Rapper Saafir dies at 54 as hip hop icon Xzibit shares devastated tribute

Rapper and histrion Saafir has died, aged 54.

The quality was announced publically connected his Instagram leafage by his person and chap radical subordinate of the Golden State Project, Xzibit.

Saafir, whose existent sanction was Reggie Gibson, had been suffering from wellness problems successful caller years and had been utilizing a wheelchair.

‘I can’t judge I’m penning this close now, but don’t cognize what other to bash astatine the moment,’ Xzibit began alongside a photograph of Saafir.

‘Approximately astatine 8:45am this morning, my member Reggie known to the satellite arsenic Saafir passed away. We person truthful overmuch past I can’t adjacent explicate what I’m feeling close now.

‘We surrounded him and fto him cognize however overmuch we loved him. He tin remainder now.’

He continued: ‘Family, everyone that rocked with america from the Hip Hop community, if you could beryllium truthful coagulated and scope retired for @chopblack his younger brother, and @lilsaafir his son, the household truly needs to beryllium supported during this time.

‘That’s each I person close now. My psyche is crushed.’

Saafir roseate to fame successful the aboriginal nineties erstwhile helium joined rap group, Golden State Project, with Xzibit and Ras Kass.

He lived with Tupac Shakur, who introduced him to acting, and successful 1993 helium starred successful Menace II Society, alongside Jada Pinkett Smith.

In 2005 helium had a cancerous tumour removed from his spine.

Although the country was designed to prevention his beingness and forestall him from being paralysed, helium mislaid large relation successful his legs and often had to usage a wheelchair.

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