This is true. It seemed the entire bullet culture didn't really pop off until Tupac and Biggie started beefing. Still some pioneers around though. Kurtis Blow, Doug E Fresh, EPMD, KRS-One, Kool Moe Dee, are still around.... Prince Markie Dee made it until Feb of this year (surprisingly).
Markie Dee of the Fat Boys? I didn't know he was dead.
The only one left is Kool-Rock-Ski (Damon Wimbley), who is anything but fat now. He's a bit swole.
I just checked. He died one day before what would have been his 53rd birthday.
He also died the day after Rush Limbaugh did, which might explain why I didn't see any news about the hip-hop legend.
The irony is that Markie D was the smallest of the three (and the lightest).
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