RAPPER Saafir has died aged 54, as his pal Xzibit reveals “my soul is crushed”.

His household confirmed his passing at 8.45 pm on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.

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Who was Saafir?

Reggie Gibson, AKA Saafir was a rapper, producer and actor.

He was identified for his gritty, jazz-infused type and transformative life.

Saafir, who was from the Bay Space in California, started his profession as a dancer for the hip-hop crew Digital Underground.

He even lived with rap legend, Tupac Shakur, who launched him to the filmmaker duo Alert and Allen Hughes and solid him within the trendy crime movie Menace II Society in 1994. 

After securing a take care of Qwest Data, the rapper recruited the Hobo Junction, a Californian Hip-Hop collective, for his freestyle debut.

He then made a notable look in a rap battle between his group, Informal, and the East Bay group Hieroglyphics.

Saafir’s efficiency within the rap battle earned him a contract with Quincy Jones, KQED claims. 

Nonetheless, the rapper skilled his fair proportion of well being problems.

Saafir was a passenger on the TWA flight 843 which crash landed after an aborted takeoff on July 30, 1992.

Fortunately, everybody survived however Saafir injured his again when he leaped from the burning jet to the bottom.

As time went on, Saafir put a lot of his points to a cancerous tumor that was faraway from his backbone in 2005.

He revealed in an interview with 48 Hills that the aim of the surgical procedure was to save lots of his life and forestall him from being paralyzed.

This he averted however he nonetheless misplaced proportional functioning in his legs, leading to him utilizing a wheelchair. 

How did he die?

Though the rapper’s reason behind dying hasn’t been disclosed, his fellow group member, Xzibit introduced: “’Roughly at 8:45 am this morning, my brother Reggie identified to the world as Saafir handed away.

“We’ve a lot historical past I can’t even clarify what I’m feeling proper now. We surrounded him and let him know the way a lot we liked him. He can relaxation now.”

“Associates, Household, everybody that rocked with us from the Hip Hop group, in the event you might be so stable and attain out for @chopblack his youthful brother, and @lilsaafir his son, the household actually must be supported throughout this time.

“That’s all I’ve proper now. My soul is crushed.

The Pimp My Experience host added: “We love you Bro”, and he hoped that his fallen pal — whom he referred to by his nickname “The Saucee Nomad” would “REST IN POWER.”

Saafir and Xzibit have been a part of the rap group Golden State Venture, which beforehand glided by Golden State Warriors.

The star is survived by his son, rapper Lil Saafir, and his youthful brother.

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