2 Live Crew's Fresh Kid Ice died in Miami at the age of 53 years old, TMZ is reporting.
Fresh Kid was a very influential pioneer in hip hop. Born Christopher Wong Won, he co-founded the rap group in 1984 with DJ Mr. Mixx and Amazing Vee. Uncle Luke would later join. "According to the group's manager he died at 7:50 AM Thursday in a Miami hospital ... due to a medical condition," TMZ claims.
"Fresh Kid served in the U.S. Air Force for 4 years before getting into music. He went on to form his own label ... Chinaman Records." Since this news broke, hip hop has took to social media to remember their fallen soldier. Read some reactions to Fresh Kid's death below.
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