I've been wanting to post about this for a while and finally a found the picture I'd been looking for. Rhymer and producer Slinga, of East London crew Young Guns was recently murdered on an estate in Hoxton. Slinga, pictured here on the far right, was stabbed to death for reasons as yet unknown, spelling the end of a life that had really just begun. Featured in issue 47 of RWD, Slinga was partly responsible for creating street smash Countdown, based on the infamous Channel 4 riddim of the same name.
He may not have sold records nor been as famous as Proof, but his loss of life is no less significant, in that it's another young male who died for seemingly stupid reasons. An argument, a disagreement - who knows - but he's left behind family and friends who will miss him as much as Proof's fam are no doubt missing him right now.
RIP Slinga.
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