 | Cardiac arrest | [69] | |||||||
Mr. Cee (RBL Posse) | January 1, 1996 | 22 | Shot and killed | [70] | |||||||
Hitman (RBL Posse) | February 3, 2003 | 24 | Shot and killed | [71] | |||||||
Young Prozpekt | March 17, 2006 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Yusef Afloat | May 21, 2000 | 28 | Unknown | [72] | |||||||
Chip Banks | November 25, 2000 | 30 | Shot and killed | [73] | |||||||
Cowboy | 1989 | 29 | Drug overdose - Crack cocaine | [74] | |||||||
DJ Train | June 25, 1994 | Smoke inhalation | [75] | ||||||||
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 | [76] | ||||||||
E-Moneybags | July 16, 2001 | Shot and killed | [77] | ||||||||
Natina Reed | October 27, 2012 | 32 | Car accident | [78] | |||||||
Marlon Bryant Brando (Sporty Thievz) | May 10, 2001 | Struck by minivan | [79] | ||||||||
Nut (Street Military) | Drive-by shooting | [80] | |||||||||
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 | [81] | |||||||
Damian (Damian Dame) | June 27, 1996 | 29 | Colon cancer | [81] | |||||||
Fooly Wayne | |||||||||||
Freako (Ghetto Stars) | February 2004 | 25 | Shot and killed | ||||||||
Freaky Tah | March 28, 1999 | 27 | Shot and killed | [82] | |||||||
Holy Quran | 2004 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Half a Mill | October 24, 2003 | 30 | Shot and killed | [83] | |||||||
Tonnie Sheppard (cousin of Half a Mill) | May 2001 | 36 | Stabbed to death | [84] | |||||||
Skee 64 | February 25, 2007 | 28 | Health problems concerning his liver | [85][86] | |||||||
Huddy Combs | October 13, 2010 | Car accident | [87] | ||||||||
La Banga | [88] | ||||||||||
Rappin' Ron (The Dangerous Crew) | Car accident - he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed | [89] | |||||||||
Baatin | August 1, 2009 | 35 | [90] | ||||||||
Lil Ruckie aka Rucis (Major Figgas) | Murder | [91] | |||||||||
Lil Jojo | September 4, 2012 | 18 | Shot and killed | [92] | |||||||
Lil Bango | November 11, 2012 | 19 | Shot and killed | [93] | |||||||
Brandon "B-Doggs" Mitchell (Wreckx-n-Effect) | August 9, 1990 | 20 | Shot and killed | [94][95] | |||||||
Fat Tone | Shot and killed | [96] | |||||||||
Mausberg | July 4, 2000 | 21 | Shot and killed | [97] | |||||||
AWOL | Shot and killed by police | [98] | |||||||||
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 | [99] | |||||||
Michael Menson | February 13, 1997 | Burned alive - died from burns | [100] | ||||||||
Mike Beck | October 30, 2009 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Bloodshed | October 30, 2009 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Cavlar | March 25, 2008 | 36 | Shot and killed | [101] | |||||||
29-E | January 4, 2009 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
.38 | |||||||||||
4-1-So-Sicc-Ass-Rell (Cold World Hustlers) | [32] | ||||||||||
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 | [50] | ||||||||
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 | [102] | ||||||||
Mixmaster Spade | March 15, 2005 | Motorcycle accident | |||||||||
Stretch | November 30, 1995 | 27 | Shot 4 times and killed | [103] | |||||||
T-Gunn | February 14, 2005 | Heart failure | |||||||||
DJ Subroc | 1993 | 19-20 | Hit by a car while crossing the street | [50] | |||||||
Poetic | July 15, 2001 | 36 | Colon cancer | [104] | |||||||
Trouble T Roy | July 15, 1990 | 22 | Freak accident | [105] | |||||||
Johnny J | October 3, 2008 | 39 | Suicide - jumped off upper tier of prison | [106] | |||||||
John "Vietnam" Nguyen | August 30, 2012 | 19 | Drowned | [107] | |||||||
Kilo G | 1997 | Shot and killed | [108] | ||||||||
Pimp Daddy | 1994 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Yella Boy (U.N.L.V.) | Shot and killed | [109] | |||||||||
