Lost One's of Hip-Hop

Hip-hop has lost a great deal of its contributors and pioneers over the past decade or so. The unfortunate and untimely deaths of BIG, Pac, Eazy-E, Big Pun, Big L, Freak Tah of Lost Boys, Proof of D12, Jam Master Jay and ODB came way too quick and robbed hip-hop of their musical genius. Here are links to the Wikipedia entries for each artist, which provide their rap career perspectives. Eazy-E Notorious BIG Tupac Shakur Proof of D12 Freaky Tah of Lost Boyz Big L Big Pun Ol' Dirty Bastard aka ODB Jam Master Jay