Oakland rapper Saafir died on Tuesday morning, November 19, KQED reviews, citing an Instagram post from Xzibit and the late musician’s youthful brother and son. A reason for demise was not supplied. Saafir was 54 years previous.
Born Reggie Gibson, in Oakland, California, Saafir was a distinguished determine within the Nineties Bay Space rap scene. He made his first recorded look on Digital Underground’s 1993 album, The Physique-Hat Syndrome, and, the next 12 months, he featured on fellow Oakland rapper Informal’s “That Bullshit.” Round that point, Saafir’s onetime roommate Tupac Shakur launched him to administrators Albert and Allen Hughes, who forged him of their movie Menace II Society.
Saafir’s rise continued when he and the Hobo Junction collective took on Informal and the Hieroglyphics Crew in an on-air rap battle on KMEL’s The Wake Up Present. Saafir’s efficiency helped land him a deal from Quincy Jones’ Qwest Data, which put out his debut album, Boxcar Periods, in 1994. The rapper went on to launch Trigonometry, in 1998, below the alias Mr. No No, earlier than returning to his authentic moniker for 1999’s The Hit Listing and 2006’s Good Sport: The Transition.
