Eazy E (Sept 7th 1964 - March 26th 1995)
Eazy-E of N.W.A announced he had AIDS in early March 1995 after he had found out in February.
Three weeks later Eazy died on March 26th, 1995 at the age of 31.

Seagram (1970 - July 31st 1996)
Seagram was killed on July 31st 1996, he was shot by a unknown gunman. The gunman fired several rounds at Seagram and a friend. Seagram was hit will trying to shield his friend from the gunman. Seagram was the first westcoast rapper to sign to Rap-A-Lot records.

Mr Cee (RBL Posse) ( - 1996)
Mr Cee (Hubert "Kyle" Church III) was in the group RBL Poose with Black C and Hitman. He was murdered in a street killing he was shot nine times on January 1st 1996. RBL Posse had just signed to major label Atlantic. Black C had to release Eye For An Eye as a duo with Hitman.

Rappin Ron (- 1997)
Was in the group Bad N Fluenz with Ant Diddley Dog. They released a album in 1995 called Bad N Fluenz. He fell asleep at the wheel of a car and crashed.

The Mac (1971 - 1991)
From Vallejo, The Mac (Michael Robinson) was killed in a case of mistaken indentity, he released 2 EP's on tape on Strictly Business records, called Enough Of Tis Shit and The Game is Thick.

DJ Cee ( - 1995)
DJ Cee (Cecil Allison) was a DJ for Ray Luv, Mac Mall and Mac Dre he was shot as innocent bystander in December 95.

MC Ant

Plan B
Oakland rapper

DJ Co V Co
of The Funxsouljaz

Crazy Rak
DJ released album with Rondo

4-1-So-Sicc-Ass-Rell
of Cold World Hustlers

Dion Stewart (Black Dynasty) ( -1996)
Dion Stewart AKA The True Lesson Giver of Oakland group Black Dynasty was shot and killed on the morning of March 24th 1996 as he attempted to hold up an East Oakland truck rental business. After his death his girlfriend discovered a poem he'd written 2 days previously entitled "Bye Bye Baby," Dion was part of the group Black Dynasty with Kareem Abdulah.

Kadafi (Yafeu Fula) (October 9th 1977 - November 10th 1996)
Member of Tupac Shakurs group Tha Outlawz. Appeared on most of the tracks on Still I Rise. He was murdered about a month after Tupac in a apartment building in 1996.

Mauseburg ( - 2000)
From DaveyD.com by Byze One
I wanted to express to you and your readers a little something about Mausberg so that he isn't remembered as just another LA rapper fallen and then forgotten the next day. First of all, this young star was only 21 yrs old and about to take the rap game by storm before the Devil got in the way. Although most of you have never heard of Mausberg and some of you have from some of the cameo's he did. Here is a little information on some of the records Mausy had done so far.

Konnektid Project "Shut Up" (which will blow you away), "The Re-Birth" f/KAM Sherpard Lane/Universal
DJ Quik "Rythm-a-lizm" - "Down Down Down"   Profile/Arista
Life Soundtrack with R Kelly and Quik , title unknown  Jive
DJ Quik "Balance & Options" , "Change the Game", "Speak On It", "Well" Profile/Arista
2nd II None "220" "Make 'em Understand"   Profile/Arista

If you have any of the records please check them out and then you'll hear the talent that he had for being a great emcee. And if you aren't convinced, wait until his album drops.  Check for the single titled "Ring King" and listen to it blow you away!!!!!!

When I met Mausberg for the first time I was instantly convinced that he was going to be the Biggie of the West Coast.  He was going to be the one that everyone from LA to NY was going to be feeling!  He stood about 6 3' and about 275 pounds, dark, bald and always in a red shirt, black jeans and brown cowboy boots. He was always very polite, gentle and humble. He always had a smile on his face and he always had pleasant things to say to everyone. He was the one that would stand on the block and everyone around him would just
sit there and look up to him.  He was the neighborhood King and everyone in Compton knew that Mausberg was going to be the Biggie of the West Coast, because it was supposed to be that way!

He was the kind of kid that would go everywhere with Quik and I and he would just sit back in the cut and would study everyone and everything and after we would leave the place we were at he would pull my aside and ask mad questions about the music industry and the game.  He was one of those guys that got it,
he was the one that was going know how to run his own career and run shit properly. He was patient and he was very intelligent.

