News: Hip hop icon Rammellzee passed away

News: Hip hop icon Rammellzee passed away

The legendary hip hop artist and graffiti writer Rammellzee (also known as RAMMΣLLZΣΣ) is no more. Yesterday he passed away at the age of 49.

The legendary hip hop artist and graffiti writer Rammellzee (also known as RAMMΣLLZΣΣ) is no more. Yesterday he passed away at the age of 49.

Music: Rammellzee & K-Rob – Beat Bop (1985)

The New Yorker is known for his theory on the style Gothic Futurism, which made him influental among Afro-Futurists. Besides that he made music and appeared in graffiti cult movies ‘Style Wars’ and ‘Wild Style’. The cause of Rammellzee’s death isn’t known or confirmed yet. In case you aren’t familiar with his works or if you want to get inspired by his work, then you can watch a 30+ minute documentary about Rammellzee below:

More info: Rammellzee

Just an ordinary guy always on the hunt for extraordinary music. Not just as the founder of The Find Magazine & Rucksack Records, but also as a freelance music journalist (bylines at Tracklib, Bandcamp, Wax Poetics, DIG Mag, among others) and—above all—out of love for all kinds of good music.