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DJ Crazy Toones Passes Away; Hip-Hop Community ReactsMany West Coast greats pay their respect to the passing of DJ Crazy Toones.Hip Hop is mourning the loss of another one its West Coast greats today. Famed producer DJ Crazy Toones passed away Monday due to a reported heart attack his publicist Chad Kiser confirmed. He was 45 years young.Born Lamar Dupré Calhoun, DJ Crazy Toones was the brother to WC and Coolio in WC & The Maad Circle. Breaking out on the scene in the early 90’s, Toones worked closely with Coolio, Kurupt, Xhibit, Snoop Dogg, Mack 10 and more and had ties to Westside Connection and Lench Mob Records. His most recent gig was being Ice Cube‘s official tour DJ.Many from the hip-hop community have already took to social media to pay their condolences, including Ice Cube, Ice-T, Immortal Technique, Alchemist, Mack 10, DJ Z-Trip, Kokane, Cypress Hill, and DJ Premier. (See all the heartfelt tweets below) I just lost my homie, brother, DJ, confidant and love one. Crazy Toones passed away today and I'm fucked up about it. We miss you & love u. pic.twitter.com/hsBHIJ4J2y — Ice Cube (@icecube) January 9, 2017 RIP Crazy Tooneshttps://t.co/NN7Us6XSST — Cypress Hill ™ (@cypresshill) January 9, 2017 This one HURTS!!!!! One of THEEE NICEST Brothas you could have EVER met. Not just what he did for the West and The World, but The Man he was. A GREAT person. Very humbled. ALWAYS respectful. The hardest working, underrated producer, DJ.. etc in the business. #CrazyToones, you will be GREATLY missed. Rest In Peace, My Good Brotha. You will be missed. #CrazyToones #WestCoast #ThrowUpThaDub #RIP A photo posted by Big Boy (@bigboy) on Jan 9, 2017 at 11:00am PST RIP 2MY BROTHA "DJ CRAZYTOONS".. JUST PLAYn OUR MIXTAPE "BACKSTREETS" reminiscing w/ TEARS n MY EYEShttps://t.co/GNMjKhcNK4 LOVE U & MISS U pic.twitter.com/PAFRi4qqcc — Kokane (@Kokaneofficial) January 9, 2017 ..Always was cool as hell and meshed with everyone well. He brought people together. — DelTheFunkyHomosapie (@DelHIERO) January 9, 2017 I don't even know how to say this one! It's not even comprehending to my mind right now… The Man Pictured On The Left… R.I.P. To DJ Crazy Toones… He's WC's brother and also ICE CUBE's DJ and one if my best friends on the West Coast since I was 21 years old… I just got the news… We have so many memories beyond my career in HIP HOP! Just Friend Shit! This is so hard to accept but I have to bcuz we all have a start and an ending in this life… To the Calhoun Family We Are Here For You! I could write a book for all the words I have to say about Toones… Love You Lamar Calhoun! Fly On… @therealdubwc @icecube @mayleeno #PremierWuzHere A photo posted by @djpremier on Jan 9, 2017 at 11:14am PST @ImmortalTech damn, legendary west coast DJ. Scratch in Peace CT. — Ball from VanCity® (@BallSixOFour) January 9, 2017 Man, so bummed to hear about DJ @crazytoones – such a good dude. RIP, my man. — DJ Z-TRIP (@ztrip) January 9, 2017 RIP DJ Crazy Toones Westside Connection For Ever ! We gone miss you homie pic.twitter.com/FNgkDGtQGU — Mack 10 (@OfficialMack10) January 9, 2017 Rest in Peace DJ Crazy Toones. — Alchemist (@Alchemist) January 9, 2017 OG Crazy Toones was a Real WestCoast Rider… Man!! https://t.co/0bbcowBXC3 — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) January 9, 2017 Just lost another Homie this morning……. man! — ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) January 9, 2017 I love you Uncle Toones — O'Shea Jackson Jr (@OsheaJacksonJr) January 9, 2017
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Dr. Dre - The Pharmacy is live now. A tribute to the late DJ Crazy Toones.https://itunes.apple.com/beats1?itscg=1203&at=1000ltV&ct=beats1
Quote from: Marco on January 14, 2017, 03:35:56 PMDr. Dre - The Pharmacy is live now. A tribute to the late DJ Crazy Toones.https://itunes.apple.com/beats1?itscg=1203&at=1000ltV&ct=beats1Can we get an MP3 rip of the tribute?