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Grammy Award Winning Artiste, Louie Rankin Dies In A Car Accident.

Grammy-award winning artist Louie Rankin — famous for his role as Ox in the movie “Belly” — died in a car crash in Canada…TMZ has confirmed.Details are scarce, but Louie died Monday in a fatal wreck in Ontario, Canada … the crash reportedly involved a transport truck and another vehicle.

This message was posted on his official Facebook fanpage moments ago during the filing of this story by BeenieWords.com

Louie Rankin, also known as “Teddy Bruckshut” was in Ghana some time in 2017.Louie starred alongside Nas and DMX in the 1998 crime drama “Belly” … and his character, Ox, was a Jamaican kingpin.Nas and Louie became close friends during filming, and the pair reunited years later for a cameo in a DJ Khaled music video for his song, “Nas Album Done.”His other acting credits include 2002’s “Shottas” and 2014’s “We Run These Streets.”

Born and raised in Jamaica, Louie was also a Jamaican dancehall and reggae artist … and he released a huge single in 1992 called “Typewriter,” which won a Grammy.Louie often referred to himself in his lyrics as the “Original Don Dada.”

There has been lots of tributes pouring in for him on Instagram by fellow Jamaican superstars including the likes of Vybz Kartel, Popcaan, and Kymani Marley who starred on varied sets with him. This was what Kymani wrote about his passing away: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3DzkWnA3CT/?igshid=11ei7b8kaynl7

(Source: TMZ.com)

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