Snoop Dogg & Tupac Affiliate Bad Azz Has Passed Away At The Age Of 43

#DMT.NEWS Long Beach, California representative Bad Azz has died, according to multiple sources including Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, and Kxng Crooked. The 43-year-old MC born Jamarr Stamps was heard on albums including <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/11/tupac-makaveli-blasphemy-audio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Makaveli's <em>Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory</em></a>, <em>Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz</em>, and <em>Christmas On Death Row</em>. He was also signed to Snoop's Doggystyle Records subsidiary while at Tha Row, where he was a member of The LBC Crew alongside Lil C-Style, Tray Deee, and Techniec. After Snoop left Death Row, Bad Azz would sign a solo contract with Priority Records. He released two titles at the label, including 1998's <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2cg39zuVY20eMSbdUhTHP1?si=5-iK_P7PRReykWuReE7wXA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Word On Tha Streets</em></a> and 2001's <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1uB5BxOdrclAEASRGkVEIF?si=UIlETl1YRNaa9lmBGkNg-g" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Personal Business</em></a>. The later of the two, which nearly cracked the Top 40, spawned the Jelly Roll-produced single, "Wrong Idea" (embedded below), featuring Snoop, Lil 1/2 Dead, and Kokane. On those albums, he worked with Snoop, Battlecat, Ice Cube, Busta Rhymes, and others. <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4v8dqlnjIx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> &nbsp; <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"></div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"></div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"></div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"></div> </div> </div> &nbsp; <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B4v8dqlnjIx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Damn 😥. R. I. P. To my young. D. P. G. L. L. G. L. B. C. Crew original @badazzlbc gone 2 soon 👊🏾🎤🙏🏾😥🌹</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" href="https://www.instagram.com/snoopdogg/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> snoopdogg</a> (@snoopdogg) on <time style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;" datetime="2019-11-12T02:46:58+00:00">Nov 11, 2019 at 6:46pm PST</time></p> </div></blockquote> <script async src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script> <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/11/tupac-makaveli-blasphemy-audio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">20 Years Ago, Makaveli Rose From Tupac’s Ashes &amp; Made Him a Prophet (Audio)</a> In the 2000s, Bad Azz reunited with Snoop and the Doggystyle label for several tours and appearances. He partnered with Bizzy Bone for an album in 2009. Last year, he released <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4XxKjv8dtadcFHjoTEkgPt?si=KNvmx_TXR2K0dUCtakq_Bg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Nu Adventures Of Bad Azz</em></a>, featuring Techniec and Turf Talk, among others. <a href="https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53439/title.snoop-dogg-affiliate-bad-azz-dies-in-jail" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According to <em>HipHopDX</em></a>, Bad Azz was incarcerated last week (November 8) at the Riverside County Jail for what is believed to be a domestic violence-related incident. His next court date was planned for Wednesday (November 13). Details are pending surrounding the cause of the rapper's death. <a href="https://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/12/snoop-dogg-pound-nate-santa-clause-ghetto-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snoop Dogg’s Santa Brought His Gifts In A ’64 Impala Sleigh (Video)</a> <em>Ambrosia For Heads</em> extends condolences to the family and friends of Bad Azz. <strong>#BonusBeat:</strong> Bad Azz's "The Wrong Idea": <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4TLIVstm6rE" width="730" height="411" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"><span style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" data-mce-type="bookmark" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span></iframe>



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