Juice Crew Alum T.J. Swan—Rap’s “First Crooner”—Has Died
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Based on fellow Juice Crew member Roxanne Shante, acclaimed singer T.J. Swan has handed away.
His household additionally confirmed the information on his official Instagram account, confirming he died on Friday morning (November 22).
T.J. Swan’s contributions helped form the sound of Eighties Hip-Hop as one of many first crooners to seem on a number of the largest data of the day.
Based on MC Shan, T.J. Swan was introduced into The Juice Crew via Biz Markie.
Because of T.J. Swan’s vocals, MC Shan (“Left Me Lonely”) and Biz Markie (“Make The Music With Your Mouth Biz” and “No person Beats the Biz”) discovered large success as collaborators.
Based on legend, T.J. Swan recorded a full album with Juice Crew producer Marley Marl, however the launch by no means noticed the sunshine of day for unknown causes.
In 2019, T.J. Swan revealed he was engaged on a documentary in regards to the origins of Hip-Hop within the Queensbridge housing initiatives referred to as “The Misplaced Tribe of QB.”
The information of T.J. Swan’s passing sparked an outpouring of grief from numerous well-known Hip-Hop stars, together with Jazzy Jeff, Killer Mike, Posdnuos of De La Soul and Large Gipp, who was featured on Nelly’s#### track “Grillz” with Paul Wall and Ali, which included a chunk of TJ Swan’s hook from MC Shan’s “Left Me Lonely.”
