The Rootsの結成メンバーであるMalik Bが享年47歳で逝去

ザ・ルーツの結成メンバーであるマリク・Bが亡くなった。享年47歳だった。

マリク・Bの従兄弟であるドン・チャンピオンはソーシャル・メディアで噂が回った後、訃報を認めている。死因については明らかになっていない。

「今日は愛する従兄弟の喪に服している。彼は才能に溢れ、大きな心の持ち主だった」とドン・チャンピオンは述べている。「彼がザ・ルーツを始めた時のことを今も覚えている。彼は自分と父親に聴くためのカセットテープをくれたんだ。既に君のことが惜しいよ。マリク」

Mourning my beloved cousin today. He was so talented and had a huge heart. I still remember when he and The Roots were starting out. He'd give me and my dad their cassette tapes to listen to. I miss you already, Mailk. #RIP ❤️ https://t.co/UMQeXJsWmf

— Don Champion (@DonChampionTV) July 29, 2020

ザ・ルーツも公式ツイッターで声明を発表している。「残念ながら私たちの愛する仲間であり、長年ザ・ルーツのメンバーだったマリク・アブドゥル・バセットが亡くなったことをお伝えします」

「そのイスラム教の信仰心と史上最も才能に溢れたMCの1人としての革新性で記憶されますように。喪に服している間は家族に御配慮を願います」

We regretfully inform you of the passing of our beloved brother and long time Roots member Malik Abdul Basit. May he be remembered for his devotion to Islam and innovation as one of the most gifted MCs of all time. We ask that you please respect his family in our time of mourning pic.twitter.com/NVHtb2CFWP

— The Roots (@theroots) July 29, 2020

ザ・ルーツのラッパーであるブラックソートは次のように追悼の意を表している。「1日目から友として競い合う中でいつも君の才能と可能性のほんの少ししか持っていないように感じていた」と彼は述べている。「君がエーテルから律動を生み出し、それを宇宙に解き放ち、英語を自分のビッチのようにしているのを見て、君の鋼が僕の鋼を研ぎ澄ましたんだ」

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We made a name and carved a lane together where there was none. We ressurected a city from the ashes, put it on our backs and called it Illadelph. In friendly competition with you from day one, I always felt as if I possessed only a mere fraction of your true gift and potential. Your steel sharpened my steel as I watched you create cadences from the ether and set them free into the universe to become poetic law, making the English language your bitch. I always wanted to change you, to somehow sophisticate your outlook and make you see that there were far more options than the streets, only to realize that you and the streets were one… and there was no way to separate a man from his true self. My beloved brother M-illitant. I can only hope to have made you as proud as you made me. The world just lost a real one. May Allah pardon you, forgive your sins and grant you the highest level of paradise. #MalikB #TheLegendaryRootsCrew

Black Thought(@blackthought)がシェアした投稿 – 2020年 7月月29日午後12時10分PDT

クエストラヴもインスタグラムの投稿において長文で追悼の意を表している。

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by @tdoteric A lighter tale of Malik Abdul Basit As a true Bol from philly you know that one’s oil game HAD to be on point. I came in this game rockin oils since age 9. Most of yall joke about me smelling like Breakfast (thx Kravitz clan) but long before my vanilla combo mastery my true graduation from basic Frankincense & Myrrh morphed into new exotic philly jawns like “Mecca Musk” & “Somali Rose” & “Egyptian Musk” & yeah…..”Money On the Street” & “Hug My Neck Aphrodisiac” Malik introduced me to that world. Even before Malik was in the Roots —-he was my oil guru. IYKYK…there is no panic like the last drop of oil w no re-up in the future. I been bugging Malik for my “$OTS” re-up. Paged him 911 (ask your parents kids) he was hard to catch but I knew I had some leverage bait this time: these were my last days interning at #RuffhouseRecords. I was everyone’s plug for all free cd’s/lp’s & especially Kriss Kross posters for anyone’s younger sibling or cousin Tim Dog’s sophomore Do or Die just came out (his “I Get Wrecked” single w KRS made brief noise for a sec) & I had 6 songs from the not yet released Cypress Hill “Black Sunday” lp——that was just enough to garner a “word? BET!” confirmation from Malik to tell me that him & Mussa (remember the cat dozing off watching TV in our “Distorion” vid? Him) would scoop me in a half hour. Confused I thought it was gonna be an even exchange (having paid him upfront weeks ago at a show I thought he was gonna drop it off——ha ha ha yeah ok They arrive to my west philly house and then Malik breaks the news to me: we gotta take a trip to “Norf” to get the oils. I wasn’t planning on this. But oh well. It was 3pm. Malik told me the particular fragrance I dug was a mixture of 3 import oils from Saudi Arabia (his parents often taught school there) my dad was already on his cynic “fool me once….” bag with Malik from a previous sale: “that boy tried to hustle me with Blue Nile that wasn’t all the way Blue, I know Johnson’s baby oil rebranded when I smell it”)——Malik told me we’d have to run to grab 2 oils & then West Oak Lane for the other oil, & then to South Philly so he can mix em together. Uh (checks Swatch) ok.

Questlove Froman,(@questlove)がシェアした投稿 – 2020年 7月月29日午後6時47分PDT

マリク・Bはザ・ルーツの最初の4枚のアルバム、1993年発表の『オーガニクス』、1995年発表の『ドゥ・ユー・ウォント・モア』、1996年発表の『イラデルフ・ハーフライフ』、1999年発表の『シングス・フォール・アパート』に参加している。

1999年にソロ・キャリアを追求するためにザ・ルーツを脱退し、2005年にソロ・デビュー・アルバム『ストリート・アサルト』を、翌年に『サイコロジカルEP』をリリースしている。