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Nini Nobless, co-founder of Canadian Hi-NRG group Lime, has died at the age of 74.

Nobless passed away after a battle with cancer on 21st...

Bobby Eli, Philadelphia International Records mainstay and cofounder of legendary disco outfit MFSB, has died at age 77. 

Eli's wife Vonnie confirmed the prolific songwriter...

ODDZ, Palestinian artist and co-founder of Exist festival, has died.

Istanbul-based community station ROOT, where the DJ and producer, real name Odai Masri, was a...

Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, vocalist and founding member of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective, has died at age 81.

The news was announced by George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic...

Dino Calvao, New York DJ and club scene figure, has died.

Calvao passed away on 4th January after suffering a heart attack, his son confirmed...

US rapper Gangsta Boo, formerly of Three 6 Mafia, has died at age 43.

Family of the Memphis artist, real name Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, confirmed...

Herb Deutsch, composer, professor and co-inventor of the Moog synthesiser, has died at the age of 90.

The Bob Moog Foundation shared the news of...

Angelo Badalamenti, the acclaimed composer of several David Lynch projects, has passed away at age 85.

Brooklyn-born Badalamenti died of natural causes at his New...

London record collector, compiler and DJ Dez Parkes has died.

Fitzroy Facey, co-founder of The Soul Survivors magazine, shared the news to Facebook last Friday...

Migos rapper Takeoff has died, aged 28.

The Georgia rapper was killed in a shooting at a bowling alley in Houston early Tuesday morning, 1st...

DJ, producer and Glitterbox affiliate Mighty Mouse has died.

Defected Records announced the news on social media Tuesday, 25th October, saying the DJ, real name...

Tim Dolla, Jersey club pioneer and co-founder of Newark collective Brick Bandits, has died.

News of Tim Dolla's death spread on social media last week...

Revered New York hip-hop figure and radio DJ Keith Grayson, AKA DJ Kay Slay, died at the age of 55 on Sunday, 17th April.

A...