{"id":2419,"date":"2022-12-13T20:11:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/12\/13\/grand-daddy-i-u-cold-chillin-mc-dead-at-54\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:11:34","slug":"grand-daddy-i-u-cold-chillin-mc-dead-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/12\/13\/grand-daddy-i-u-cold-chillin-mc-dead-at-54\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAND DADDY I.U.<\/strong>COLD CHILLIN’ MC DEAD AT 54<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Grand Daddy I.U.<\/strong>, a prominent member of early rap label Cold Chillin’ Records, has died at the age of 54 … TMZ Hip Hop has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legendary hip hop producer Pete Rock<\/strong>, a longtime advocate for GDIU’s skills as a lyricist, revealed to his followers the Queens-born rapper died peacefully in his sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 80s, GDIU was signed on Cold Chillin’ along with\u00a0Big Daddy Kane<\/strong>,\u00a0Kool G Rap<\/strong>,\u00a0Roxanne Shant\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Biz Markie<\/strong>, the latter rap legend having a huge part in shaping his career … pushing his demo to the label and even producing every song on GDIU’s first album: 1990’s “Smooth Assassin.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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