Rahem Brown known to Hip-Hop as Tame One, one half of Newark, New Jersey's The Artifacts has died at 52. His death was announced Sunday (11/6) on social media, and his mother confirmed his death late that evening.

“My son, Rahem Brown, Tamer Dizzle, is dead," she said. “The medical examiner says the six pharmaceutical drugs that Trinitas hospital prescribed to him last Friday, combined with the weed he smoked over this weekend, his heart simply gave out. I will not be responding to all the posts for a bit, but the hardest words I will ever post or say is, my son, my heart, is dead.”

Brown got his start as a Graffiti writer before forming The Artifacts with his fellow New Jersey partner El The Sensei. In 1994, The Artifacts released their debut Between A Rock And A Hard Place on Big Beat Records. In addition to being celebrated MCs, Tame and El are respected and passionate graffiti artists. Their 1994 hit "Wrong Side Of The Tracks" paid homage to the art form in song and video.

The group released a second album That's Them in 1997 and broke up after, both recording solo projects and various collaborations. The group reunited in 2010, and Kaos, their DJ, passed away in 2019. The duo just completed a new album titled No Expiration produced by Buckwild of DITC.