Craig Mack has died

[big bun]

RIP man...

 

[Detroit Wave]

RIP

 

[big bun]

R.I.P.

I love hip hop, man!!

 

[King Sun]

My cousin just had a heart issue and she’s young. Nothing genetic either on her side. The doctors told her to take care of her weight and manage it better etc but they never gave her an actual cause and effect. Still don’t know

Yeah I hear you. I just don't won't people to kind of play off his passing as his own doing until we get the facts.

 

[Remote]

RIP

 

[Rapmastermind]

Guru - 41
Nate Dogg - 41
Prodigy - 42
Sean P - 43
Heavy D - 44
Phife - 45
Craig Mack - 47

God, This is getting scary they aren't making it to 50. Peace to all my Brothers man. There is no Bad Boy without Craig Mack. "Flava In Ya Ear" set the whole era off on the charts. It was one of the Biggest Songs of 1994. Yes there was some drama with Puff and Big but his place can't be denied in the History of it becoming the Iconic Historic Label that Bad Boy became. Yes Craig's debut was FIRE even if it wasn't better than "Ready To Die". "Flava In Ya Ear" Remix can be argued as The Greatest Posse Cut of All Time. Damn man, this is sad. Craig has been mentioned in several punchlines by other rappers. He's forever immortalized in "Big Poppa". Peace Craig. 90's and Bad Boy Forever

"I Got more Mack than Craig and in the Bed"

 

[just4purpose]

damn yo this is terrible news....46 years too young to die of heart failure bro we gotta take care of ourselves

 

[QU Hectic]

Rip

 

[Morose Polymath]

R.I.P. to the brother Mack but this thread reminds me of this Danny Brown quote

"When You Alive nikkas Wont Say 2 Words, But When Your Ass Die They Wanna Say A Few Words"

 

[ahdsend]

www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/craig-mack-new-york-rapper-diddy-bad-boy-label-dead-46-article-1.3871459

Craig Mack, the Long Island rapper who found fame on Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Records in the mid-1990s, has died at age 46, his producer confirmed to the Daily News.

Mack — who launched to hip-hop acclaim with the platinum hit “Flava in Ya Ear” in 1994 before being overshadowed by fellow artists such as the Notorious B.I.G. — died of heart failure at a hospital near his Walterboro, S.C., home Monday.

“God bless my friend. He was a good friend of mine,” said Alvin Toney, who produced Mack’s debut album “Project: Funk Da World” and his "Get Down Remix."

Toney saw his dear friend a final time last week.

He visited the former emcee at the Overcomer Ministry church he attends in Walterboro to film a documentary about Mack, and his decision to pass on fame for a life of deep religious conviction.

“Nobody got to understand his story,” Toney said. “I wanted the world to know the talent he had. It was something I wanted people to enjoy, but it was cut short because he was very religious and wanted to go to church.”

Tony said Mack told him during his visit that he had been ill for some time and knew he wouldn’t live long.

“He was prepared for whatever comes, to go home to the Lord,” Toney said. “He was prepared to do that. He wasn’t scared. He was ready.”

Mack is survived by his wife and two children, both adults, Toney said.

 

[Newark88]

Wow. As other people said, without Craig Mack there's really no Bad Boy. People forget how huge Flava In Ya Ear was in real time.

 

[GPBear]

RIP Craig

 

[Newark88]

Wow. As other people said, without Craig Mack there's really no Bad Boy. People forget how huge Flava In Ya Ear was in real time.

 

[daboywonder2002]

I think this is true brehsR.I.P. Besides of flavor on ya ear, his whole debut album was banging

I only liked four songs on there. Flava in your ear remix, get down and Real raw. Love that days of our lives beat. Oh and Makin moves with Puff

 

[AntLive1981]

R.I.P. He had a very short career, I rocked with him though! I still play Project: Funk da World to this day!!!!