Craig Mack, the rapper whose “Flava in Ya Ear,” one of the most important rap songs of the 1990s, helped build the foundation for Bad Boy Records, one of hip-hop’s most influential labels, died Monday ...

One of New York’s early renegades of hip-hop, Craig Mack, passed away on Monday night. The MC, who left the industry for religious reasons, passed away at a hospital near his home in Walterboro, S.C., ...