Steve 'Zumbi' Gaines, rapper in the Bay Area hip-hop group Zion I, has died at the age of 49
Gaines, a Bay Area native that previously rapped under the name Zion, first met Amp Live when the pair were students at Morehouse College in the early Nineties. In Atlanta, they first formed the group Meta Four — which briefly signed with Tommy Boy, although no albums were released — before moving back to Gaines’ native Oakland and forming Zion I.
Together, the duo released seven critically acclaimed albums between 2000 and 2012, as well as a pair of collaborative LPs with fellow Bay Area rapper the Grouch. Zion I also featured on songs by Linkin Park , Guru, Matisyahu and Bassnectar before Amp Live departed the group in 2016.
He added, “I’m not a rich man by any stretch, but I’m also not poor. I feel like I’m blessed to be able to do my music and support my family and live a decent life, you know. I can only imagine people that are actually struggling economically dealing with this situation.” Zumba and Amp Live had recently reunited with plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 2000 LPIn recent months on Instagram, Gaines posted tributes to late rappers like Biz Markie and friends like Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab and Digital Underground’s Shock G, a fellow Oakland native. “Feels like an entire generation is leaving us as of late,” Gaines wrote.
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