Young Grin | January 28, 2005 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Yaki Kadafi | November 10, 1996 | 19 | Shot and killed | [110] | |||||||
Prince Ital Joe | May 16, 2001 | 38 | Car accident | [111] | |||||||
DJ Uncle Al | September 10, 2001 | 32 | Shot and killed | [112] | |||||||
Scientifik | Late 1996 | Apparent suicide | [113] | ||||||||
MC Thick | 1996 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Camu Tao | May 25, 2008 | 30 | Lung cancer | [114] | |||||||
Tony D | April 5, 2009 | 42 | Car accident | [115] | |||||||
Tony Trapz | January 21, 2012 | Shot and killed | |||||||||
Eyedea | October 16, 2010 | 28 | Drug overdose | [116][117] | |||||||
Jam Master Jay | October 30, 2002 | 37 | Shot and killed | [118] | |||||||
Nigga Creep | Shot and killed | ||||||||||
VL Mike | April 20, 2008 | 32 | Shot and killed | [119] | |||||||
Capital Steez | December 24, 2012 | 19 | Suicide - jumped off rooftop | [120][121] | |||||||
AC Chill (South Park Coalition) | December 14, 2005 | 36 | Heart attack | [122] | |||||||
Michael "The Mac" Robinson | 1991 | 20-21 | Shot and killed | [50][123] | |||||||
P-Folks | April 27, 2009 | 32 | [124] | ||||||||
Guru | April 19, 2010 | 48 | Cancer | [125] | |||||||
Apache | January 22, 2010 | 45 | [126] | ||||||||
Aaliyah | August 25, 2001 | 22 | Plane crash | [127] | |||||||
KMG the Illustrator (Above the Law) | July 7, 2012 | 43 | Heart attack | [128] | |||||||
Heavy D | November 8, 2011 | 44 | Pulmonary embolism | [129][130] | |||||||
Karryl "Special One" Smith (The Conscious Daughters) | December 10, 2011 | 44 | Complications from blood clot | [131][132] | |||||||
Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly (Kris Kross) | May 1, 2013 | 34 | Drug overdose - cocaine and heroin | [133][134] | |||||||
Tim Dog | February 14, 2013 | 46 | Complications from diabetes (reportedly faked his own death) | [135][136][137] | |||||||
Lord Infamous | December 20, 2013 | 40 | Heart attack | [138] | |||||||
Bad News Brown | February 11, 2011 | 33 | Murdered | [139] | |||||||
Camoflauge | May 19, 2003 | 21 | Shot and killed | [140] | |||||||
Killah P | September 18, 2013 | 34 | Stabbed to death | [141] | |||||||
King Tut | March 17, 2009 | Suicide - shot himself in the head in a taxi cab | |||||||||
Blade Icewood | April 19, 2005 | 28 | Shot and killed | [142] | |||||||
Killa Keise | November 10, 2011 | 28 | Shot and killed | [143] | |||||||
Lil Phat | June 7, 2012 | 19 | Shot and killed | [144] | |||||||
Sabotage | January 24, 2003 | 29 | Shot and killed | [145] | |||||||
Magnolia Shorty | December 20, 2010 | 28 | Shot and killed | [146] | |||||||
Slim Dunkin | December 16, 2011 | 24 | Shot and killed | [147][148] | |||||||
KayO Redd | December 29, 2013 | 27 | Apparent suicide | [149] | |||||||
X1 | July 5, 2007 | 28 | Suicide | [150] | |||||||
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 | [151] | |||||||
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 | [152] | |||||||
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 | [153] | |||||||
D-Boy | October 6, 1990 | 22 | Shot and killed | ||||||||
D-Boy Killa Stone | January 31, 2013 | Natural causes | [154] | ||||||||
Handy | May 19, 2004 | Car accident | |||||||||
Priceless Game | August 13, 2002 | 23 | Shot and killed | [155] | |||||||
Static Major | February 25, 2008 | 33 | Myasthenia gravis | ||||||||
Kenny Clutch | February 21, 2013 | 27 | Shot and killed | [156] | |||||||
Lil Ced | February 20, 2013 | 24 | Shot and killed | [157] | |||||||
Jimme Wallstreet | June 20, 2013 | 25 | Shot and killed | [158] |
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