Tag: Death

Lil Poppa's mother Lynn Hickson shared toxicology results revealing methamphetamine was in her son's system when he died by suicide on February 18 at age 25. The family believes the drugs played a major part in what happened and wanted to share his story to help others facing mental health and substance use issues.

Lil Jon is opening up about the heartbreaking loss of his son, DJ Young Slade, telling us how writing his upcoming memoir became part of his healing process. Rather than leave the memoir untouched, Lil Jon says he went back and added new sections about navigating grief and processing the devastating loss. He wanted readers to see how life comes with highs and lows.

Motown legend Ronald LaPread, founding bassist of The Commodores, has died at 75. His iconic bass lines powered one of the most successful groups in Motown history.

Sixteen-year-old Juliana Nzita, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was found dead hanging from a tree on church property in North Carolina earlier this month. Her family deserves answers, and Black America deserves honesty.

Matthew Perry's family is speaking out in court filings about the assistant who admitted to giving the late actor ketamine before his death. Perry died from the acute effects of ketamine, with drowning and other factors also listed.

MC Lyte is paying tribute to Rob Base after his death last week ... saying the loss hits even harder because of the massive mark he left on hip hop culture.