List of murdered hip-hop musicians

This is a list of notable rappers and hip hop musicians murdered since 1987.

Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher.^[1][2]

Some reasons cited for the high homicide rate include poor background of many artists, criminal gang activity, drug use, and inadequate pastoral care among artists and record labels.^[3][4][5] In 2020, XXL wrote that of 77 rapper deaths they examined, more than 40 remain unsolved, including the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G., and the 1999 murder of Big L.^[6]

List

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Name	Date of death	Age at death	Place of death	Cause of death	Ref.
Scott La Rock	August 27, 1987	25	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[7]
Paul C	July 17, 1989	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[8]
Danny "D-Boy" Rodriguez	October 6, 1990	22	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[9][10]
Charizma	December 16, 1993	20	East Palo Alto, California, U.S.	Shooting	[11][12]
Stretch	November 30, 1995	27	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[13]
Seagram	July 31, 1996	26	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shooting	[14][15]
Tupac Shakur	September 13, 1996	25	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Drive-by shooting	[16][17][18]
G-Slimm	October 13, 1996	21	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[19]
The Notorious B.I.G.	March 9, 1997	24	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Drive-by shooting	[20][21][22]
Fat Pat	February 3, 1998	27	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[23][24]
Big L	February 15, 1999	24	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[25][26][27]
DJ Uncle Al	September 10, 2001	32	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Shooting	[28][29]
Jam Master Jay	October 30, 2002	37	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[30]
Sabotage	January 24, 2003	29	São Paulo, Brazil	Shooting	[31][32]
Camoflauge	May 19, 2003	21	Savannah, Georgia, U.S.	Shooting	[33]
Soulja Slim	November 26, 2003	26	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[34][35]
Mac Dre	November 1, 2004	34	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Shooting	[36]
Papa Touwtjie	June 9, 2005	36	Paramaribo, Suriname	Shooting	[37]
Proof	April 11, 2006	32	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shooting	[38][39]
Big Hawk	May 1, 2006	36	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[40]
Dolla	May 18, 2009	21	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shooting	[41][42]
Speedfreaks	March 26, 2010	37	Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Shooting	[43]
Lele	July 1, 2010	23	Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico	Shooting	[44]
Messy Mya	November 14, 2010	22	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[45]
Magnolia Shorty	December 20, 2010	28	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[46]
Bad News Brown	February 11, 2011	33	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Unspecified violence	[47][48]
Adán Zapata	June 1, 2012	21	San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico	Shooting	[49]
Lil JoJo	September 4, 2012	18	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	Shooting	[50]
MC Daleste	July 7, 2013	20	Paulínia, Brazil	Shooting	[51]
Lil Snupe	June 20, 2013	18	Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[52]
Pavlos Fyssas	September 18, 2013	34	Keratsini, Greece	Stabbing	[53]
Depzman	September 21, 2013	18	Birmingham, England	Stabbing	[54]
The Jacka	February 2, 2015	37	Oakland, California, U.S.	Shooting	[55]
Chinx	May 17, 2015	31	New York City, New York, U.S.	Shooting	[56]
Bankroll Fresh	March 4, 2016	28	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shooting	[57]
Mr. 3-2	November 10, 2016	44	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[58]
XXXTentacion	June 18, 2018	20	Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.	Shooting	[59]
Jimmy Wopo	June 18, 2018	21	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Shooting	[60][61]
Smoke Dawg	June 30, 2018	21	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Shooting	[62]
Young Greatness	October 29, 2018	34	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[63]
Feis	January 1, 2019	32	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Shooting	[64]
Kevin Fret	January 10, 2019	24	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Shooting	[65]
Nipsey Hussle	March 31, 2019	33	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shooting	[66]
RS	September 3, 2019	18	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Stabbing	[67]
Pop Smoke	February 19, 2020	20	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shooting during home invasion	[68]
Houdini	May 26, 2020	21	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Shooting	[69]
Huey	June 25, 2020	31	Kinloch, Missouri, U.S.	Shooting	[70]
King Von	November 6, 2020	26	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shooting	[71]
MO3	November 11, 2020	28	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[72][73]
Einár	October 21, 2021	19	Stockholm, Sweden	Shooting	[74]
Young Dolph	November 17, 2021	36	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	Shooting	[75]
Drakeo the Ruler	December 19, 2021	28	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Stabbing	[76]
Snootie Wild	February 27, 2022	36	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[77]
Goonew	March 18, 2022	24	Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S.	Shooting	[78]
Archie Eversole	April 5, 2022	37	Decatur, Georgia, U.S.	Shooting	[79]
Sidhu Moose Wala	May 29, 2022	28	Mansa, Punjab, India	Shooting	[80]
Trouble	June 5, 2022	34	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shooting during home invasion	[81]
Notti Osama	July 9, 2022	14	Manhattan, New York City, U.S.	Stabbing	[82]
Zayar Thaw	July 23, 2022	41	Yangon, Myanmar	Executed by Myanmar military junta	[83]
JayDaYoungan	July 27, 2022	24	Bogalusa, Louisiana, U.S.	Shooting	[84]
Young Slo-Be	August 5, 2022	29	Manteca, California, U.S.	Shooting	[85]
PnB Rock	September 12, 2022	30	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shooting	[86]
Takeoff	November 1, 2022	28	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shooting	[87]
AKA	February 10, 2023	35	Durban, South Africa	Shooting	[88]
Pacho El Antifeka	June 1, 2023	42	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Shooting	[89]
Bigidagoe	February 25, 2024	26	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Shooting	[90]
C.Gambino	June 4, 2024	26	Gothenburg, Sweden	Shooting	[91]
Julio Foolio	June 23, 2024	26	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	Shooting	[92]
Gaboro	December 19, 2024	23	Östergötland, Sweden	Shooting	[93]

See also

• List of murdered musicians
• List of deaths in rock and roll
• List of pop musicians who died of drug overdose
• 27 Club
• Curse of the ninth

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