Before Tupac Shakur was about "California Love" he was all about Thug Life, and the rapper's early recording contract with the hip-hip group can be yours ... if you're str8 ballin'. The 58-page contract from July 24, 1994 is signed by 2Pac and fellow Thug Life members Big Syke (Tyruss Himes), Mopreme Shakur (Maurice Harding), Macadoshis (Diron Rivers) and The Rated R (Walter Burns) ... inking their deal for a collab album with Interscope Records -- "Thug Life: Volume...
- 3/5/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Grim Reaper isn’t done yet with his 2016 tour through the music world. Rapper Big Syke, who collaborated with Tupac Shakur, died Monday, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office told TheWrap. Big Syke, whose real name was Tyruss Himes, was pronounced dead at his home in Hawthorne, California, shortly after 11 p.m. He was 48. Also Read: 12 Hip-Hop Beefs Ranked, Wack to Best: From Drake v Meek Mill to Biggie v Tupac (Photos) Himes launched his rap career in 1990 with the group Evil Mind Gangstas. After meeting Shakur in 1992 and joining Shakur’s Thug Life, the rapper.
- 12/6/2016
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
The rapper who helped people picture Tupac rollin' has died. TMZ has learned Big Syke was found dead at his home in Hawthorne, CA late Monday night. Law enforcement sources tell us cops responded first to a call to the scene, and then the L.A. County Coroner arrived. No foul play is suspected. Sources close to the situation tell us Syke -- real name Tyruss Himes -- is believed to have died from natural causes,...
- 12/6/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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