He was always ready to hit the studio and always dropping gems over incredible tracks by Quik.  The kind of tracks that you would not even expect from Quik. These tracks were tailor made for Mausy and he killed everyone of them 1 by 1. As a matter of fact, the only night that they weren't in the studio was the night of his senseless murder.

Monday July 3rd around 10:45PM was the last time I myself saw Mausberg alive in physical form. He had paged me to invite me to the studio were he and Quik were finishing a few tracks for his upcoming album. I came through about 45 minutes later and after a pound pound and our usual blunt session we sat down to talkxabout what we were gonna do to them when this album ropped.

He was so excited about the songs Quik was mixing and you could see it on his face.  Tonight Mausberg was happy and he couldn't wait to take the rap world over!!!!!  After about an hour I had to step so I gave him a pound/hug and said "Aight Mausy, I'ma see you tomorrow" and he said, "Fa Sho My Nigga, Be safe"

On the day of July 4, 2000 Mausberg was home all day and on that evening he was home studying his DMV handbook because he was tired of being taxi-ed around and was about to get himself a car very soon. He was home until about 12:45AM before he walked out the front door of his apartment for the last time. What happened next is very very sad and was very unnecessary as Mausberg was shot twice and he taken from us all and the world was left without hearing the illest emcee take over alive!!!

The next morning most of the industry was paged by LA's Big Boy/KPWR around 7am with a message that read "MAUSBERG OF DJ QUIK'S CAMP WAS KILLED THIS MORNING IN COMPTON".

When I saw my pager I was still groggy and sleepy.  I looked at what it said again and dropped my pager. I really could not believe that this was true, that this page was  right. Unfortunately, the news was true and Johnny Burns was not going to get his turn to take the world over with his powerful lyrics, charisma and style...

We are all so very crushed by what happened to our little brother and we are all hurt, but we are all still behind Johnny Burns and you will hear his album and you will memorize his lyrics because you want to...because he is Mausberg the Superior/You never heard of a more wickeder nigga coming outta the urban area/...

Last night we all gathered at Quik's house and celebrated Mausy's life with the crew and his mother and sister. The party was so live you almost forgot that we were there to remember him.  He was definetly there in spirit, in love and was still smiling down on all of us.

The best part of the evening was seeing his mother rapping all of his lyrics to "Shut Up" into the video camera.  As she held up the picture of her son to the camera and resited the last verse of his song and then said, "This is my baby boy right here"...

Mausberg, we miss you big homey but we aint gonna let them not hear you, your powerful voice and your more powerful music...We got your back Mausy, in a real way!!!!

Eclipse( - 2000)
A 23-year-old aspiring musician was shot to death early 14th Nov 2000, police said. Erik L. Carson of Oakland was shot about 1:30 a.m. at the intersection of 98th Avenue and Springfield Street, moments after being dropped off to visit some friends in the area, police said. Police said they were trying to determine where he was coming from. Carson was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital at 9:22 a.m. where his mother and friends had kept a night-long vigil. His mother did not want to talk to reporters on Tuesday. Police said they have no motive for the killing and no suspects in custody. Police said Carson was an aspiring rapper who performed under the name Eclipse and was about to cut his first tape at a West Oakland studio. The killing was Oakland's 73rd homicide of the year.

Cougnut (1968 - 2001)
Cougnut was killed in a car accident on September 4th 2001. They were in a 2002 Chevy Impala. The driver allowed his vehicle to drift toward the right shoulder of the roadway. The driver then over-corrected back to the left, and lost control of the car, causing it to flip several times before coming to rest in a field. "Paramedics pronounced the driver and his two passengers dead at the scene. The driver was identified as a 37-year-old San Jose man and his passengers as a 33-year-old San Jose man and a 24-year-old San Francisco man. Only one of the three was wearing a seat belt, the CHP said. The CHP report states that alcohol was "probably a factor" in the crash, as evidenced by the numerous open containers around the vehicle." Cougnut was in the group I.M.P which released two albums, Back In The Days in 1993 and Ill Mannered Playas in 1996. Cougnut was due to release his debut albumand a greatest hits album.

