MC Breed on life support due to kidney failure

[okarol]

MC Breed on life support due to kidney failure

Sunday, September 7, 2008 9:36 PM CDT

MC Breed, the Flint, Michigan rapper who got his big break in St. Louis is in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital in Atlanta, where he is on life support due to kidney failure.

AllHipHop.com has confirmed through his manager, Darryl Morris that the rapper, born Eric Breed, was playing a game of pickup basketball Friday evening (September 5) in Atlanta, when he collapsed and fell unconscious.

“He had to be revived three times,” Morris told AllHipHop.com. “He had to be rushed to the hospital where they diagnosed him and told him his kidneys have failed.”

MC Breed, 36, is in serious need of a kidney transplant and is seeking a donor to help save his life.

Morris told AllHipHop.com that a number of rappers are being contacted to participate in a benefit concert for the revered rapper, which will take place in his hometown of Michigan.

MC Breed became a fixture in Hip-Hop after he released his hit single “Aint No Future in Yo Frontin,’” as MC Breed & DFC in 1991, on the independent Atlanta based label, Ichiban Records. The success of that single led to a meeting with rap legend the D.O.C. around 1992 in St. Louis and an entrance into West coast’s inner Hip-Hop circle at the time - Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Richie Rich, Yo-Yo, Coolio, The Dogg Pound, Too $hort and others. Another chance meeting with Tupac Shakur at a Los Angeles tattoo parlor led MC Breed to record the Gold selling hit single “Gotta Get Mines” in 1993.
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Throughout the years, MC Breed released material consistently, producing a total of 15 albums, mostly on independent labels. He also recorded with a number of rappers, including MC Eiht, Jazze Pha, George Clinton, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Rappin 4Tay, E40, to name a few.

MC Breed was preparing to release an album titled Original Breed featuring Too $hort, as well as a DVD about his life titled “Where is MC Breed,” which showcases rare footage, while chronicling his 17-year-journey as an artist.

Information from Allhiphop.com contributed to this report.

http://www.stlamerican.com/articles/2008/09/07/entertainment/living_it/livingit0001.txt

[okarol]

11/23/2008 02:22:03 PM

MC BREED HAS DIED

Rapper MC BREED has died, according to Internet reports.
The Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin' hitmaker - real name Eric T. Breed - passed away early on Saturday morning (22Nov08), reports AllHipHop.com.
The star was rushed to a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia with kidney failure earlier this year (Sep08) and put on a life support machine. He showed improvement and was taken off the machine but was reportedly expected to need a kidney transplant.
Now pals of the star have told the website the rapper has sadly died.
One says, "He's no longer with us. We are in the process of putting together a benefit concert, hopefully at Saint Andrews to raise money for a funeral."

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/mc%20breed%20has%20died_1087400

[Sluff]

Never heard of him but it is still sad to hear. R.I.P. MC Breed

[Chris]

Never heard ofhim,not evenon the hip hop radio stations. Guess he wasn't that good if they need to raise money for a funeral, but still sad to hear that somone passed away due to kidney failure. Yet no one he knew was willing to donate to save his life?