CALVIN BROADUS JR
20/11/1971 (Age 49)
Long Beach, CA
Albums: 17 (+ 2 with Tha Eastsidaz, 1 with 213, 1 with 7 Days of Funk, 1 with Daz-N-Snoop)
Essential Album: Doggystyle
Essential Song: Deep Cover
LONNIE LYNN
13/03/1972 (age 48)
Chicago, IL
Albums: 12 (+ 1 with August Greene)
Essential Album: Be
Essential Song: The 6th Sense
TYLER OKONMA
06/03/1991 (age 29)
Los Angeles, CA
Albums: 5 (+ 1 with Odd Future)
Essential Album: Goblin
Essential Song: Yonkers
12/05/1978 (age 42)
Detroit, MI
Albums: 3 (+ 4 with Slum Village, 1 with Jericho Jackson)
Essential Album: The Preface
Essential Song: Reunion
ANTONIO HARDY
10/09/1968 (age 52)
New York, NY
Albums: 7 (+ 1 with The Las Supper)
Essential Album: Long Live the Kane
Essential Song: Aint No Half Steppin
LORENZO PATTERSON
16/06/1969 (age 51)
Compton, CA
Albums: 4 (+ 2 with NWA)
Essential Album: Straight Outta Compton (with NWA)
Essential Song: Fuck The Police
LOUIS FREESE
02/06/1970 (age 50)
Los Angeles, CA
Albums: 2 (+ 9 with Cypress Hill, 1 with Prophets of Rage, 2 with Berner)
Essential Album: Black Sunday (with Cypress Hill)
Essential Song: How I Could Just Kill a Man
MARCUS HOPSON
18/07/1985 (age 35)
Los Angeles, CA
Albums: 5
Essential Albums: Raw
Essential Song: Ill Mind of Hopsin 5
KEITH THORNTON
07/10/1963 (age 57)
New York, NY
Albums 19 (+ 4 with Ultramagnetic MCs, 1 with Ultra, 1 with The Cenobites, 1 with Analog Brothers, 1 with Masters of Illusion, 1 with KHM, 1 with Thee Undatakerz, 1 with The Diesel Truckers, 1 with Clayborne Family, 1 with Project Polaroid, 1 with 57-41, 1 with 7th Veil, 1 with Big Sche Eastwood, 1 with L'Orange, 1 with Ray West)
Essential Album: Dr Octagonecologyst (as Dr Octagon)
Essential Song: Living Astro
JOHN AUSTIN IV
26/09/1970 (age 50)
Los Angeles, CA
Albums: 3 (+ 1 with HRSMN, 1 with Jay 211 & Namebrand, 1 with DJ Rhettmatic, 1 with Doc Hollywood, 1 with Apollo Brown, 1 with Semi Hendrix)
Essential Album: Soul on Ice
Essential Song: Nature of the Threat
JAIME MELINE
02/03/1975 (age 45)
New York, NY
Albums: 3 (+ 4 with Run The Jewels, 2 with Company Flow, 1 with The Blue Series Continuum)
Essential Album: Funcrusher Plus (with Company Flow)
Essential Song: Last Good Sleep
TEREN JONES
12/08/1972 (age 48)
Oakland, CA
Albums: 11 (+ 3 with Hieroglyphics, 2 with Deltron 3030, 1 with AmpLive)
Essential Album: Deltron 3030 (with Deltron 3030)
Essential Song: 3030
ALBERT JOHNSON
02/11/1974 - 20/06/2017 (age 42 R.I.P.)
New York, NY
Albums: 5 (+ 8 with Mobb Deep, 2 with The Alchemist, 1 with Big Twins & Un Pacino, 1 with Boogz Boogetz)
Essential Album: The Infamous (with Mobb Deep)
Essential Song: Shook Ones Pt II
LAURYN HILL
26/05/1975 (age 45)
Newark, NJ // South Orange, NJ
Albums: 1 (+ 2 with Fugees)
Essential Album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Essential Song: Doo Wop
KELVIN MERCER
17/08/1969 (age 51)
New York, NY
Albums: 0 (+ 8 with De La Soul)
Essential Album: 3 Feet High and Rising (with De La Soul)
Essential Song: Eye Know
CLIFFORD SMITH JR
02/03/1971 (age 49)
New York, NY
Albums: 6 (+ 7 with Wu-Tang Clan, 2 with Redman, 1 with Ghostface Killah & Raekwon)
Essential Album: Tical
Essential Song: Method Man
KEITH ELAM
17/07/1961 - 19/04/2010 (age 48 R.I.P.)
