---
title: "How hip hop sings about its dead"
date: 2024-04-19
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/wie-hip-hop-ueber-seine-toten-singt-the-culture-context-en/"
description: "Death plays a large part in hip hop. The tragic early passing of legends such as Biggie Smalls and Tupac, not to mention rising superstars like XXXTentacion and Pop Smoke meant the hip hop community has had to find its own rites of mourning. A look at “The Culture” tells us what these might be."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/header_NOI_240227_untitled_0351_278A2027.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# How hip hop sings about its dead