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=== Death of King Rakeem === | === Death of King Rakeem === | ||
[[File:King Rakeem Mural.jpg|thumb|Graffiti of King Rakeem in New York City.]] | |||
On 19 December 1997, King Rakeem would perform at the Alliance 4 Music venue in the Bronx. After receiving half of his performance fee at the time, he was promised the remaining amount on the 21st due to wanting it in cash. At around 8:45 p.m. on 21 December, Rakeem would enter an apartment building on 7th Ave and Park Place in his native Brooklyn to collect an appearance fee. Since the promoter was not home at the time, upon exiting at 8:53 p.m., King Rakeem would be shot in the corridor outside the apartment nine times in the face and chest in a drive-by shooting, being later pronounced dead at the scene. His chauffeur, Jackson Anthony, whom had transported the rapper to the building and had been waiting for him, would also be killed, being shot four times. Despite numerous leads, nobody would ever be convicted of the murder of Rakeem or Anthony. | |||
Following Rakeem's death, several artists expressed their grief for the loss in the hip hop community and remembered him for his influence on East hip hop and the genre. Rakeem would buried at Stoneridge Cemetery and Mausoleum in Brooklyn, New York. | |||
Common Boy Records would release six posthumous albums featuring unreleased material from the rapper: | |||
*''Born Again'' (1998) | |||
*''Fear No Man'' (2000) | |||
*''Back On The Streets'' (2001) | |||
*''Love 4 The Hood'' (2003) | |||
*''Still Thuggin, Vol. 1'' (2005) | |||
*''Still Thuggin, Vol. 2'' (2006) | |||
=== Death of Genesys === | === Death of Genesys === | ||
== Aftermath == | == Aftermath == | ||