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Hip-Hop has lost another contributor to the culture. M.O.P. affiliate Foxx has passed, and her peers are honoring her legacy.
As reported by HipHopDX the Bronx, New York, native has transitioned. Known for her work as the group’s road manager and her contributions to records like “It’s Hard To Tell,” she became synonymous with with the M.O.P. brand. Last weekend, DJ Kid Capri announced her passing on social media via a very touching Instagram post. “I went to the hospital to see you last night, what I saw had me walking out the room crying, a week ago or so you requested that people come see you before aug 2, that’s when you wanted to be taking off of the respirator, yesterday was aug 2nd, I would have had so much regret if I didn’t make it there,” he wrote.
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Kid CapriHe went on to also reveal the two grew up together and she was a member of a rap girl group he formed. “I had fun making you, Kim, Georgia and @qtpepsi rehearse the routines I was writing, after that, you was influenced by music for real, then years after that, you linked up with @famem.o.p @billydanzem.o.p the great hip hop group M.O.P.” Soon news of her passing spread, prompting her peers to celebrate her life.
Longtime collaborator DJ Premier also shared sorrow as well. “I’m hurt in more ways than one but your pain is gone now. Even tho I saw you in the hospital Tuesday, it sucks to get that call. We all are gonna miss you so much but the fun times are documented in our souls. You were HardCore and Sweet at the same time,” his caption read with accompanying behind-the-scenes footage of M.O.P. and Gangstarr on tour in 1997.
The likes of Fat Joe, Chuck D, Alchemist, Royce Da 5’9″ and Cam’ron also shared their condolences online. Foxx had been battling scleroderma, an autoimmune disease for the last 15 years. She was 55. You can see Foxx get busy during an M.O.P. performance with Busta Rhymes in 2004 below.
