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Brother Marquis, Pioneering 2 Live Crew Rapper, Dead at 58


Brother Marquis, one of the members of 2 Live Crew, died Monday at age 58.

“Brother Marquis of the 2 Live crew has went to the upper room,” read the group’s statement posted on social media Monday. Brother Marquis — as a member of 2 Live Crew alongside Fresh Kid Ice, Mr. Mixx, and Uncle Luke — made history with their expletive-filled 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be. In an interview with Rolling Stone at the time, Marquis recalled the group’s raunchy live shows, and an instance where he had to “jump out of the back window” of a hotel after humping a fan onstage.

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2 Live Crew's Brother Marquis, who performed on the raunchy rap group's most iconic albums, is dead at 58