A Tragic Scenario

Sadly, a debut MC is unable to live out his big breakThe release of A Tribe Called Quest's "Scenario," the third single from their gold album, The Low End Theory, has been marred by the tragic death of an artist who is featured on the remix. An MC named Hood, who goes first on the song, died only two days after recording his debut on wax.

Hood (Troy Anthony Hall), was reportedly beaten and shot in the head outside a group home in Harlem where he often resided. When he was not staying in Harlem, he stayed with his close friend and manager Kenny Lee in Hollis, Queens. According to Lee, Hood was working on music with Hurricane and Kool T of The Afros, also from Hollis, who helped put him in the studio to record a demo.

Q-Tip, who was introduced by Lee, had become a close friend of Hood's. It was Tip's initiative that gave Hood the opportunity to appear on the remix. "When I first met him he was rhymin'," said Q-Tip. "He didn't say hello or nothin', he just started rhymin'. Every time I saw him he was rhymin', he was dope. He really seemed like he was sold on coming out and working hard. The day we taped [the "Scenario" remix], he went in the studio, took his shirt off, and went in the booth. He did it in one take."

At the very least, we can be thankful that Hood had the opportunity to be immortalized on wax before he died. His memory will live on in hip-hop forever.