--- description: He had a prolific solo career, releasing four studio albums between 1998 and 2013 along with 18 mixtapes. He was 38-years-old. title: Tupac Collaborator Hussein Fatal Dies in Car Accident image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rapper Hussein Fatal, a Member of Tupac's Group the Outlawz, Has Died in a Car Accident by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 3:49 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 3:49 AM CUT Hussein Fatal, a rapper who rose to fame in the 1990s through his collaborations with late hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur, died in a car accident on Saturday. Fatal, who was born Bruce Washington Jr. but converted to Islam, was part of Shakur’s group The Outlawz. The group confirmed his death on social media Saturday evening but no further details about the crash have been revealed. > [](https://twitter.com/TheOutlawz/status/620052320970244097) They also tweeted a request for donations to pay for the 38-year-old artist’s funeral. > [](https://twitter.com/TheOutlawz/status/620287110059302912) Fatal featured on multiple Tupac tracks, including _All About U, When We Ride_ and the anthem _Hit ‘Em Up._ He also had a prolific solo career, releasing four studio albums between 1998 and 2013 along with 18 mixtapes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3954943/hussein-fatal-tupac-shakur-outlawz-death-car-accident/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3954943/hussein-fatal-tupac-shakur-outlawz-death-car-accident/"},"headline":"Rapper Hussein Fatal, a Member of Tupac's Group the Outlawz, Has Died in a Car Accident","datePublished":"2015-07-13T03:49:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:10:45.481Z","description":"He was 38 years old","url":"https://time.com/3954943/hussein-fatal-tupac-shakur-outlawz-death-car-accident/","keywords":["Music","rap","Car accident","died"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3954943/hussein-fatal-tupac-shakur-outlawz-death-car-accident/","name":"Rapper Hussein Fatal, a Member of Tupac's Group the Outlawz, Has Died in a Car Accident"}}]}] ```