Chuck “Jigsaw” Creekmur talks to Sway, Adisa Banjoko and Davey D about the rough-and-tumble life and times of legendary rapper Saafir. “Saafir is the quintessential Oakland MC,” he told AllHipHop in a ...

An interview with Saafir showed up on my Instagram feed last November. Jason Moran posted it with the caption: ‘There have been many MCs that I’ve felt artistic symmetry with, but maybe none as ...

Saafir, the raspy-voiced Oakland rapper who infused the rhythms of avant-garde jazz into his rhymes, died on Tuesday morning, according to family. He was 54. A joint Instagram post by the rapper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saafir performing in Chicago in 1994. - Credit: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Saafir, the celebrated Oakland ...