“Lord Infamous” Ricky Dunigan died of a heart attack in December 2013 at age 40.Īfter Koopsta left the group, Three 6 Mafia went on to become the first hip-hop group to win an Oscar for Best Original Song for their runaway hit, “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” cowritten by Frayser Boy.
The rapper is the second member of Three Six Mafia to die in recent years. He also just got a home in Vegas that he was moving to on Tuesday, but never got to even see it in person." We had concerts coming up starting next month too.
"But we didn't get a chance to record yet. “Me and Koop had just started writing his new album 'Devil's Playground 2,' DJ Paul told The Commercial Appeal. Koopsta Knicca was a founding member of Three Six Mafia and went on to record a popular solo album, “Devil's Playground,” in 1999.Īccording to DJ Paul, the friends were working on a new album and Koopsta had plans to move to Las Vegas. We made classics together that'll live on."
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He continued, "Everyone who knew Koop knew he was very funny and the coolest guy ever. Slippin&039 (Koopsta Knicca) lyrics: Chorus x3 Evertime I see you slippin I go and reach for my mac 10 Victims of my devils playground (Koopsta Knicca). He was 40 years old.įellow member “DJ Paul” Beauregard released a statement to the local Memphis blog Commercial Appeal on Friday, calling Koopsta “my group member and brother for over 20 years” and said that his friend “went in peace.” He passed away at an undisclosed Memphis hospital on Friday. The rapper, real name Robert Phillips, suffered a stroke last Sunday and had been hospitalized ever since. Phillips are still pending.Koopsta Knicca, a member of Three 6 Mafia, has died, reports Us Weekly. Ricky “Lord Infamous” Dunigan died in December 2013 of a heart attack at the age of 40. Phillips is the second Three 6 alum to die prematurely in recent years. He also just got a home in Vegas that he was moving to on Tuesday, but never got to even see it in person.” “We had concerts coming up starting next month too. “Me and Koop had just started writing his new album ‘Devil's Playground 2’… but we didn’t get a chance to record yet,” said DJ Paul. He had been at work on a follow-up to “Da Devil’s Playground” with DJ Paul at the time of his stroke.
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In more recent years, he’d continued to release a series of albums and mixtape projects, before reuniting with other ex-Three 6 members to form Da Mafia 6ix.
He left Three 6 Mafia the following year amid personal legal troubles. DJ Paul, Crunchy Black and Koopsta Knicca recorded Watch What U Wish (2015), still credited to Da Mafia 6iX although they missed Lord Infamous and Gangsta Boo. He recorded a well-regarded solo album “Da Devil’s Playground" in 1999. Most of Three 6 Mafia (DJ Paul, Crunchy Black, Koopsta Knicca, Lord Infamous and Gangsta Boo) reunited as Da Mafia 6iX for the mixtape 6iX Commandments (2013). Phillips was one of the founding members of Three 6 Mafia, the influential Memphis rap group and collective. We made classics together that'll live on.”īorn in April, 1975, Mr. Phillips as “my group member and brother for over 20 years,” noting that the he “went in peace…Everyone who knew Koop knew he was very funny and the coolest guy ever. Phillips death was confirmed by Da Mafia 6ix publicist Dove Clark, and his group mate and producer “DJ Paul” Beauregard (the official word followed premature reports of his passing online on Thursday). The 40-year-old died early Friday morning at an undisclosed Memphis hospital from complications of a stroke he suffered on Sunday. Memphis rapper, Three 6 Mafia alumnus and Da Mafia 6ix member Robert “Koopsta Knicca” Phillips has died.
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