Boston, MA
Albums: 7 (+ 7 with Gang Starr)
Essential Album: Moment of Truth (with Gang Starr)
Essential Song: Above the Clouds
JASON HUNTER
06/07/1970 (age 50)
New York, NY
Albums: 5 (+ 7 with Wu-Tang Clan, 7 with Czarface)
Essential Album: Enter the Wu-Tang (with Wu-Tang Clan)
Essential Song: Triumph
DENNIS COLES
09/05/1970 (age 50)
New York, NY
Albums: 13 (+ 7 with Wu-Tang Clan, 1 with Theodore Unit, 1 with Trife Diesel, 1 with Method Man & Raekwon, 1 with Sheek Louch, 1 with BADBADNOTGOOD, 1 with Czarface)
Essential Album: Fishscale
Essential Song: All That I Got Is You
TSIDI IBRAHIM
26/11/1976 (age 43)
South Africa // New York, NY
Albums: 4 (+ 1 with Blue Sky Black Death, 1 with Quelle Chris)
Essential Song: Kill Screen
MICHAEL RENDER
20/04/1975 (age 45)
Atlanta, GA
Albums: 5 (+ 4 with Run the Jewels)
Essential Album: Run the Jewels 2 (with Run the Jewels)
Essential Song: Legend Has It
TEKOMIN WILLIAMS
03/06/1973 (age 47)
New York, NY
Albums: 2 (+ 5 with Smif-N-Wessun, 4 with Boot Camp Clik)
Essential Album: Dah Shinin (with Smif-N-Wessun)
Essential Song: Bucktown
DARRELL YATES JR
18/12/1974 (age 45)
New York, NY
Albums: 2 (+ 5 with Smif-N-Wessun, 4 with Boot Camp Clik)
Essential Song: Wontime
KENDRICK DUCKWORTH
17/06/1987 (age 33)
Compton, CA
Albums: 4
Essential Album: To Pimp a Butterfly
Essential Song: U
THEODORE ARRINGTON III
02/05/1978 (age 42)
New York, NY
Albums: 3 (+ 2 with Cannibal Ox, 1 with DJ Mighty Mi, 1 with Mighty Joseph)
Essential Album: The Cold Vein (with Cannibal Ox)
Essential Song: Iron Galaxy
GERMAINE WILLIAMS
09/12/1974 (age 45)
Jamaica // New York, NY // Newark, NJ // Washington DC // Atlanta, GA // Miami, FL // England
Albums: 13 (+ 2 with The Undergods, 1 with HRSMN, 1 with Bronze Nazareth, 1 with Cloak-n-Dagga, 1 with THEM, 1 with Almighty)
Essential Album: Rip the Jacker
Essential Song: Cemantics
WILLIAM GRIFFIN JR
28/01/1968 (age 52)
Wyandanch, NY
Albums: 3 (+ 4 with Eric B)
Essential Album: Paid in Full (with Eric B)
Essential Song: Paid in Full
CHRISTOPHER WALLACE
21/05/1972 - 09/03/1997 (age 24 R.I.P.)
