Saafir dead: Rapper and Menace to Society actor dies aged 56
Devastated fellow rapper Xzibit said "my soul is crushed" in an emotional tribute after Saafir's death on Tuesday morning.Xzibit wrote: "I'm can't believe I'm writing this right now, but don't know what else to do at the moment."We have so much history I can’t even explain what I’m feeling right now. We surrounded him and let him know how much we loved him.
Saafir - from Oakland, California - made his debut on record in 1993 and quickly became an influential figure in West Coast Rap. He then turned his hand to acting and took a role in modern crime classic Menace II Society alongside Jada Pinkett Smith and Samuel L Jackson. Saafir was cast after his then roommate rap legend Tupac Shakur introduced him to filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes.He released his debut album Boxcar Sessions - which merged the sounds of jazz with West Coast hip-hop.In July 1992, he was a passenger on TWA Flight 843 that crash landed after an aborted takeoff.Saafir put back issues in later life down to a cancerous tumour he had removed from his spine in 2005.
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