Ol’ Dirty’s Widow alledgedly sold his posthumous album ‘A Son Unique’ for a mere $10,000.00 then spent the proceeds. Full story HERE. You gotta love the NY Post’s headline too:  ‘Bastard’ Widow’s Dumb Deal.
By the way, did you ever hear this?
Ol’ Dirty Bastard ‘Jump’ (Van Halen Remix)
ODB – Jump Dirty

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Sadly another fallen soldier, this time rhymer and artist Rammelzee passed a couple of days ago. An established Graf artist, he finally got his deserved recognition via the legendary hip-hop cult movie Style Wars which also featured the track ‘Beat Bop’. It’s argued (convincingly) he fathered Ad Rock and B-Real’s nasal rap styles.  The original [...]

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Damn, pour some out for another fallen soldier. The second Flavor Unit affiliate to pass in 6 months. Check Unkut’s interview with him here. Also read the comments if you get chance where a mini-battle between him and Lord Alibaski kicks off. Alibaski and Fresh both posted comments on Fat Lace too. Sad loss.
(via Unkut)
Mack [...]

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This is some trainspotter type shit. Peep Guru at the beginning of the ‘Watch Roger Do His Thing’ video talking over ‘Think’ by Main Source.

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Keith "Guru" Elam Tribute Mix by Dj Premier Blog Radio on Mixcloud

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IT WAS A SAD DAY FOR ME TO GET CONFIRMATION ON THE DEATH OF A MAN WHO I WILL CONTINUE TO CALL MY BROTHER, KEITH ELAM, BETTER KNOWN AS GURU OF THE LEGENDARY GANG STARR.
FROM 1988-2004, WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH SUCCESS TOGETHER THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND [...]

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OK so we’re straight avoiding any conjecture or getting wrapped up in the chaos leading up to the passing of one of our greatest hip-hop artists, we’re staying strictly on some fan shit for this one. We’re certainly not posting any final letters or mentioning past or present business partners. This one’s strictly for Guru….
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Gangstarr R.I.P.
Watch this space…..

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The presence, the charisma, the skills, the voice. Nobody really had the complete package ever since. Who are stuck with now? A bunch of tight jeans wearing bitches with squeaky voices. Wow, we really miss the big fat fuck. RIP Biggie.

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We’re not being late on this, we were just waiting for our boy Andrew Emery to write this entry for The Guardian. Needless to say it’s a terrible loss. We’re sure most people who read Fat Lace, especially those from the U.K. will appreciate Derek B played a significant part in our mid-eighties hop-hop education.
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