The Promote the Peace Project in partnership with business & community organizations are producing the Promote the Peace Music CD/DVD, Radio Station, Live Events, and Promote the Peace Radio Show. The goal of this project is to help reduce the violent messages today’s music is promoting to our youth by providing a positive alternative that will highlight positive youth voices.
There has long been a need for an alternative to the music that is aimed at our young people today. Popular teen idols glamorize murder, drug, and explicit sexual behavior. Now homicide and violence is consuming our communities and families all over America and the music is an instigator to what’s going on in the streets. In addition to violence, dropout rates, illiteracy, and incarceration are on the rise. The Promote the Peace Project is that much needed Alternative.
COMING SOON: The Promote the Peace Music Competition. We are seeking submissions of Positive Music and Poems. There will be big cash prizes, scholarships, and other prizes. If you or someone you know has GREAT Positive material, have them send their mp3, photo, and bio to submit@promotethepeace.comThe following is a list of popular Rap Artists that have been murdered. The music industry has free reign in promoting music that encourages violence, drugs, and degradation of women. There is an extremes need for an alternative for our youth, specifically, the young people that seek to get involved in the music business. Our deepest condolences go out to the families of those young artists that have been lost to violence, and to the families of these who were incarcerated for their violent acts.
| Name | Date of death | Age at death | Location of death | Cause of death |
| 44257 | 11/10/2016 | 44 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Adán Zapata | 6/1/2012 | 21 | San Nicolás, Nuevo León, Mexico | Shot and killed |
| Bad News Brown | 2/11/2011 | 33 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Beaten and shot |
| Bankroll Fresh | 3/4/2016 | 28 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Big Hawk | 5/1/2006 | 36 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Big L | 2/15/1999 | 24 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Blade Icewood | 4/19/2005 | 28 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Bugz | 5/21/1999 | 21 | Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and run over |
| Camoflauge | 5/19/2003 | 21 | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Charizma | 12/16/1993 | 20 | Milpitas, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Chinx Drugz | 5/17/2015 | 31 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| D-Boy Rodriguez | 10/6/1990 | 22 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Depzman | 9/21/2013 | 18 | Birmingham, West Midlands, England | Stabbed to death |
| DJ Uncle Al | 9/10/2001 | 32 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Doe B | 12/28/2013 | 22 | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Dolla | 5/18/2009 | 21 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Einár | 10/21/2021 | 19 | Stockholm, Sweden | Shot and killed |
| Fat Pat | 2/3/1998 | 27 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Feis | 1/1/2019 | 32 | Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands | Shot and killed |
| Flabba | 3/9/2015 | 37 | Alexandra, Gauteng, South Africa | Stabbed to death |
| Freaky Tah | 3/28/1999 | 27 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Half a Mill | 10/24/2003 | 30 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Houdini | 5/26/2020 | 21 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Shot and killed |
| Huey | 6/25/2020 | 31 | Kinloch, Missouri, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Jam Master Jay | 10/30/2002 | 37 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Jimmy Wopo | 6/18/2018 | 21 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Kevin Fret | 1/10/2019 | 24 | Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico | Shot and killed |
| King Von | 11/6/2020 | 26 | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Lele | 7/1/2010 | 23 | Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico | Shot and killed |
| Lil Phat | 6/7/2012 | 19 | Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Mac Dre | 11/1/2004 | 34 | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Magnolia Shorty | 12/20/2010 | 28 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| MC Daleste | 7/7/2013 | 20 | Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil | Shot and killed |
| MO3 | 11/11/2020 | 28 | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Nipsey Hussle | 3/31/2019 | 33 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Paul C | 7/17/1989 | 24 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Pavlos Fyssas | 9/18/2013 | 34 | Keratsini, Athens, Greece | Stabbed to death |
| Pop Smoke | 2/19/2020 | 20 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Proof | 4/11/2006 | 32 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Sabotage | 1/24/2003 | 29 | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Shot and killed |
| Scott La Rock | 8/27/1987 | 25 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Seagram | 7/31/1996 | 26 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Smoke Dawg | 6/30/2018 | 21 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Shot and killed |
| Soulja Slim | 11/26/2003 | 26 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Stretch | 11/30/1995 | 27 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| The Jacka | 2/2/2015 | 37 | Oakland, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 3/9/1997 | 24 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Tupac Shakur | 9/13/1996 | 25 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| VL Mike | 4/20/2008 | 32 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| XXXTentacion | 6/18/2018 | 20 | Deerfield Beach, Florida, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Yaki Kadafi | 11/10/1996 | 19 | Orange, New Jersey, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Young Dolph | 11/17/2021 | 36 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Young Greatness | 10/29/2018 | 34 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Shot and killed |
| Yung Kece | 10/31/2021 | 20 | San Diego, CA | Shot and Killed |