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Tone Capone, 'I Got 5 On It' Producer, Dead at 59

KQED said the producer’s best-known track, Luniz’s “I Got 5 On It,” reached the Billboard top 10 and later resurfaced in Jordan Peele’s “Us.”

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Tone Capone, the Bay Area producer whose smash hit "I Got 5 On It" for Luniz defined his region's hip-hop sound, has died. He was 59.

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Tone Capone, 'I Got 5 On It' producer, dead at 59

Tone Capone, the Bay Area producer whose smash hit "I Got 5 On It" for Luniz defined his region's hip-hop sound, has died. He was 59.

·Spokane, United States
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Tone Capone, "I Got 5 On It" producer, dead at 59

"I Got 5 On It" entered the canon of west coast hip-hop, hitting the Billboard top ten and resurfacing in Jordan Peele's 2019 horror film "Us."

·El Segundo, United States
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Los Angeles Times broke the news in El Segundo, United States on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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