Don Newkirk, greatest identified for his collaborations with De La Soul and third Bass, has handed away. Rahiem of the Livid 5 confirmed the information in a publish on Fb, Saturday. He was 56 years previous.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart I announce the transitioning of my brother Don Newkirk,” Rahiem wrote, earlier than including, “Fifty-six years younger. Don Newkirk was among the many first R&B artists signed to Def Jam information. My condolences exit to his household. S.I.P bro.”
Newkirk supplied a sequence of voice-overs on De La Soul’s iconic 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising. He additionally appeared on third Bass’ tune, “The Fuel Face.”
In October 1989, Newkirk launched his first solo album, Funk Metropolis, by OBR/Columbia Data, a subsidiary of Def Jam Data. “I Need” and “Sweat You” had been two of the largest singles from the venture.
Newkirk mirrored on his profession throughout an interview with AllHipHop in 2021. He revealed he wasn’t conscious of the extent of his affect on hip-hop till the appearance of the web.
“Possibly I might have had extra success if I had caught to emceeing, being the 3 Toes Excessive and Rising got here out and ‘Fuel Face’ [by 3rd Bass] was about to return out,” he advised the outlet. “After which I used to be just about within the Native Tongues camp however probably not a Native Tongue, extra so as a result of I used to be singing than spitting. However I’m glad that it did go down the way in which it went down as a result of it created this legacy that I’m solely now realizing, has made an impact that I didn’t even know from again then as a result of we didn’t have web.”
Newkirk created a sophomore album in 1992 titled, Between Love & Lust, however it was shelved when Def Jam offered the imprint to which he had been signed.
Take a look at Rahiem’s Fb announcement beneath.
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