‘Outcast’ producer Rico Wade dies at age 52 The city of Atlanta is mourning the loss of local hip-hop pioneer Rico Wade, who passed away on April 13, 2024 at the age of 52.
EASTPOINT, Ga. – The City of Eastpointe is moving forward with plans to honor the life and work of Atlanta music legend Rico Wade.
Record producer Patrick LeRoy “Sleepy” Brown said on Instagram that a new monument will be erected in Wade’s honor in the city on November 7th.
No details regarding the location of the moment have been released at this time. Only invited guests can attend the dedication ceremony.
Wade passed away on April 13th at the age of 52 due to heart failure.
Details: Outkast producer and Dungeon Family co-founder Rico Wade dies at 52
During his career in the music industry, Wade helped produce some iconic albums that helped launch the careers of stars like OutKast and CeeLo Green. Many of these early songs were produced in the underground recording studio “Dungeon” at Wade’s home in East Point near Cascade Road, after the group grew out of Wade’s mother’s basement in Lakewood Heights.
Songwriter and record producer Rico Wade poses for a photo while working at The Dungeon in Atlanta, Georgia on April 1, 2001. (Photo by Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Brown and Wade were both members of Organized Noise, a production group credited with shaping the sound of Southern hip-hop in the ’90s.
After his death, Atlanta politicians and musicians alike paid tribute to Wade, with Mayor Andre Dickens saying that Wade “left an indelible mark on music and culture around the world.”
Green announced in April that he had purchased the home where Wade recorded many of his hit songs, and said he planned to turn the property into a museum “archiving our rich musical history.”
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Information for this article came from Sleepy Brown’s Instagram and a previous FOX 5 report.
