American rapper, producer and actor.
Born July 17th, 1961 in Boston.
Died April 19th, 2010 at 48 years old in New York City (cancer, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel