Thursday, July 19, 2012

Boogie Down Productions' 1st lady passes away


Another hip hop legends has given up the ghost. Ms. Melodie of Boogie Down Productions has passed away. Allhiphop reports:

Rapper Ms. Melodie from the KRS-One-led collective Boogie Down Productions, has died, according to publish sources.

The death was tweeted repeatedly over various celebrities twitter feeds as well, but the news was broken by blog theurbandaily.com.

Ms. Melodie, real name Ramona Parker, was the one-time wife of KRS-One and eventually released an album called Diva in 1989.

She had an underground hit called “Live On Stage” and also made a notable appearance on the anti-violence posse cut “Self Destruction.”

The cause of death was not immediately available at press time.

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