Gunshots rang out early Sunday morning claiming the life of the young DJ.

Police rushed to the scene where witnesses say the heard a single gunshot around 2am in the Clifton area of Staten Island. DJ Megatron was fatally shot in the stomach, and police pronounced him dead on the scene. His stepfather, Keith Robinson said that the family was obviously distraught over the death of the Hot 97 resident DJ and BET’s 106th and Park regular. Lisa Torres, a close friend of Megatron, arrived to the scene at 4am, after just talking to him hours earlier. She became distraught and inconsolable when the news finally sank in saying ”He’s right there on the ground. I can’t believe this! You’re lying, you’re lying!That’s not Megatron right there!”

Our condolences go to the family and friends of DJ Megatron.

R.I.P

Read more at NY Daily News

I already did this in the morning on the Facebook Fan Page and now I’m just making an official post and added some videos as a tribute. You can watch them individually or you can play them all on the R.I.P. Nate Dogg Playlist I put together on YouTube.

Iconic Hip-Hop singer Nate Dogg (Nathaniel Dwayne Hale) died last night.  The cause of death is currently unknown, but the singer had two major strokes in 2009 and 2010 that paralyzed the left side of his body.

Nate Dogg was part of the group “213″ with Snoop Dogg and Warren G.  He made his first appearance on Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” album, and became the go-to hook-man on countless hit singles like 50 Cent’s “21 Questions”, Ludacris’ “Area Codes”, 2Pac’s “All About You” and many others.  He appeared on over 20 million records sold.

Celebrities like Snoop Dogg, The Game, Daz, Ludacris, Dave Chappelle and countless others tweeted their condolences.

Source: MTV News

On Tuesday Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg broke down what’s been happening between Solar’s shifty press release from Monday and everything that’s happened since. This was before Guru’s family put out their own statement earlier today.

As many people suspected, that there is no way Guru could have wrote that letter. I know there is 2 sides to every story but why would you even do something like that? It’s a shame because this over shadows Guru’s passing.

The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support.

Our hearts are broken by the loss of someone we loved so much. GURU was devoted to his young son, who will most keenly feel his absence.

GURU suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year. Accrued complications from this illness led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. As a result, GURU was in a coma from mid February until his death and never regained consciousness. Early on the morning of April 19th, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us.

GURU died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many legendary musical contributions.

The family is not aware of any foundations established by GURU. We know and understand that countless fans want to express their condolences and love and, to that end, we are planning a memorial event in the near future that will be all-inclusive. Please look for further details from the family as they become available.

from The Elam Family

And Guru’s Twitter account is still being used, SMH.

IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL MY BROTHER, KEITH ELAM, BETTER KNOWN AS GURU OF THE LEGENDARY GANG STARR.

FROM 1988-2004, WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SUCCESS TOGETHER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR BUSINESSES INDEPENDENTLY AND GIVE EACH OTHER WHAT GURU CALLED “CREATIVE SPACE”, BEFORE PLANNING TO REUNITE FOR OUR 7TH LP WHEN THE TIME WAS RIGHT. TRAGICALLY, WE WILL NEVER REACH THAT DAY.

I’VE BEEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON A LETTER SPEAKING ILL OF ME WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY GURU IN HIS DYING DAYS. ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, WE BUILT A HIP HOP LEGACY TOGETHER, AND NO ONE CAN RE-WRITE HISTORY OR TAKE AWAY MY LOVE FOR HIM. ONE THING I WOULD NEVER DO IS PLAY AROUND WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LIFE.

I WILL CELEBRATE GURU’S LIFE… I WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY… I WILL GRIEVE WITH THE ELAM FAMILY OVER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH… I WILL REMEMBER THE GANG STARR FOUNDATION AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF GANG STARR WHO CAME BEFORE ME – WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER… MOSTLY, I WILL CHERISH EVERYTHING WE CREATED TOGETHER AS GANG STARR, FOREVER. I’M GONNA MISS HEARING HIS SIGNATURE MONOTONE VOICE WHEN HE WALKS IN THE ROOM, BUT THE SONGS WILL ALWAYS BRING IT BACK TO ME….HIS RHYME FLOWS WERE INSANE, AND I WILL NEVER REMOVE HIM FROM MY HEART AND SOUL…….REST IN PEACE TO THE MAN WHO FELT “SATISFACTION FROM THE STREET CROWD REACTION” … I LOVE YOU GOO…….DJ PREMIER

R.I.P Guru

Legendary Gangstarr artist Guru has succumbed to cancer after a lengthy bout with the disease.

