DOUBLE K REST IN POWER
staxwax
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Awww man this is terrible, upsetting news. Way too young. Happy to have seen them perform live in London about 10 years ago and was able to briefly talk to both Thes and Double K after the show. Thes was a regular on the board here years ago and an all round good dude in his interactions here. PUTS had an incredible run and some of the best beats in hiphop. Period!
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My heart goes out to Mikes family & of course Thes. We all send our love.
On a side note, what is with all these Gen X'rs (especially hip hop folks) passing lately? I guess I'm at that age where this shit is a reality, but DAMN... way too young!
I remember another show they did here in La Jolla, and hanging out backstage with them and Ugly Duckling before the show, and I'm just a regular dude but because of the 'strut here I am hanging out backstage goofing off. They ended the show with everybody singing "on a warm san diego night" and afterwards we went to the hotel they were staying at and hung outside drinking beers late into the night. I think Cas was hammered that night.
Facebook tells me this was 2009. Can it really be that long ago?
PUTS knew how to rock a crowd. Their shows were always LIVE, and always FUN. I think in the beginning people thought they took themselves seriously, and maybe that's why they came out with FUN DMC, to let people know they were having fun. They walked their own path. It didn't matter what trends were popular in music. Album after album they came with their own and stuck to it. I respect them both so much for it.
I never really knew Mike that well, but it's a strange feeling. PUTS put out their last album, but I still just sort of assumed they would always be there, Chris and Mike. Even if they weren't still making records together. It's not fair that he's not going to be able to grow old and look back at it all, and think "I did that". I don't really know how to put it into words, but it's just not fair. My heart hurts for Chris, and all of Mike's friends, family, and loved ones.
Words that I would have tried to write, but couldn't.
One love to all PUTS family.
RIP Double K
Condolences to his family and all who knew LA Mike, especially Thes.
I only met him once after a gig but his friendliness and affection for Hip Hop made a big impression.
RIP
RAJ said:
Hip-hop is rooted in black and brown communities, and black and brown people in America have a raw deal from before they're born (i.e., the fate of their children starts with how black and brown families experience life), and it affects their health and well-being across their life. So it's actually not surprising, but it's a real sad lesson to see our black and brown heroes affected by disease and death before our other heroes. (I know this sounds pedantic, but I'm a social epidemiologist and I teach people, so I can't help it!)
Busy lately, I would imagine.
You would think, but thankfully, I'm not involved in responding to the pandemic. I am trained to understand it and all that, but I'm
busy enoughexhausted by my own workload and family life so I try not to pay too much attention to the pandemic! (Off-off-topic now, but they just announced that our schools are going to re-open next week, and wifey and I are over the moon. Such a huge wave of relief washing over....)Seriously. PUTS needs a memoire / proper doc.
Not many hip hop "groups" have made an impact on me like PUTS. I always admired how they chose their own destiny and kept it Real. The fact they did it all themselves is mind boggling.
"Rock on."
Unfortunately, the Twitch video was pulled (probably for a few reasons.) I managed to DL the audio feed before he pulled the plug.
Sharing it here for Strutters to enjoy privately.
Thanks for sharing that, Raj.
Thes, that was beautful and illuminating.