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Rapper Hurricane G Has Passed Away

The rapper was 52.

Rapper Hurricane G has reportedly passed away at the age of 52, according to PageSix.

Hurricane G, born Gloria Rodriguez, suffered from Stage 4 cancer, according to her daughter Lexus who revealed the news earlier this year on social media.

โ€œMy mom has stage 4 lung cancer,โ€ she wrote in the post.

โ€œI donโ€™t know how many of you understand what that means but even after 30 years of life Iโ€™m still trying to process it myself. I have never cried so much in my life I have never felt so disconnected from reality in my life.โ€

Rapper Erick Sermon took to social to share his love for the past femcee.

โ€œMy heart is hardened today. One of my good friendsโ€ฆ. my oldest daughter mother passed away today #HURRICANE GLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community,โ€ he wrote in the caption.

โ€œOne of the first puertorican female rappers She rapped with me. @redmangilla she paved the way @keithmurray @diddy she was in all the Hiphop magazines with all the top females at the time.. #stretchandbobito loved a song that she did called โ€œMILKYโ€ She will be missed all around the world. I canโ€™t believe this. Pray for us. Beautiful blessings. She was a beautiful person a wonderful mother as real as they come. We love u G๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพโ€

Domingo Padillo, who produced her 1997 solo album All Woman, also took to social to share his respects.

โ€œR.I.P to my good friend Hurricane G. Really sad news to get. I was blessed to know her and produce her debut album. God bless her family and daughter. ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘โค๏ธ,โ€ he captioned.

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