who was the first rapper to get shot
Scott La Rock
title: Gangsta rap text: Down Productions released their first single, "Say No Brother (Crack Attack Don't Do It)", in 1986. It was followed by "South-Bronx/P is Free" and "9mm Goes Bang" in the same year. The latter is the most gangsta-themed song of the three; in it, KRS-One boasts about shooting a crack dealer and his posse to death (in self-defense). The album "Criminal Minded" followed in 1987, and was the first rap album to have firearms on its cover. Shortly after the release of this album, BDP's DJ, Scott LaRock was shot and killed. After this, BDP's subsequent records were more focused with title: Cali Swag District text: the group as "M-Bone", was shot on May 15, 2011. The 22-year-old rapper was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Inglewood. M-Bone was in his car after visiting a local liquor store when he was shot twice in the head. He was brought to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Three days after M-Bone's death, Cali Swag District premiered the song, "How to Do That", in his honor. The song was included on their mixtape, "Deeper Than the Dougie". Cahron Childs, known in the group as "JayAre", died on June 6, 2014. According to a source, the rapper title: East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry text: rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (also known as Biggie Smalls; born Christopher Wallace) and Long Island–based rapper Craig Mack became immediate critical and commercial successes, and seemed to revitalize the East Coast hip-hop scene by 1995. New York born and California-based rapper Tupac Shakur publicly accused The Notorious B.I.G., Andre Harrell, and Sean Combs of involvement in his shooting (and robbery) in the lobby of Quad Recording Studios in Manhattan on November 30, 1994. Shortly after the shooting, "Who Shot Ya?," a B-side track from Biggie's "Big Poppa" single was released. Although Combs and Wallace denied having anything to do with title: Screwed Up Click text: collaborated with Lil' O on the hit song, "Back Back". Next, he partnered with Game Face Records in 2002 and released his first album under his label Ghetto Dreams Ent., self-titled, "HAWK". With the hit song, "U Already Know", the album charted the "Billboard"'s list of top R&B and Rap Albums at #45. On May 1, 2006, Hawkins, 36, was shot to death outside of a home in Houston. Police were unable to find any witnesses that could provide information on a suspect or a motive for the shooting. Kenneth Doniell Moore, better known as Big Moe, was known for title: Murder of Tupac Shakur text: Wallace was recording a song in a New York City recording studio the night Shakur was shot. Wallace's manager, Wayne Barrow, and rapper Lil' Cease publicly denied that Wallace had a role in the crime and said they were with him in the studio the night of the shooting. Six months later, Wallace himself was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting by an unknown assailant on March 9, 1997, and died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Murder of Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, a highly successful American hip hop artist, was fatally shot on September 7th, 1996, in