Rapper Gonzoe, affiliate of Ice Dice and Tupac, shot and killed
Los Angeles rapper Gonzoe, an affiliate of Ice Dice and Tupac, has been shot and killed in Seattle.
The taking pictures occurred final Thursday night (July 29), in keeping with Metro. Gonzoe was taken to Harborview Medical Centre with life-threatening accidents, with a King County Sheriff’s Workplace spokesperson confirming that he died in a single day, aged 45. Whereas police didn’t establish the sufferer, mates of the rapper confirmed his id.
Gonzoe – actual title Ronald Moore – was nicely referred to as a founding member of rap group Kausion within the ’90s, alongside Cel and Kaydo. The group signed to Ice Dice’s Lench Mob document label and launched their debut album, ‘South Central Los Skanless’ in 1995.
Gonzoe went on to signal to Dying Row Information as a solo act, the place he turned shut mates with Tupac Shakur. The pair collaborated on quite a few songs earlier than Tupac’s premature dying, together with ‘Die’ and ‘This Life I Lead’.
The rapper’s final album was 2017’s ‘Tha Code’. He additionally reunited with Kausion to launch an EP ‘Masters Bloodbath’ earlier this yr.
Various musicians and business figures have paid tribute to Gonzoe, together with rappers Problem and Crooked.
RIP GONZOE ?? pic.twitter.com/C0KgOL2Z6q
— PROBLEM (@PROBLEM354) July 31, 2021
REST IN POWER GONZOE ??
— CROOK (@CrookedIntriago) July 31, 2021
The information about Gonzoe passing away is basically actually unhappy. I interviewed for the primary time final month and had a extremely nice dialog with him. Very humble and trustworthy man. My condolences to his household and mates.
— DJ Vlad – VladTV.com (@djvlad) July 31, 2021
Fellow Tupac collaborator C-bo shared a video of himself and Gonzoe on Instagram, writing “I hate to see the repeated cycle of killing people who lastly have made a change of their life for the higher smh fuck the shooter!!!!”.