Rapper Craig Mack, who rose to prominence in the early 1990s and helped jumpstart Diddy’s Bad Boy Records label with his 1994 hit, “Flava in Ya Ear,” died of heart failure at a hospital near his home in South Carolina on Monday, according to the New York Daily News. He was 46.
Mack’s longtime friend and producer Alvin Toney, who worked on his 1994 debut album, Project: Funk Da World, confirmed Mack’s death with the Daily News. Toney told the Daily News he met with Mack as recently as last week. He said Mack told him he was dealing with an unspecified illness.
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Flava in ya ear #RIPcraigmack
I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT MY BOY CRAIG MACK HAS PASS AWAY! BUT I WILL ALWAYS LOVE FLAVOR IN MY EAR STILL IN 2019!
Rest In Peace
He's my fav rapper i'm so sad that he passed rip CraigMack
My childhood is slipping away.
Love one another before it's too late. ✌
Just found out R.I.P Craig
Why motherfuckers only know Craig for making flava in ya ear? Like come on! Y'all making my man sound like a one hit wonder.
Craig been dropping bars since '88 and still was pumping bars in the 2000's for example Get Down, not to mention he put Bad Boy on the map. Give this man props for what he has done, don't credit him for just one fucking song. Come on
You know what is pretty interesting about this is that two of Diddy first two bad boy artists are now dead rip biggie and Craig mack
Hip hop back then had some real dope original names back then.. Notorious b.i.g, LL cool j, Rampage Busta RHYMES!!! Now you have, Lil xan Lil yahaty Lil uzi vert Lil pump Lil bibby Lil peep Lil skies… Lil dicky …. hate these same names no way to stand out in a crowd
rip craig 🙁
Damn R. I. P brotha
Rip to another legend 🙏
R.I.P
Crazy what Big did to him on his lone hit, universe always operating in unique ways
RIP Craig. I remember dancing to "Flava in Ya Ear" at the clubs back in the day. Total classic. They don't make 'em like that any more.
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Man I was just watching special delivery remix with him on it and was thinking man he always been underrated
R.I.P CRAIG MACK HIS LEGACY WILL ALWAYS LIVE FOR GENERATIONS
Probably cuz puffy don't pay his artist no money no food no health insurance
He look like Hell Rell pops…
Rest in Peace.
https://youtu.be/LBftBswRhf4
He got the ball rolling on one of Hip Hop's most successful labels. RIP.
Diddy never cared about Craig their was an interview with him and biggie and he said Craig has another album coming this year and Craig watched him like wtf you talking about then diddy dropped him for biggies album
“I smash teeth, fuck your beef, no relief
I step on stage, girls scream like I'm Keith
You won't be around next year
My rap's too severe, kicking mad flava in ya ear!” -CM
I remember jr high school, banging this in my ‘Sony CD Man’ with the giant matching headphones… Damn! RIP Craig Mack
Rip Mack 🙏😔