Poetic died of colon cancer on July 15, 2001, 1:45 pm EST at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California,  five weeks before Nightmare in A-Minor's scheduled release.
The renowned musician Poetic succumbed to colon cancer on July 15, 2001, 1:45 pm EST at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, just before Nightmare in A-Minor was set to be released.