Freaky Tah
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Raymond Rogers better known as Freaky Tah, was an MC
, hype man
and promoter. Freaky Tah was a member of a hip hop
group called the Lost Boyz, together with Mr. Cheeks
, DJ Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou.
at the time of his death, his 28th birthday being a month and a half away.
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
, hype man
Hype man
A hype man in hip hop music and rapping is a “backup rapper/singer who is also responsible for increasing an audience's excitement with call-and-response chants” according to The Hilltop and author Grant Barrett....
and promoter. Freaky Tah was a member of a hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
group called the Lost Boyz, together with Mr. Cheeks
Mr. Cheeks
Mr. Cheeks is a Grammy Award winning rapper best known for his work with the musical group Lost Boyz, and his career as a solo artist.-Biography:...
, DJ Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou.
Death
On the night of March 28, 1999, at fellow Lost Boyz member Mr.Cheeks' 28th birthday party, Freaky Tah was shot in the back of his head while he was going towards the exit of Sheraton Hotel in Queens, New York. He was pronounced dead at about 4:20 AM, after being rushed to nearby Jamaica Hospital. The getaway driver, Raheem Fletcher, was sentenced to 7 years in prison. It was also revealed that a man named Kelvin Jones was the killer. Jones pleaded guilty to murder. Freaky Tah was 2727 Club
The 27 Club—also occasionally known as the Forever 27 Club, Club 27 or the Curse of 27—is the title for a group of popular musicians who all died at the age of 27...
at the time of his death, his 28th birthday being a month and a half away.