Female American rapper, Hurricane G, has reportedly died of lung cancer at the age of 52.
The trailblazing female rapper, whose real name was Gloria Rodriguez, was confirmed dead by her baby daddy, EPMD’s Erick Sermon, 53, with whom she shared her only child, Lexus Cannon.
Taking to Instagram to announce Hurricane G’s death, Sermon wrote: “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 female rappers. She rapped with me. @redmangilla she paved the way.
“@keithmurray @diddwas in all the Hiphop magazines with all the top females at the time.. #stretchandbobito loved a song that she did called “MILKY” She will be missed all around the world.”
Domingo Padilla, who produced her 1997 solo album All Woman, shared his condolences on Instagram.
He said: “R.I.P. to my good friend Hurricane G.
“Really sad news to get. I was blessed to know her and produce her debut album.
“God bless her family and daughter.”
Born in Brooklyn, Gloria was the Hit Squad’s first female member.
She released the album “All Woman” in 1997 and Mami and Papi in 2013.
She made guest appearances on albums by Keith Murray, Redman, Xzibit, Delinquent Habits, Funkdoobiest, the Cocoa Brovaz.
Gloria’s career spanned for an impressive 30 years and recorded with the likes of P Diddy and Redman.
She rose to fame back in the 1990s and scored a hit with her 1997 single release “Somebody Else” which went in at number 10 on the Billboard charts.
