The death of Guru from Gangstarr has taken on a bizarre twist. The so-called deathbed statement in which he asked fans to contribute to a charity he has established, slagged off his former Gangstarr partner DJ Premier and gave big ups to his later partner MC Solaar has been labelled a fake by his family. They point out he couldn’t have written it because he’d been in a coma since February.
His sister Patricia’s statement reads: “Guru suffered from multiple myeloma for over a year. Accrued complications from this illness led to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. As a result, Guru was in a coma from mid-February until his death and never regained consciousness. Early on the morning of 19 April, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us. Guru died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many musical contributions.”
Watch a music video of Gangstarr’s below
