
Keith Elam, better known as Guru and founder of Gangstarr, an innovative rap duo that arose in the 80′s , lost a long battle against cancer, multiple myeloma, which is a cancer of the white blood cells.
His family issued a public announcement:
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 April 19th, he became hypertensive due to low blood pressure. He again went into cardiac arrest and slipped away from us.
He is survived by his parents, his siblings and a son, Keith Casim.
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