On August 27, 1987, Streling, Derrick "D-Nice" Jones, and several others went to a South Bronx neighborhood to try to defuse a situation between some hoods who had assaulted D-Nice. However, as they were leaving, one of the hoods shot at the group, hitting Sterling in the neck. He was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries an hour later, becoming the first murder of the hip hop world. His death would have a profound effect on KRS-One, causing him to become a more socially conscious rapper.
On August 27, 1987, Streling, Derrick "D-Nice" Jones, and several others went to a South Bronx neighborhood to try to defuse a situation between some hoods who had assaulted D-Nice. However, as they were leaving, one of the hoods shot at the group, hitting Sterling in the neck. He was rushed to hospital where he died of his injuries an hour later, becoming the first murder of the hip hop world. His death would have a profound effect on KRS-One, causing him to become a more socially conscious rapper.