The rap world is mourning the passing of rap pioneer Hurricane G. The mom-of-one died on Sunday, Nov. 6, of stage 4 lung cancer.
Hurricane G was born Gloria Rodriguez in Brooklyn, New York. The Puerto Rican-American was the Hit Squad’s first female member.
She is best known for her 1997 debut album All Woman, produced by Domingo Padilla.
Padilla remembered the “Somebody Else” rapper in an Instagram post on Sunday.
“I have so many crazy stories from working with Hurricane G on her album All Woman,” he wrote.
“We recorded that album in my apartment in Ozone Park Queens on a Tascam 388 and I took the whole reel machine to 78/88 studios and dumped the music to 2 inch reels then mixed it with @kidcus in Unique and Chung King studios. Gloria was a really kind hearted funny person but when she was mad stay out her way…LOL.”
He continued: “I saw her make a famous radio personality cry in a studio and when I drove Gloria home we argued about why she did that and she kept it real with me she said ‘Domingo that bi**h don’t fool me she is a 2 face.’ Gonna miss speaking to her on the phone and hear her say ‘Domingo you got that funky ass fire for me or what motherfucker’… R.I.P Gloria ‘Hurricane G’ Rodriguez.”
Tributes poured in for the rap icon on social media. Rapper and producer Erick Sermon of EPMD, with whom Hurricane G shared a daughter, wrote on Instagram:
“My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends… my oldest daughter’s mother passed away today #HURRICANEGLORIA was also a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community. One of the first puertorican [sic] female rappers She rapped with me. @redmangilla she paved the way.”
He added: “I can’t believe this. Pray for us. Beautiful blessings. She was a beautiful person and a wonderful mother as real as they come. We love u G.”
Hurricane G – Somebody Else
Hurricane G, Erick Sermon – Milky
