Bobby ramirez lighter shade of brown death

A Lighter Shade of Brown’s Bobby Ramirez passed away Monday afternoon at the age of 46.

A Lighter Shade of Brown Rapper, DTTX, Dies at 46

The rapper known as DTTX (Don’t Try to Xerox) had been found unconscious with a 107-degree temperature on a Las Vegas street on July 7 when paramedics transferred him to a nearby hospital. Ramirez stayed in a coma for 11 days until family made the difficult decision to end all life support.

Back in 1990, Ramirez helped form A Lighter Shade of Brown with Robert “One Dope Mexican” Gutierrez.

The duo came out of Riverside and started recording demos.

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Later that year, they landed a deal with Pump Records and quickly released Brown & Proud. A Lighter Shade of Brown’s debut featured various producers including Tony G who worked on Kid Frost’s first album that same year. Brown & Proud cracked the Billboard 200 powered by the classics “Latin Active” and “On a Sunday Afternoon.” 

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