The artist, born Keith Elam, died on Monday April 19. He was 43 years old.

Solar, Guru’s partner, expressed sadness over the loss.

This is a big loss for Hip Hop, another added to the R.I.P archives.

Read the full story and Guru’s letter to his supporters at All Hip Hop

Update: That letter was bullshit and completely fabricated by Solar…

Anybody who knows me already knows the deal so I won’t get into it. I just woke up and found out about the news, it’s been all over Twitter and Facebook ,when I saw the headline I immediately thought so that’s why my neighbor has been bumping Michael Jackson all day. And now every whip that drives by is bumping the king. He will be missed but never forgotten especially not by me.

Source:Pop icon Michael Jackson is dead [LA Times]

The Web Collapses Under The Weight Of Michael Jackson’s Death. Twitter, TMZ, LA Times all went dow due to so many people rushing to those sites to get the news even Perez Hilton’s site felt the pressure.

Yet another one added to the R.I.P. list.

Youtube:Michael Jackson

About 13 hours ago, hip hop artist Dolla signed up for Twitter. He sent out a couple of tweets and presumably left to go to the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. I know this because he was shot and killed there shortly thereafter.

One of the trending topics on Twitter right now is “RIP Dolla” and hundreds more messages are being directed at Dolla’s now-dormant account. It seems that he’s gained several hundred followers since his death and a lot of people are using the account to pay their respects to him.

Source:TechCrunch

R.I.P. to Dolla, I did allot of coverage on Dolla when he was on the come up last year and in 07. Can’t believe I actually found this story on TechCrunch, why has no one covered this story yet?

Pay your Respects

Myspace.com/dolla

Twitter/DollaGanga

Yet another rapper added to the R.I.P. section.

Andre Romelle Young Jr., the son of rapper and pioneering hip-hop producer Dr. Dre, was found dead in his Woodland Hills, California, home Saturday morning, according to Dre’s representative. He was 20 years old.

An autopsy was conducted on Young’s body Monday, but a cause of death has not yet been determined, pending the results of a toxicology report, a representative for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office told MTV News. The coroner’s rep confirmed that an Andre Romelle Young Jr. passed away Saturday, but was uncertain if he was Dre’s son; Dre’s rep confirmed that information Tuesday (August 26).

Young was discovered in his bed at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday by his mother, who attempted to rouse him, the coroner’s spokesperson said. Young was unresponsive, so she called paramedics, who responded to the scene. After their efforts to revive him failed, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Our Condolences to Dre and his family, thats horrible another one added to the R.I.P. list…..

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On August 10, 2008, Hayes’ wife found him on the floor near a treadmill inside his home located just east of Memphis, Tennessee. A Shelby County, Tennessee sheriff’s deputy responded to Hayes’ home. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, where he was pronounced dead at 2:08pm, at the age of 65. The cause of death was not immediately known.

This is such a tragic and twisted series of events that Isaac Hayes passed two days after Bernie Mac did being that they were suppose to be co-starring in a new movie along side Samuel L Jackson.

Comedian and Chicago native Bernie Mac died early Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist confirmed.

Mac, 50, had been hospitalized for about a week at Northwestern Hospital, according to his spokeswoman. A few years ago, Mac disclosed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes inflammation in tissue, most often in the lungs.

Full Article: Chicago Tribune(Takes A Look At His Life)

Our condolences goes out to the Mac family and friends, this is definitely unexpected there wasn’t even any news about him being sick. He was most definitely the funniest of all the Kings Of Comedy. We would love to give you a full rundown of all Bernie Mac’s achievements and accolades but Wikipedia does a better job.

R.I.P he will be missed………

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Pimp C, real name Chad Butler — and one half of the rap duo UGK, was found dead in a hotel room this morning. He was 33.L.A. County Fire responded to a 911 call at the Mondrian Hotel, located on trendy Sunset Strip in Hollywood. They arrived to his sixth floor hotel room to find him dead in bed.

UGK is best known for appearing on the Jay-Z track “Big Pimpin’” in 2000, and more recently with Outkast on the song “International Player’s Anthem (I Choose You).” Pimp C had just performed with fellow rapper Too Short at the “House of Blues” in L.A. on Saturday night.

The first interview done with Jim Jones since the passing of Stack Bundles, he speaks on Stack Bundles, Jay-Z, Camron, Hip Hop and the future of Dipset. Check out the interview at Websclusive.