Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BLUNTED BY THE BULLET

“Live by the gun, die by the gun” – 2Pac (RIP)

They were very talented musically, they all died young and they all died after being shot. Here’s a look at five rappers who died before they reached their peak.

Freaky Tah(Rapper) – Freaky Tah was a member of the hip hop group-Lost Boyz with hit songs like ‘renee’. On March 28, 1999 he was shot while attending a birthday party of his friend and group member Mr. Cheeks. He was 27 years old at the time of his death

Bugz – He was a member of the D12 group which consisted of Eminem, Proof, Bizzare, Eye-Kyu,Bugz and Presto Genie. On May 21, 1999, Bugz was shot four times and also hit by the assailants vehicle as he fled the scene. He was 21 years old at the time of his death

Big L – He was a rapper and a member of the hip hop group D.I.T.C.  He was shot  nine times and died on the spot  in February 1999. He was 24 years old at the time of his death.


2Pac –Shakur was a  west-coast based rapper and had his own label ‘death row records’. In September 1996, Tupac was shot in the las Vegas Metropolitan area of Nevada and died a few days later in Hospital . Tupac was 25 years old at the time of his death.


Notorious BIG – Biggie, a member of the Junior M.A.F.I.A  groupand a key figure in the East Coast hip hop scene was an American  rapper who got shot by an unknown assailant on March 9, 1997 in a drive-by shooting in los Angeles. He was 24 years old at the time of his death.




They may be gone too early, but one thing that remains eternal till this day is the quality of songs that they composed way back.

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