I still can’t quite believe this is real. I’m truly devestated.
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Joined: May '12
Posts: 36Posted 7 months ago #This really f***ing hurts. I literally yelled out loud at my desk at work today when I found out and I had to leave early because I just felt sick to my stomach. I don't even know what to say. Mike was always such a nice, smart, and funny guy, I always loved our conversations at shows. I got my hopes up when I went to the website a while back and saw: "We are completely sold out. See you in 2021!" I'm just f***ing floored. My heart goes out to Mike's family and Chris and his family. I can't imagine the pain they're feeling right now.
Rest in Power Mike. It was an honor and a pleasure to know you and I'll always cherish the times we had. I love you and miss you brother, until we meet on the other side. <3
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Joined: Mar '11
Posts: 713Posted 7 months ago #NPR...
Double K, People Under The Stairs Rapper And Producer, Dead At 43
Michael Turner — better known as Double K, rapper and producer in the Los Angeles duo People Under The Stairs — died Jan. 30 of unspecified causes. He was 43. A friend, DJ Mark Luv, shared the news via Instagram, writing that Turner "passed away peacefully." An examination by the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner has yet to be performed.
Turner and Christopher Portugal (Thes One) formed People Under The Stairs in 1997, with The Next Step dropping just one year later. Right away the album established the duo as torchbearers of a now-classic hip-hop sound: jazz and funk samples looped as the emcees traded verses, putting them in good company with like minded groups The Pharcyde, The Beatnuts and Jurassic 5. After struggling to find recognition at home, they toured Europe by train; eventually, they hit the road in America with dogged perseverance, and little by little, demand grew for PUTS' don't-call-it-a-throwback boom bap.
People Under The Stairs released 12 albums over its remarkable 22-year run. "Most of my favorite rap groups only made it to three [albums], and the third one sucked," Double K once told the LA Times. In 2011, Mac Miller not only paid tribute with "People Under the Stairs" on the mixtape titled I Love Life, Thank You, but also took the group on tour that year.
Consistent in sound and theme, the duo mostly stuck to parties, barbeque and weed, which can still be found on the 2019 swansong Sincerely, The P, but also contains life lessons for the next generation and to those still here: "Tell your people's that you love them while they all still here / Show your people that you love them while they all still here / Man, tell your people that love them while they still can hear."
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Joined: Feb '21
Posts: 1Posted 7 months ago #I just wanted to stop by and send Love to everybody
on the forum and say how grateful I am to have known
Mike for 20+ years.
How lucky are we for the wonderful memories and music he left us?I Love you Double K.
Love to you all.
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Joined: Jul '18
Posts: 5Posted 7 months ago #Man this last couple of days has just stung something raw. Hard to get over this news.
RIP Big Mike, the one you like!
Maybe I'm reading too much into all this, but it seems like they knew this was coming and The Sound of a Memory is like a foreshadow, one of his beats, heavyverse from him, and the outro with him shouting out all the gone ones.
"Stay out feelings people, no wallowing"
Forever the P!
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Posts: 81Posted 7 months ago #Still can't really wrap my head around Double K's passing. I drove down to Cambridge street the other day and snapped the photo below with a few words.
You know when you’re depressed and a sad song soothes you? Or when you’re happy and an upbeat song grooves on you? Or when a love song that sounded lame suddenly makes sense for a little while and a complex song inspires you? Double K captured and embodied these emotions throughout his musical life with People Under The Stairs and as LA Mike. It’s tough to even think that he has passed on but his life is forever immortalized in all the funk that he has brought to so many people around this wild world. Rest In Peace Mike Turner. Thank you for all of the memories. Humanity, Rock On.
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Joined: Sep '11
Posts: 963Posted 7 months ago #Still can't believe he's gone. Absolutely gutted.
Feel so sad for Thes, and Double's family and friends.You all know he will never be forgotten...and we will celebrate his life for ever more.
Stay strong all.
Forever the P...
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Joined: Oct '06
Posts: 381Posted 7 months ago #Just found out reading a Guardian article. Really devastating. He left quite a legacy, one to be proud of.
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Joined: Jan '19
Posts: 2Posted 7 months ago #So sad. I was so upset when they called it quits in 2019, although I understood. But now this. I thought Mike looked sick, not sure if it had anything to do with it, but I was worried for him. Their music was so huge to me in my formative years and it will always be a part of who I am. The world will miss you Mike, but we'll never forget you. Forever The P
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Joined: Apr '14
Posts: 284Posted 7 months ago #Man, this is really a gut punch. Best wishes to his family through these hard times.
I had made this playlist after I heard.
Double K (Best of) ATM
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P fan #1
Joined: Feb '07
Posts: 594Posted 7 months ago #Really cool to come back and be with you guys during these times. I just lost my best friend two weeks ago and now Double K. His music meant so much to me; as Eintstein said we truly are lucky to have been around at the same time to enjoy his music.
RIP K Thanks for changing my life for the better.
Tell your people that you love 'em while they still can hear the sound
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