New York rapper Hurricane G, known for songs like “El Barrio” and “Underground Lockdown,” has died after a battle with lung cancer.
Fellow rapper Eric Salmon, who shares a daughter with G, confirmed her death in a statement posted to Instagram on Sunday.G, whose real name was Gloria Rodriguez, according to The Daily Beast, He rose to prominence in the 1990s after collaborating with rapper Redman on tracks like “Tonight’s da Night” and “We Run N.Y.”
Sermon wrote on Instagram, “My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends…. my oldest daughters mother passed away today #HURRICANEGLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community. One of the first puertorican female rappers She rapped with me.
“She paved the way … she was in all the Hiphop magazines with all the top females at the time … She will be missed all around the world. I can’t believe this. Pray for us. Beautiful blessings. She was a beautiful person, a wonderful mother as real as they come. We love u G.”
In May, Hurricane G and Salmon’s daughter Lexus revealed on Facebook that her mother had been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
She wrote, “I dont know how many of you understand what that means but even after 30 years of life Im still trying to process it myself. I have never cried so much in my life I have never felt so disconnected from reality in my life. Yet my mom still manages to be the one to hold it together and say ‘dont worry baby everythings gonna be alright.’”
Hurricane G was known for his ability to rap in both English and Spanish. According to her MySpace bio, G recorded and performed in Spanish, often rapping in the Nuyorican dialect that represented her Puerto Rican community in New York City.
The artist’s music career began when she was with H.O.L.A. Recordings is a New York-based label that stands for Home of Latino Artists. About H.O.L.A.G released her studio album All Woman in September 1997. The record included the tracks “El Barrio” and “Underground Lockdown”, “Mama” and “Boricua Mami”.
According to G’s MySpace bio, Hurricane G is an up-and-coming newcomer to the New York entertainment scene, becoming the first female member of the East Coast hip-hop collective known as Def Squad.
“I saw her make a famous radio personality cry in a studio and when I drove Gloria home we argued about why she did that and she kept it real with me she said ‘Domingo that b— don’t fool me she is a 2 face.’ Gonna miss speaking to her on the phone and [hearing] her say “Domingo you got that funky a— fire for me or what motherf—‘ … R.I.P Gloria ‘Hurricane G’ Rodriguez.”
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