Chucky Thompson, Producer Who Worked With Mary J Blige and Notorious B.I.G., Dies at 53

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Chucky Thompson was a hip-hop and R&B producer who worked with artists including the Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J.

D.C.-born record producer Chucky Thompson, who made music with some of the biggest hip hop and R&B stars of the ’90s, has died according to multiple reports.

A.D. Amorosi Carl “Chucky” Thompson, the producer, composer and member of the Bad Boy label’s stable of “Hitmen” responsible for smashes by artists like the Notorious B.I.G.

A post shared by @youngguru763A native of Washington DC, Thompson got his start playing for Chuck Brown’s legendary go-go band, The Soul Searchers, before joining “The Hitmen”. There, he worked with New Edition, Tevin Campbell, Mary J.

Diddy‘s Hitmen production team, who has died.The producer’s death was confirmed by friend, collaborator and mentee Young Guru, who revealed that Thompson had passed away in an Instagram post.“There is nothing I can write that will take away this pain,” Guru (real name Gimel Keaton) wrote alongside a picture of him and Thompson. “I have to say RIP to my mentor, my big brother, the man who changed my life forever.