Rapper MC Supreme Killed in Car Accident  

MC Supreme, best known for his single “Black in America,” was killed Sunday after a car crash in Malibu, Calif., according to the Associated Press. Suggested Reading Tupac Associate Young Noble’s Death Illuminates Alarming Fact About Suicide Rates Among Black Men Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Recent Dissent Proves She’s Unafraid to Challenge Her Colleagues—Unlike Clarence Thomas…

MC Supreme, best known for his single “Black in America,” was killed Sunday after a car crash in Malibu, Calif., according to the Associated Press.

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According to reports, the rapper and a woman were sitting in his car on the shoulder of the Pacific Coast Highway when it was hit by a pickup truck.The car rolled into an embankment along the beach. The rapper, whose real name was Dewayne Coleman, was pronounced dead at the scene and the passenger was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries. Philip Torries II, 34, was arrested after the crash on suspicion of DUI and vehicular-manslaughter charges.

Coleman’s music and life’s work were geared toward anti-violence, and he was working with teens in the Los Angeles area to steer them away from gangs.

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