New York, NY
Albums: 2 (+ 2 posthumous, 1 with Junior MAFIA, 1 with Faith Evans)
Essential Album: Ready to Die
Essential Song: Juicy
IAN BAVITZ
05/06/1976 (age 44)
Syosset, NY // Northport, NY
Albums: 7 (+ 2 with Hail Mary Mallon, 1 with The Uncluded, 1 with Malibu Ken)
Essential Album: Float
Essential Song: Garbage
ANTWAN PATTON
01/02/1975 (age 45)
Savannah, GA // Atlanta, GA
Albums: 3 (+ 6 with Outkast)
Essential Album: Stankonia (with Outkast)
Essential Song: Ms Jackson
ADRIAN THAWS
27/01/1968 (age 52)
England
Albums: 13 (+ 1 with DJ Muggs & Dame Grease)
Essential Album: Maxinquaye
Essential Song: Poems
22/09/1982 (age 38)
San Diego, CA
Albums: 15 (+ 1 with Charlie Ray, 1 with Demzwon)
Essential Song: The Chop Shop
ANTHONY CRISS
02/12/1970 (age 49)
East Orange, NJ
Albums: 0 (+ 7 with Naughty By Nature)
Essential Album: Naughty By Nature (with Naughty By Nature)
Essential Song: OPP
O'SHEA JACKSON
15/06/1969 (age 51)
Los Angeles, CA
Albums: 10 (+ 2 with Westside Connection, 1 with NWA)
Essential Album: The Predator
Essential Song: Straight Outta Compton
RYAN MONTGOMERY
05/07/1977 (age 43)
Detroit, MI
Albums: 8 (+ 2 with Slaughterhouse, 2 with PRhyme, 1 with Bad Meets Evil)
Essential Song: Fast Lane
DANIEL DUMILE
09/01/1971 (age 49)
England // New York, NY
Albums: 6 (+ 2 with KMD, 1 with Madvillain, 1 with Danger Doom, 1 with JJ Doom, 1 with NehruvianDoom, 1 with Czarface)
Essential Album: Madvillainy (with Madvillain)
Essential Song: ALL CAPS
ANTHONY HENDERSON
17/06/1973 (age 47)
Cleveland, OH
Albums: 7 (+ 10 with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 2 with Young Noble)
Essential Album: E 1999 Eternal (with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
Essential Song: Ghetto Cowboy
GARY GRICE
22/08/1966 (age 54)
New York, NY
Albums: 5 (+ 7 with Wu-Tang Clan, 1 with DJ Muggs)
Essential Album: Liquid Swords
Essential Song: Duel of the Iron Mic
NATHANIEL WILSON
20/07/1968 (age 52)
New York, NY
Albums: 5 (+ 3 with DJ Polo, 1 with The 5 Family Click, 1 with The Godfathers, 1 with 38 Spesh)
Essential Song: On the Run
AARON YATES
08/11/1971 (age 48)
Kansas City, MO
ALBUMS: 22
Essential Album: Anghellic
Essential Song: Show Me a God
CHRISTOPHER RIOS
10/11/1971 - 07/02/2000 (age 28 R.I.P.)
New York, NY
Albums: 1 (+ 1 posthumous, 1 with Terror Squad)
Essential Album: Capital Punishment
Essential Song: Twinz
MARSHALL MATHERS III
17/10/1972 (age 48)
St Joseph, MO // Savannah, GA // Kansas City, MO // Detroit, MI
Albums: 11 (+ 2 with D12, 1 with Bad Meets Evil)
Essential Album: The Marshall Mathers LP
Essential Song: Lose Yourself
RICHARD WALTERS
14/01/1965 (age 55)
England // New York, NY
Albums: 4
Essential Album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
Essential Song: Children's Story
ANTHONY CRUZ
09/03/1972 (age 48)
New York, NY
Albums: 8 (+ 1 with The Firm)
Essential Album: Doe or Die
Essential Song: The Format
LAMONT COLEMAN
30/05/1974 - 15/02/1999 (age 24 R.I.P.)
New York, NY
Albums: 1 (+ 4 posthumous, 1 with DITC)
Essential Album: Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Essential Song: Put it On
NASIR JONES
14/09/1973 (age 47)
New York, NY
Albums: 12 (+ 1 with The Firm, 1 with Damian Marley)
Essential Album: Illmatic
Essential Song: NY State of Mind
LESANE CROOKS // TUPAC SHAKUR
16/06/1971 - 13/09/1996 (age 25 R.I.P.)
New York, NY // Baltimore, MD // Marin City, CA
Albums: 4 (+ 6 posthumous, 1 with Thug Life, 1 with Outlawz)
Essential Album: Strictly 4 My
Essential Song: My Block