Brandon “Young Busco” Moore became an Internet legend after his infamous “What Are Those?” catchphrase went viral and became social media meme fodder. According to his family, Young Busco has died and fans on Twitter are celebrating the funnyman’s life.
Fans on Twitter are gathered in mourning and remembrance after news that Spongebob Squarepants founder Stephen Hillenburg has died.
Lord Superb, a former collaborator of Ghostface Killah and the Wu-Tang Clan, has apparently died. The Far Rockaway, Queens rapper was long split from Ghostface’s crew and the Clan years prior to his passing.
DJ Ready Red, one of the founding members of the rap outfit The Geto Boys, has died. Born Collins Leysath, Ready Red was considered a pioneer of Houston’s bustling Hip-Hop scene in its early days.
Former United Nations leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died. The Ghanian national served as the UN chief from 1997 to 2006 and later worked on efforts to bring peace to Syria and the surrounding region.
The Hip-Hop and arts community across South Africa is in mourning after news that veteran rapper, poet, and activist Ben Sharpa has died. According to still-developing reports, Sharpa passed after complications from diabetes.
Steve Ditko, the co-creator of beloved Marvel Comics characters Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, has died. Ditko was found unresponsive in his New York apartment late last month with news of his passing just coming to light.
In stunning news that has many scrambling for answers, XXXTentacion has been declared dead after being shot in South Florida on Monday (June 18). Across social media, Hip-Hop figures are reacting to the news as the murder of the 20-year-old rapper is sending shockwaves across the nation.
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, a member of the vaunted spoken-word collective The Last Poets and considered a Hip-Hop forefather, has died. The “Grandfather of Rap” was not a huge fan of the genre he and his brethren helped spawn, but the culture still fondly remembers the pioneer.
The fashion world was rocked by news that designer Kate Spade was found dead in her New York parent Tuesday (June 5) with early reports suggesting it was an apparent suicide. Spade, born Katherine Noel Frances Valentine Brosnahan, was still involved in fashion recently as 2016.
The signature funk and groove sound pioneered by the late Godfather of Soul, James Brown was bolstered by the stellar drumming of Clyde “Funky Drummer” Stubblefield and John “Jabo” Starks. Earlier this week, Starks passed away at his home in Mobile, Alabama after battling a pair of long illnesses.
Winnie Mandela, the former wife of late anti-apartheid activist and former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, has died. According to still-developing reports, she was contending with a long illness and passed Monday afternoon (April 2).
