Trailblazing West Coast rapper Saafir has died, in line with his former groupmate Xzibit, who carried the load of the world breaking the robust information to followers on Tuesday.
Xzibit says Saafir handed away at 8:45 AM at the moment, and our sources inform us he died in his Oakland hometown.
The Bay Space staple had been pestered by well being issues for years — he even had a cancerous tumor faraway from his backbone — and he ultimately began utilizing a wheelchair.
Saafir, X and Ras Kass have been as soon as unified because the “Golden State Warriors” AKA the “Golden State Project” — a counter to the versatile East Coast lyricism poppin’ on the time — and so they solidified a hefty following within the late ’90s.
He additionally had a quick but impactful profession as an actor, co-starring within the basic 1993 hood drama “Menace II Society” as Caine’s cousin Harold.
X urged the the Hip Hop group to wrap their arm round Saafir’s brother Chop Black and son Lil Saafir within the household’s time of want.
Saafir was 54.
RIP
