BORN IN BOSTON 1966 KEITH ELAM..LATER ON MOVING TO N.Y, WHERE HE DISCOVERED HIS PIONEER ROOTS, DEBUTING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN THE 1980′S WITH HIS TEAM THE ONE AND ONLY GANG STARR..RELEASING THERE FIRST ALBUM IN 89 TITLED ” NO MORE MR. NICE GUY’, INSTANTLY THEY TOOK FLIGHT IN THE GAME..1991 GANG STARR CAME WITH ANOTHER HIT CALLED ” STEP IN THE ARENA”..AFTER YEARS OF GREAT SUCCESS WITH HIS CREW GANG STARR..GURU DECIDED TO BRANCH OFF ON HIS OWN..IT’S WAS THEN HE PIONEERED THE JAZZ AND HIP-HOP BLEND DROPPING THE HEAT.. SEPT. 23, 1993 WITH “JAZZMATAZZ” VOL. 1..COLLABORATING WITH JAZZ LEGENDS LIKE ROY AYERS, DONALD BYRD..HE RELEASED THREE MORE VOLUMES AFTER THAT, “JAZZMATAZZ” VOL. 2 IN 1995, AND “JAZZMATAZZ” VOL3 IN 2000 AND LATER ON CAME BACK WITH VOL 4..THE VOLUMES FEATURED ARTIST SUCH AS ERYKAH BADU, MACY GRAY, ISSAC HAYES, THE ROOTS, RAMSEY LEWIS ETC. A TRUE GENIUS DEVELOPING A STYLE THAT WAS UNHEARD OF..A TRUE PIONEER. FOR YEARS GURU WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH HIS DJ..DJ PREMIER HOLDING DOWN THE N.Y. UNDERGROUND SCENE.. THE TWO LONG TIME FRIENDS AND PARTNERS FALL OUT AND WHAT DOWN THERE OWN PATHS..2003 GANG STARR AND DJ PREMIER TEAMED UP ONCE AGAIN AND RELEASED “THE OWNERZ”, THE REUNION BRIEFLY LASTED AND THAT WAS THE LAST RECORD THEY WOULD EVER RECORD TOGETHER.. IN 2005 GURU DROPPED “THE STREET SCRIPTURES” WITH MC SOLAR, WHO HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH UP UNTIL HIS DEATH ON APRIL 19, 2010.. KEITH “GURU” ELAM HAD BEEN SUFFERING FORM CANCER FOR A YEAR BUT DID NOT WANT TO MAKE IT PUBLIC..LIKE A TRUE VET HE CONTINUE TO COMPLETE PROJECTS WHILE FIGHTING HIS ILLNESS UNTIL MARCH1ST WHEN HE HAD A HEART ATTACK & WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST WHICH THE CANCER TRIGGERED FOLLOWING SURGERY AND FROM THERE THE LEGEND SLIPPED INTO A COMA..LATER AWAKENING FROM HIS COMA.. ALLEGEDLY DURING THIS TIME, SOLAR RELEASED A LETTER ALLEGEDLY WRITTEN BY GURU ,THANKING HIS FAMILY. .THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE HIS SON AND HIS FANS..ALLEGEDLY GURU ALSO STATED “I DO NOT WISH FOR MY EX- DJ..PREMIER TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MY NAME, EVENTS .. TRIBUTES ETC YOU HAVEN’T BEEN INVOLVED WITH ME IN 7 YRS..SOLAR HAS MY LIFE STORY AND IS WELL INFORMED ON ANY FAMILY SITUATION”..SHORTLY AFTER HEARING THE NEWS OF GURU’S DEATH DJ PREMIER POSTED IN HIS BLOG: ” OUR WARMEST CONDOLENCES TO GURU’S FAMILY AND LOVED ONES AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME”..DURING GURU’S TIME IN THE HOSPITAL HIS NEPHEW JUSTIN POSTED TWO VIDEOS ON YOU TUBE STATING “SOLAR HAS COMPLETELY CUT US OFF, MY FAMILY HAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT’S GOING WITH GURU’S SITUATION” BUT DONT GET ANY REPLY FROM SOLAR..GURU WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS PIONEER SKILLS, HIS UNIQUE STYLE, AND HIS POWERFUL MESSAGES..GURU IS NOT ONLY A MUSIC PIONEER BUT HIS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN FILM AND VIDEO GAMES..93 “WHO’S THE MAN? “AS MARTIN LORENZO, 98 THE SUBSTITUTE 2 : SCHOOL’S OUT AS LITTLE B, 2000 “TRAIN RIDE” AS JAY, 2001..”3 A.M.“ AS HOOK OFF, ALSO IN 2001 “GRAND THEFT AUTO III” AS 8 BALL, 2002 “URBAN MASSACRE” AS CEREAL KILLAH, 2003 “KING FAUX” AS VOICE OVER LUARIOUS AND IN 2005 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY CITY STORIES ONCE AGAIN AS 8 BALL..GURU WAS AND WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS A HOOD HERO, MESSENGER, PIONEER, ARTIST AND A VERY TALENTED MAN, HE WAS BE DEEPLY MISSED..AWWMAN.NET WILL LIKE TO SEND OUR PRAYS OUT TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ALL OF HIS FANS..GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. YOU GAVE US THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE..NOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO SHINE IN HEAVEN*****LOVE YOU ALWAYS****** KEITH “GURU” ELAM 1966-2010.think
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