Fat Joe Compares Mobb Deep To Gang Starr
Both groups represent 'purest forms of hip-hop music,' Joe tells MTV News, commenting on recent Mobb Deep drama.
Both groups represent 'purest forms of hip-hop music,' Joe tells MTV News, commenting on recent Mobb Deep drama.
'My brother decided to trust him with his life, and we see where that ended up,' Patricia Elam tells MTV News.
'We never disbanded the group,' Premier says of his late groupmate in a Vibe.com interview.
Rapper calls the producer an 'opportunist' who preyed on Guru's vulnerability.
'Certain aspects of Gang Starr and that relationship seemed to keep hanging on to him,' Solar tells MTV News.
DJ also questions Solar's claims about Guru's health during final weeks.
'Up until that point, there was no tension between myself and the family at all,' he tells MTV News.
Gang Starr MC's collaborator says he helped his friend 'preserve his dignity' during his last days.
Premier does not comment on harsh statements directed at him in 'farewell' letter reportedly written by MC.
'He was a nice, cool, humble dude,' Joe says of recently passed MC.
'I felt the same way I felt when Jam Master Jay got murdered,' MC says.
'We are proud of all his many legendary musical contributions,' family says of legendary Gang Starr MC.
'I'm not big on funerals, so this is my way of going to the funeral,' Nore tells MTV News of tribute track.
'We knew there was going to have to be a statement,' Gang Starr MC's associate says.
'Guru gave young people, especially young black men, a sense of pride,' Sway writes.
MTV News' hip-hop team shares their faves, plus five of Guru's Jazzmatazz greats.
Q-Tip, ?uestlove, Tony Yayo also pay tribute to late MC.
'The Guru 'farewell' letter reeks of fakeness,' one fan writes.
Legendary rapper succumbed to cancer on Monday after suffering a heart attack last month.
Rapper's partner DJ Premier tweets, 'Keep sending him love,' after rapper reportedly suffered heart attack.
MC suffered heart attack over the weekend.
Public Enemy's Chuck D, Gang Starr's Guru also weigh in with their top picks, who we missed.
Also due Tuesday: N.W.A, Gang Starr, Enigma, 15 Years on Death Row, Family Values Tour 2006.