D Mac( - 2001)
D Mac was killed in the car accident with cougnut

Hitman (RBL Posse) ( - 2003)
Hitman was young, but a pioneer in the community, being a young artist coming up in Hip Hop,” said Kevin Epps, producer of the film “Straight Outta Hunters Point.” “It’s such a tragedy for a young brother with so much talent to lose his life.”

Rapper Hitman of RBL Posse was shot in the head and killed while driving last Sunday night. Ricky Herd (Hitman) was the third member of the original rap duo, which included Black C and Mr. Cee before Mr. Cee was shot nine times and killed on Jan. 1, 1996. Through independent distribution with In-A-Minute-Records, RBL sold almost half a million. In 1995 Hitman released “Solo Creep.” Black C and Hitman released “An Eye For An Eye” in 1997, which sold 88,000 copies. Hitman released a solo album in 1999 called “H20 vol.1.” “Bootlegs and Bayshit: The Resume” was their double album released in 2000, and the last to come out was “Hostile Takeover” in 2001.

Hitman was important in the community as a rap figure. He was one of the youngest rappers out when he came onto the rap scene. For those of us living in an environment that is working against the benefit of the people, Hitman was a bright glimmer of hope. He was only 24 years old when he died.

“He was a reputable M.C. from the RBL clique with a lot of fans and a unique stop-and-go style of rap,” JT the Bigga Figga said. “He impressed me with all the creativity. Whenever he came on, I would always zoom in and listen.”

Epps said he knew him as a young cat running around in the neighborhood who really came into his own through the music he produced. “He had his own unique style and was a solid brother in terms of communicating with others.”

The deaths of our brothers are rampant in the Bay Area. Last year there were 113 deaths in Oakland alone. We’ve had a ridiculous number of rappers who have died over the past seven years. From Oakland there was Segram, Rappin’ Ron, Eclipse and Tupac, and from Frisco we lost Cougnut, Mr Cee and now Hitman. It’s such a tragedy, and it doesn’t stop in the Bay. We’ve lost rappers all over the country. Jam Master Jay, Big L, Freaky Tah and Notorious B.I.G. are only a few, and we can’t even count the many deaths of those names we’ve never heard.

Epps said it goes back to how real the music of Hunters Point is as far as issues it speaks about. “To see it happen is really a reflection of what brothers are dealing with and consequences that go with this music,” he said. “He is a regretted loss in that community because they need role models there that they can be inspired by.”

JT strongly felt the loss of Hitman and related it to a larger problem in the community. “As far as his music, it suffered because of the violence. He wasn’t able to really spread his wings because the violence was so hard to escape. It’s just another Black man gone.

“Every life counts.”

Acknowledging that the struggle is a tough, ongoing process, we must always remain hopeful and determined to get the liberation we are destined to have.

Brother Moe, educational coordinator of New Directions Mentor Program in Hunters Point, said, “It’s bigger than Brother Rick’s death. It’s a system that is set up in the Black community for us to destroy each other. We must stop this and work to uplift our community.”

Although Hitman was still a product of his environment and has used his talents in a hurtful way, Brother Jamo from the Nation said that Hitman had wanted to use his music to pull people together. He just needed the right help and the right people.

“Rick and some others I know, they got great influence and pull,” Brother Jamo said. “Rick was saying that there are problems, of course, but it’s reparable. So if you feel that way and so do others, that’s worth us jumping in with two feet to make it right. The beauty is not just in him. If channeled properly, it’s in the average brother and sister on the street.”

JT sends a shout out to family and friends telling them to keep their heads up

by Ebony of SF Bayview Newspaper

Speedy Loc ( - 2003)
Rapper Speedy Loc died on June 13th 2003. He released the album Cali Thuggin in 2001. This was posted on www.speedyloc.com
We are sad to announce that rapper Speedy Loc has passed away due to a serious medical condition he has been battling for tha past year. We at Starz the Limit give our deepest sympathy and condolences to the family. Our hearts poor out as well as our tears to his mother, wife and children. who are left in debt to deal with the cost of his funeral and medical bills. So we at Starz the Limit are setting up a fund raiser to help take care of some of these cost. If u are willing to help out please send your donation cash, check, or money order made out 2 Robert Munoz to this address as follows.

