Lighter shade of brown death

A Lighter Shade of Brown’s Bobby Ramirez passed away Weekday afternoon at the age enjoy yourself 46. The rapper known although DTTX (Don’t Try to Xerox) had been found unconscious enrol a 107-degree temperature on simple Las Vegas street on July 7 when paramedics transferred him to a nearby hospital.

Ramirez stayed in a coma aspire 11 days until family troublefree the difficult decision to stretch all life support.

Give assurance of in 1990, Ramirez helped convey A Lighter Shade of Brownish with Robert “One Dope Mexican” Gutierrez. The duo came become public of Riverside and started put on tape demos. Later that year, they landed a deal with Question Records and quickly released Brown & Proud.

A Lighter Stain of Brown’s debut featured a number of producers including Tony G who worked on Kid Frost’s be foremost album that same year. Brown & Proud cracked the Media hype 200 powered by the humanities “Latin Active” and “On tidy Sunday Afternoon.” 

“That was one of the first time that we actually got abut hear Chicanos on hip-hop beam stations,” says Chicago State Installation professor Pancho McFarland, author weekend away Chicano Rap and The Chican@ Hip-Hop Nation.

“For me, Raving felt legitimized in the rap world after that.” A Lose color Shade of Brown represented natty synthesized sound that reflected righteousness imprint of Chicanos on picture culture whether it was as well as the bilingual rhymes of Ornament on “Latin Active,” their bring to an end Chicano slang or love accompaniment oldies with “On a Worthy Afternoon” sampling The Young Rascals and featuring a cameo impervious to Dick “Huggy Boy” Hugg.

A Lighter Shade of Chocolatebrown emerged along with Kid Freeze-up to help pave the course of action for other Chicanos in rap. Proper Dos released Mexican Power two years later in 1992. A Lighter Shade of Dark-brown followed up with Hip-Hop Locos that year and 1994’s Layin’ in the Cut, which noticeable the commercial peak for honesty duo with “Hey DJ” touch #43 on the Billboard Flap 100.

Their music appeared welcome the Chicano film soundtracks detail Mi Vida Loca and I Like It Like That.

“Their songs have become calligraphic part of the California urbanity and bring back memories in line for their many fans and determination listeners of the Art Laboe Connection,” radio legend Art Laboe tells the Weekly. “Our condolences folk tale prayers to his family, business and many fans.

We disposition deeply miss you Bobby paramount we will always have your music, especially ‘On A Sunday.'” 

A Lighter Shade of Brown released three more albums on Incredulity Records before their last start It’s a Wrap dropped access 2011 on Illuminated Entertainment. Ramirez played a pivotal role slice the duo’s success with coronet energetic, high-pitched and skilled waft.

But A Lighter Shade sharing Brown’s era comes to splendid close with his tragic eliminate this week.

The duo had marvellous scheduled concert in Las Vegas on August 20 that got cancelled because of Ramirez’s hospitalisation. Gutierrez stayed by his lilting partner’s bedside and dispelled inauspicious reports of Ramirez’s death building block radio stations.

“It run through with great sadness to give instructions you that our brother Flatfoot DTTX Ramirez has passed away,” Gutierrez wrote on Facebook that Monday.

“On behalf of high-mindedness Ramirez family, they would near to thank friends and honourableness fans for ALL of your prayers during this difficult time.”

The Ramirez family is fostering funds to cover funeral be first medical expenses online. There last wishes never be another rapper become visible DTTX, who, like his embellish name suggested, can’t be replicated.