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Early this morning Dj Premier Blog announced the death of Keith Elam. Included was an “official” statement from the fallen MC, that suspiciously reads as a thoughtless PR release written by Solar, the shady figure that clouded Guru’s final chapter as a musician, and also, sadly, as a human being suffering through a terrible disease. Much respect to Guru for his impact on the rap community, NYC and popular culture in general. I will refrain from calling out Solar out of respect for the difficulty of this entire situation. It’s sad to think he created this ugly barrier between Elam and his fan base. But it is what it is.

I will take a moment though to call out MTV News for disrespecting the legacy of Guru by having a poorly cited report on the man’s passing, probably written by an unpaid intern. It’s not so much that MTV has a meaningful presence in Hip-Hop but unfortunately they do have a large following among young kids and pop enthusiasts who don’t know any better. It just sucks that people will read that report and be misinformed. Also, it really bothered me yesterday when countless sites distributed that Guru/Mr. Lif collaborative song and discussed it as if it was new. No disrespect to music blogs trying to hustle, but in light of the ongoing situation you could have at least done a quick internet search instead of falling for that distasteful Press Release from none other than Solar.