2 Live Crew Rapper Fresh Kid Ice Dead at 53

Fresh Kid Ice, one of the founding members of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 53. Born Christopher Wong Won in 1964 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, he co-founded 2 Live Crew with DJ Mr. Mixx and Amazing V in 1984 and eventually was joined by Luther Campbell. Suggested Reading The…

Fresh Kid Ice, one of the founding members of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, has died at 53. Born Christopher Wong Won in 1964 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, he co-founded 2 Live Crew with DJ Mr. Mixx and Amazing V in 1984 and eventually was joined by Luther Campbell.

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โ€œMy Condolence goes out to the family Chris Wong Wong Fresh Kid Ice of the 2 Live Crew who just passed away people we lost a legend,โ€ Campbell wrote on Twitter about Fresh Kid Iceโ€™s Thursday-morning death.

https://twitter.com/unclelukereal1/status/885474003321847808

Fresh Kid Ice was one of the first to represent Asians in hip-hop and spoke about Asian representation in hip-hop last year in an interview on Vice.

โ€œThe Asians were there in the beginning of hip-hopโ€”but as DJs,โ€ he said. โ€œWeโ€™ve been in the background and stayed behind the scenes, but we learn from our mistakes. A lot of people see us as being passive, but sometimes being passive means that youโ€™re learning. Right now, I see us right there with everyone else. [An Asian rapper] has to just come along and do it big.โ€

Fresh Kid Iceโ€™s manager, DJ Debo, confirmed his death in a Miami hospital from an undisclosed medical condition.

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