Los Angeles Times

Kaseem ‘Ka’ Ryan, New York City rapper-producer and firefighter, dies at 52

Ka, the New York City rapper and producer who also served as a captain in the New York City Fire Department, has died. He was 52. The artist, born Kaseem Ryan, died Saturday in New York City, his ...
The New York Times

Ka Made Rap on His Own Terms. Hear How in 7 Songs.

Remembering the hip-hop artist (and New York City firefighter), who died over the weekend at 52. By Jon Caramanica One of the great joys of being a pop music critic is being able to ingest an artist’s ...
Rolling Stone

Ka Was the Visionary Soul of Underground New York Hip-Hop

Like many of his peers in this milieu, Ka was once an also-ran in the hypercompetitive rap industry. He came of age in the Eighties crack era, as he told Red Bull Music Academy in 2016: “Put like this ...
Okayplayer

Remembering Ka, Hip-Hop’s Piercing Underground Hero

Kaseem Ryan, a two-decade New York City Fire Department (FDNY) veteran and beloved husband, died unexpectedly over the weekend. But Ryan, of course, was also Ka, an influential and beloved underground ...
Rolling Stone

Ka, Beloved Brooklyn Rapper, Dead at 52

Ka, the beloved independent Brooklyn rapper born Kaseem Ryan, died on Saturday at the age of 52. The news was shared on his official Instagram page. While no cause of death was given, in the Instagram ...
The Washington Post

He was a fireman, a part-time artist and one of New York’s greatest rappers

It is always nighttime in the music of the rapper and producer Ka. His songs are set in the wee hours, on dark avenues where bullets fly and on abandoned piers where triggermen dispose of murder ...