P.O. Box 2406
Union City, CA 94587

B Brazy ( - 2003)
B Brazy was part of Damu Ridaz, he died in 2003.

Double D ( - 2003)
San Francisco rapper Double D (Darrel Anderson) was killed on 16th August 2003. He released the albums Think About It and a album with Telly Mac.

Lil Bo ( -2003)
Rapper Lil Bo was killed in 2003, he was featured on C-Bo's album Till My Casket Drops

Freako ( -2004)
Freako of the Ghetto Stars died February 2004. He was shot at the Dennys parking lot on Sunset. He released the album Ghetto Star in 2001 featuring Mac Dre, Mob Figaz, Dubee and others.

Holy Quran (-2004)
from the group Off Da Hook. Was shot and killed.

Mac Dre - (1970 - 2004)
R.I.P Mac Dre, he was killed in Kansas City on November 1st 2004 , here is an article from SFGate.com

When Wanda Salvatto heard Monday that her son was dead, she didn't trust the news. After all, Andre Hicks -- better known as Vallejo rapper Mac Dre -- had been slain three times before, according to rumors. But at 4 p.m., Salvatto learned the latest buzz was true: Hicks, 34, was gunned down early Monday in a freeway shooting in Kansas City, Mo., where he was performing at a concert, police there said.

No motive was immediately revealed, but Hicks' death -- like his life -- seemed to befit his lyrics, as well as the rumor-filled lore of hard-core rap and the history of Vallejo's vaunted hip-hop scene. "V-Town" produced stars like E-40, Young KYOZ, Mac Mall and Coolio Da Unda Dog, but its music scene also has been linked to, and touched by, violence.

Police say Hicks was once part of Vallejo's northside Romper Room Gang, which was suspected of committing a series of bank robberies and pizza parlor stickups in the early 1990s. When his career was interrupted by a five-year prison stint for conspiring to rob a bank in Fresno, Hicks released a single he recorded on a jailhouse phone, taunting the police officers who put him behind bars.

But Salvatto said her son's story had changed after his 1996 release. He recorded album after album -- more than 20 in all -- and recently broke through on hip-hop radio stations, including KMEL, which Monday mourned Hicks by playing his tunes and airing pained calls from fans.

Hicks moved from Vallejo to Sacramento for a "fresh start" about four years ago, his mother said. He started a record label, Thizz Entertainment, and dreamed of hiring and mentoring teenagers he could steer away from the trouble he knew so well. His albums -- like this year's "Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics" -- began mining political themes. "He wouldn't want his legacy to be that," Salvatto said of her son's legal problems. "He got through that and had been living a healthy, clean life. ... He started in the streets, and he got himself out." "The part that hurts the most," she said, was that Hicks was killed after years of trying to reclaim his career after prison. "He was about to blow up again. It took him to this point to catch up. But he was determined."

Kansas City police officer Darin Snapp said investigators weren't sure who had killed Hicks or why. At 3:30 a.m. Monday, Hicks was the passenger in a white van heading north on Highway 71 through Kansas City when someone in a second vehicle opened fire. "The driver said he heard shots and started ducking," Snapp said. The van swerved across a grass median and four southbound lanes, then crashed into a ditch. The driver ran down the highway to a store to call 911, Snapp said. Paramedics found Hicks dead from a gunshot wound. Snapp said investigators were looking into Hicks' performance schedule to find out whether he could have met his killer there.

Bay Area rappers are popular in Kansas City and often perform there. Hicks was a successful rapper while he was still in high school. He first found the radio airwaves with a song titled, ironically, "Too Hard for the Radio." It spoke of Vallejo's "Romper Room kickin' on Leonard Street/Mac Dre full of the Hennessy." He soon lost his friend and fellow rapper Michael Robinson -- a.k.a. The Mac -- who was shot dead in Vallejo while sitting in his car with his pregnant girlfriend. Hicks' most recent album pays tribute to Robinson.

Hicks is "one of the pioneers of Bay Area rap and one of the guys who put Vallejo on the map," said Ryan Miller of Alameda, who operates rapbay.com, an online music seller that received a flurry of interest in Mac Dre on Monday.

Skee 64 (-2007)

Woodie ( - 2007)