The hip-hop world is in shock following reports of the tragic death of Atlanta rapper Young Scooter on his 39th birthday. Known for his contributions to the trap music genre, Scoot

Though not well-known today, Moore was instrumental in hip-hop’s early mainstream success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when he helped produce and write records for Kurtis Blow with Robert “Rocky” Ford Jr., his friend and colleague at Billboard, where Moore worked in ad sales and Ford was a reporter. (Ford died in 2020 .)

Revolutionaries M-1 and Stic.man celebrate dead prez's 25th milestone in Brooklyn, highlighting their impact on socially conscious Hip-Hop.