Saafirs family confirmed his death, saying he died around 8:45 Tuesday morning surrounded by loved ones.
We surrounded him and let him know how much we loved him.
He can rest now.
Saafir performing in Chicago in 1994.Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
(Gibson also lived, for a brief time, with another Digital Underground associate, Tupac Shakur.)
And while the question of who won has always been split, Gibsons performance undeniably stood out.
Gibson followedBoxcar Sessionsand the KMEL battle with two more albums, 1998sTrigonometryand 1999sThe Hit List.
While the group released some unofficial freestyles, no official Golden State Project recordings were ever released.
Around this time, Gibson was briefly signed to Dr. Dres Aftermath Records.
As he told theChroniclein that 2007 interview, This is the only therapy I get, doing hip-hop.
