2 Live Crew Member Brother Marquis Dead at 58

Brother Marquis — a longtime member of two Live Crew — has died … TMZ has realized.

The rapper handed away Monday — this in keeping with the group’s official social media accounts … which famous he “went to the upper room.” 2LC’s supervisor confirmed his loss of life to us, however did not have any additional particulars on the trigger or method.

Sources with direct information inform TMZ nonetheless that the loss of life seems to be pure, and there is not foul play suspected.

Whereas Marquis — who was born as Mark Ross — wasn’t a founding member of the enduring rap group, he actually helped cement it because the juggernaut act they grew to become within the ’80s and ’90s of hip hop … becoming a member of the likes of DJ Mr. Mixx, Recent Child Ice and Luke Skyywalker within the ’86.

By the point Marquis joined 2LC, they have been already making waves — having launched “Throw the D” and different raunchy songs that have been placing them on the map … and he solely bolstered that with witty tongue-in-cheek lyrics that have been stuffed with double entendres.

He ended up showing on their album ‘The two Live Crew Is What We Are’ … and went on to be featured as a rapper on different albums of theirs as effectively, together with “Move Somethin’,” “As Nasty As They Wanna Be,” “Banned in the “U.S.A.” and “As Nasty as They Wanna Be Half II.”

By the early ’90s, many of the Crew was damaged up — however Marquis went on to search out extra success within the music biz on his personal … forming the group 2 Nasty, and he additionally went on to be featured on a ton of data as effectively … together with for MCs like Ice-T and others.

He finally reunited with a few of the 2 Live Crew guys to place out extra music, and likewise launched some solo stuff as effectively.

Marquis was 58.