New York-born MC Guru has died at age 43 after a battle with cancer, according to a number of media reports.
Guru, whose real name was Keith Elam, had been in a coma since March.
The rapper was best known for his Gang Starr partnership with DJ Premier in the 1990s and 2000s. In recent years Guru had been touring and collaborating with producer Solar.
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15 Eminem: Stan
14 Tupac: I Get Around
13 Wu-Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M.
12 L.L. Cool J: I Can’t Live Without My Radio
11 Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life
10 Kurtis Blow: The Breaks
09 Salt-N-Pepa: Push It
08 Snoop Doggy Dogg: Gin and Juice
07 Notorious B.I.G.: Juicy
06 N.W.A.: Straight Outta Compton
05 Grandmaster Flash & the FF: The Message
04 Run-DMC ft/ Aerosmith: Walk This Way
03 Dr. Dre: Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang
02 Sugarhill Gang: Rapper’s Delight
01 Public Enemy: Fight The Power

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Escondido’s own hip-hop sensation, D-Pain will be heading south on Friday, December 18 to perform at The Casbah with Queenly and Cat from Japan. Tickets are $12, get there early, the D don’t wait for no one!

Follow the link to buy tickets online – Buy Tickets

Check out the pics from D-Pain’s record release party…

All the good photos are by HVC3

D-Pain’s album release party kicks off tonight, October 23 at Club Anita’s in Escondido. The doors open at 9:00pm with $3 U-Call-It’s until 11. Domi Young will be performing as well as DJ sets from Escondido’s Dr. Parks and Brian E.

Info line is available at 760.933.theD (8433)

D’s debut album, The Awakening, is available now on iTunes. You can also preview some tracks on his MySpace page: myspace.com/thedpain.

Swasted.com will be there in full force, buy us a drink!

The video for “App 4 Dat” is also available on YouTube.

Visit D-Pain on MySpace

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