List of murdered hip hop musicians

The following is a list of notable hip hop musicians who have been murdered.

A 2015 study concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of U.S. hip hop musician deaths.^[1] The study noted that this figure refers primarily to premature deaths as most hip hop musicians have not yet lived long enough to fall into the highest-risk ages for heart- and liver-related illnesses.

Name	Date of death	Age		Location of death	Cause of death	Ref.
Scott La Rock	August 27, 1987	25		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[2]
Paul C	July 17, 1989	24		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[3]
D-Boy Rodriguez	October 6, 1990	22		Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[4][5]
Charizma	December 16, 1993	20		Milpitas, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[6][7]
Stretch	November 30, 1995	27		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[8]
Seagram	July 31, 1996	26		Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[9][10]
Tupac Shakur	September 13, 1996	25		Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	Shot and killed	[11][12][13]
Yaki Kadafi	November 10, 1996	19		Orange, New Jersey, U.S.	Shot and killed	[14]
The Notorious B.I.G.	March 9, 1997	24		Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[15][16][17]
Fat Pat	February 3, 1998	27		Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[18][19]
Big L	February 15, 1999	24		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[20][21][22]
Freaky Tah	March 28, 1999	27		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[23]
Bugz	May 21, 1999	21		Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and run over	[24]
DJ Uncle Al	September 10, 2001	32		Miami, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[25][26]
Jam Master Jay	October 30, 2002	37		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[27]
Sabotage	January 24, 2003	29		São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[28][29]
Camoflauge	May 19, 2003	21		Savannah, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[30]
Half a Mill	October 24, 2003	30		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[31]
Soulja Slim	November 26, 2003	26		New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[32][33]
Mac Dre	November 1, 2004	34		Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	Shot and killed	[34]
Blade Icewood	April 19, 2005	28		Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[35]
Proof	April 11, 2006	32		Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	Shot and killed	[36][37][38]
Big Hawk	May 1, 2006	36		Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[39]
VL Mike	April 20, 2008	32		New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[40]
Dolla	May 18, 2009	21		Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[41][42][43]
Lele	July 1, 2010	23		Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[44]
Magnolia Shorty	December 20, 2010	28		New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[45]
Bad News Brown	February 11, 2011	33		Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Murdered	[46]
Adán Zapata	June 1, 2012	21		San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico	Shot and killed	[47]
Lil Phat	June 7, 2012	19		Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[48]
MC Daleste	July 7, 2013	20		Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil	Shot and killed	[49]
Pavlos Fyssas	September 18, 2013	34		Keratsini, Athens, Greece	Stabbed to death	[50]
Depzman	September 21, 2013	18		Birmingham, West Midlands, England	Stabbed to death	[51]
Doe B	December 28, 2013	22		Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.	Shot and killed	[52]
The Jacka	February 2, 2015	37		Oakland, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[53]
Flabba	March 9, 2015	37		Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa	Stabbed to death	[54]
Chinx Drugz	May 17, 2015	31		New York City, New York, U.S.	Shot and killed	[55]
Bankroll Fresh	March 4, 2016	28		Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.	Shot and killed	[56]
3-2	November 10, 2016	44		Houston, Texas, U.S.	Shot and killed	[57]
XXXTentacion	June 18, 2018	20		Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S.	Shot and killed	[58]
Jimmy Wopo	June 18, 2018	21		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	Shot and killed	[59][60]
Smoke Dawg	June 30, 2018	21		Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Shot and killed	[61]
Young Greatness	October 29, 2018	34		New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	Shot and killed	[62]
Feis	January 1, 2019	32		Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands	Shot and killed	[63]
Kevin Fret	January 10, 2019	25		Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico	Shot and killed	[64]
Nipsey Hussle	March 31, 2019	33		Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[65]
Pop Smoke	February 19, 2020	20		Los Angeles, California, U.S.	Shot and killed	[66]
Huey	June 25, 2020	31		Kinloch, Missouri, U.S.	Shot and killed	[67]