When news reports surfaced saying hip-hop manager Chris Lighty died, the whole hip-hop community was saddened. In the midst of everyone’s grief, there were people who questioned police when they said Lighty committed suicide. Nearly a year after his untimely death, Lighty’s mother, Jessica Brooks, has written an open letter asking for the investigation to […]
Just weeks after Pro Era’s Capital STEEZ inexplicably took his own life, another report of a young rapper committing suicide has surfaced. According to GlobalGrind, rapper Freddy E, who made a name for himself on his YouTube Channel “Jerk TV,” took his life after an online exchange with his girlfriend, rapper Honey Cocaine. He was […]
Upstart Brooklyn rhyme crew Pro Era was hit with the tragic news that group member Capital STEEZ (real name Jamal Dewar) died today. STEEZ’s friend and rhyme partner Joey Bada$$ tweeted the news to his friends and followers. “This unfortunate xmas eve.. Lost a best friend, a brother, a pro, a partner,” Bada$$ wrote on […]
Veronica Lighty, widow of Violator Records founder Chris Lighty, says that her husband did not kill himself over any marital issues or debt problems. Must Read: Who Is Chris Lighty?: 10 Things You Might Not Know “My husband was too smart of a man. He was a genius. No smart man is going to leave […]
Nicki Minaj is the covergirl of the November 2011 issue of Cosmopolitan, and she made some very revealing comments about suicide. It’s hard to imagine the cheerful Harajuku Barbie considering taking her own life, but she has. “I kept having doors slammed in my face. I felt like nothing was working. I had moved out […]
Bow Wow was apparently going through something this weekend as he posted some rather suicidal-sounding tweets.
Kanye West told an audience that he had contemplated suicide during a Los Angeles premiere screening of his “Runaway” short film.
Though T.I. has recently been on the wrong side of the law, he worked with police in Atlanta to prevent a man from jumping off a ledge of the 22-story building.
Reports of a suicide attempt by Timbaland have proven to be false.
