Tag Archives: Zumbi
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In Memoriam: DMX, Charlie Watts and 30 other artists we lost in 2021
Row 1: DMX, Biz Markie, Dusty Hill, Charlie Watts, Joey Jordison, Nanci Griffith and B.J. Thomas. Row 2: Mary Wilson, George Wein, Michael Nesmith, Terence “Astro” Wilson, Tom T. Hall, Stephen Sondheim and Graeme Edge. Row 3: Chick Corea, Gift of Gab, Bunny Wailer, Shock G and Sylvain Sylvain.…
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Friends of Zion I’s Zumbi gather to pay tribute in virtual memorial
Screenshot from the live-streamed “Celebrate the Life of Zumbi” memorial on Aug. 22, 2021. Around 1,000 viewers tuned in on Sunday evening for a live-streamed memorial service for the late Stephen Gaines, better known as Baba Zumbi of East Bay hip-hop group Zion I. Zumbi passed away at a…
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GoFundMe started for children of late Zion I founder Zumbi, Berkeley police probe death
Stephen Gaines (Zumbi) of Zion I with his three sons, photo: GoFundMe. Updated on Aug. 17 at 5:40 p.m. — A GoFundMe campaign has been started for the young sons of East Bay hip-hop artist Stephen B. Gaines, better known as Zumbi of Zion I, who died Friday at a Berkeley hospital,…
