Obituaries

Shock G performing as alter-ego Humpty Hump in 2012. Autopsy details have now emerged on hip-hop pioneer Gregory Jacobs, aka Shock G, who died in April of this year. The ultra-powerful opioid fentanyl has no... Read More...

Photo Credit: Epic Records Dallas viral rapper Lil Loaded is dead after an apparent suicide, according to his attorney. The Dallas County medical examiner's office confirmed the rapper's death. But the cause... Read More...

Photo Credit: John Davis via Facebook John Davis, one of the real voices behind the music group Milli Vanilli, has passed away. "My dad passed away this evening through the coronavirus," Davis' daughter, Jas... Read More...

Photo: Mika Väisänen (CC by SA 3.0) As the world continues the mourn the death of DMX, more information about the rapper's tragic overdose and resulting heart attack is coming to light. Here are more details ... Read More...

Another rap legend has passed away. Shock G, cofounder of Digital Underground and longtime Tupac Shakur collaborator, died today at age 57. Here's a fun early rap fact: Tupac Shakur first appeared in the Dig... Read More...

Photo Credit: Mika / CC by 3.0 Rap icon DMX has died, following news he was hospitalized on April 2nd. He was 50 years old. Fans had been praying for days outside the White Plains, New York hospital where th... Read More...

Iconic rapper and entertainer DMX — aka Earl Simmons — was pronounced dead earlier this morning in White Plains, NY. DMX suffered a massive drug overdose and entered a 'vegetative state' just days ago. Now, ... Read More...

Photo Credit: Hosein Zanbori Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the audio cassette tape has passed away, aged 94. Dutch media reports Ottens died at his home in Duizel in Brabant on March 6. Ottens studied to... Read More...

Michael Gudinski. Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi Mushroom Group founder and lauded Australian indie-music figure Michael Gudinski has passed away at the age of 68. Mushroom Group announced the unfortunate news on... Read More...

Photo Credit: Prince Markie Dee Mark Anthony Morales, better known as Prince Markie Dee of the rap group Fat Boys, recently died at 52. The cause of his premature death remains unknown. Days after the death ... Read More...

Chick Corea performing live. Photo Credit: Tore Sætre Famed jazz composer and pianist Chick Corea has passed away due to complications from cancer. Chick Corea’s team confirmed the unfortunate news in a Face... Read More...