Guru of Gang Starr dead of cancer

[DJ]

new.music.yahoo.com/keith-elam/news/rapper-guru-dies-from-cancer-at-age-43--62001094

New York-based rapper Guru, of hip hop duo Gang Starr and who had success as a solo artist combining hip hop and jazz in the 1990s, has died after a secret battle with cancer, his promoter Kai Denninger said on Tuesday. He was 43.

Guru, whose real name was Keith Elam, died on Monday, Denniger, of Yo promotions, said via telephone from Germany. He said Guru gave a letter to his friend and New York-based producer Solar to issue to fans.

"I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. I have suffered with this illness for over a year. I have exhausted all medical options," the rapper, who released a series of four "Jazzmatazz" albums in the 1990s, said in a statement posted on yo-pr.com.

It was not clear what form of cancer Guru had.

The Boston-born rapper also referenced a long-time feud with DJ Premier, who once made up the half Gang Starr, which released six albums between 1989 and 2003.

"I do not wish my ex-DJ to have anything to do with my name likeness, events tributes etc," he said. "I am very proud of what GangStarr has meant to the music world and fans. I equally am proud of my Jazzmatazz series and as the father of Hip-Hop/Jazz."

R.I.P.

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[Teen Gohan]

DAMN... RIP...

[Adult Gohan]

I know of Gang Starr, but don't remember hearing any of their music.

Poor fella.

[DJ]

I posted a YT video of a song of his with Jadakiss, if your still capped. It's called Rite Where U Stand, if you wanted to look it up. Another good song I found is called Discipline.

[Adult Gohan]

I'm not capped. I think I want this mp3. I'm going to do what everybody else does when somebody died. Lawl~!

[Plumdawg]

Damn, that sucks to hear.

RIP

[DJ]

Apr 21, 2010 19:41:48 GMT -5 Adult Gohan said:

I'm going to do what everybody else does when somebody died. Lawl~!

I already am doing so. I'm not gonna pretend I listened to him before, but I'd certainly heard of Gang Starr and seen Guru before. I saw he died and it just made me wanna listen to him, as I'd heard good things, turns out he was pretty good.

I think it's natural to do what everyone does when someone dies. We give people crap sometimes for like, saying Eddie was their favorite for awhile after he died, but for alot of people that was true. Eddie and Benoit had been favorites of mine because of their WCW stuff mainly and some funny things they did in WWE. Benoit's death made me not a fan of him any more, and that was when I first started kind of going from indy fan back to more of a WWE fan because the style Benoit used just seemed like it just should be avoided for awhile, and I haven't really looked back at the indies since. The wrestlers still work as hard as they did before and still have some good shows, it's just where with most people someones death interests you in that person a bit, with a case like Benoit's it makes me uninterested in things that remind me of that as well, so I think its natural how most people seem to feel when a celebrity/famous person dies. Usually, they feel closer to the person but there are times when you feel more distant.

[Adult Gohan]

I just think of people like Neil. He did like Eddie, no lie, but he made it clear that he liked Benoit a little bit more. After Eddie died he said the opposite, that he liked Eddie a little bit more. That's silly.

I guess it's just the way people react to death. A lot of people do it and obviously feel like they need to. People were horrible about Michael Jackson for years and then when he died, people start saying how fantastic he was.

Anyway, I'm downloading the Gang Starr discography. Gang Starr 4 life. Yerh~!