“We have so much history I can’t even explain what I’m feeling right now," the rapper said of his late friend Raymond Boyd/Getty Prominent Oakland rapper Saafir has died. He was 54. On Tuesday, Nov.

The Bay Area hip-hop star died on Nov. 19 Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has previously appeared in ...

Hip-hop fans around the world were shocked this week to hear the sad news that one of California’s all-time great rap innovators, Saafir, died Tuesday morning. As reported in an Instagram post from ...

Oakland rap star Saafir has died at 54. The veteran West Coast rapper — real name Reggie Gibson — passed away Tuesday according to his former Golden State Project groupmate Xzibit, who broke the news ...

Last year bay area rapper Saafir died at the age of 54. If you're a hip-hop fan, maybe you saw a headline about it, maybe you missed it. But you'd be forgiven if you ...

Saafir—an Oakland-based rapper known for his appearance in the 1993 film Menace II Society and for albums like 1994's Boxcar Sessions—died on Nov. 19, according to a statement from his longtime friend ...

The American artist Saafir passed away on November 19 at the age of 54, following a decade-long struggle with severe health problems. Known for his raspy voice and unique fusion of rap and jazz, ...

Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur talks to Sway, Adisa Banjoko and Davey D about the rough-and-tumble life and times of legendary rapper Saafir. Saafir, born Reggie Gibson on August 23, 1970, in Oakland, ...