UTFO frontman Kangol Kid has died, aged 55

Kangol Kid – frontman and co-founder of hip hop outfit UTFO – has died aged 55, after a ten-month battle with colon cancer.
As reported by HipHopDX, veteran New York promoter Van Silk (who is also undergoing treatment for the same cancer) confirmed the news in a text to the outlet.
“I’m hearing Kangol passed,” he said today (December 18). “I was on with Mix Master Ice last night. Trying to find out.”
Minutes later he returned with: “RIP KANGOL KID.