Overview

• His family announced he died on October 14 in New York City at age 51.
• Multiple outlets, including TMZ, report pancreatic cancer as the cause after months of hospitalization and a two-week hospice stay, according to his son.
• RCA Records praised his legacy as tributes from artists such as DJ Premier and Jill Scott spread across social platforms.
• A seminal figure in neo-soul, he released Brown Sugar (1995), Voodoo (2000) and Black Messiah (2014), earning four Grammy Awards.
• Collaborator Raphael Saadiq said he had been working on a fourth album, with reports indicating material may be released posthumously; he is survived by three children.