Who was SaySoTheMac? Tributes pour in as one of the original members of the Stinc Team reportedly passes away 

SaySoTheMac, one of the original members of California-based rap group Stinc Team has reportedly passed away on Thursday, December 19. The Mac performed alongside the remaining members at Drakeo the Ruler's memorial show at Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on December 19.

However, a few hours after the concert ended, other Stinc Team members began posting about The Mac's reported passing on their Instagram Stories. According to Amy Movie, The Mac, born in 1994 allegedly died of an overdose. Further information about his supposed death is yet to be known.

Drakeo the Ruler, who led the Stinc Team in the 2010s West Coast hip-hop scene, coincidentally passed away on the same day as The Mac in 2021. Another member Ketchy The Great also died in 2021.

Fans of the late artists are currently in disbelief at the purported loss of a third Stinc Team member.

"WTH!? How?? I was just listening to him", wrote one X user.

"On the same day drakeo passed crazy smh dude was probably coping thinking ab his brothers", said another.

Several fans remembered the rapper performing at Drakeo's memorial Thursday night.

"Rip sayso bro was stinc teams secret weapon", commented one fan.

"SaySoTheMac overdose on the same day Darkeo died. He just got too f***ed up. His is stinc team", wrote another.

"RIP Saysothemac bro was just performing last night at the Drakeo show", one X user tweeted.

SaySoTheMac's fellow Stinc Team members, including Ralfy the Plug, Young Bull, DeneroDaDoughHunter, ItsManMan, GoodFiness, Day3, and others were equally shocked by his sudden passing. Most of them noted he was hanging out with them a few hours before his death.

Fellow rappers pay tribute to The Mac. (Image via Instagram/@hoodtrophy032, @48214.itsmanman, @therealprinceofpersiia)

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SaySoTheMac previously struggled with addiction

According to an article published by Passion of Weiss on February 15, 2023, SaySoTheMac had faced vandalism and fraudulence charges in the past. He reportedly had to pay a 7-figure bail money. The late rapper hired Christopher Darden as his lawyer to proceed with his legal woes.

The outlet further reported that the rapper struggled with addiction and had to fight his way to acquire sobriety. The Mac reportedly called the issue a "generational cause". The Mac also took accountability for him and the Stinc Team promoting drugs like codeine and opiates in Los Angeles.

SaySoTheMac, born in South Central California, attended high school in Inglewood. He grew up with a single mother while his father spent most of his life in incarceration. Talking to Passion of Weiss in 2023, the rapper reflected on the negative impact of drug addiction and recalled watching his father leave on Christmas when he was 5.

"Ever since then, I just heard that he was loaded, popping windows out of cars, stealing and all that. Eventually it caught up with him and he went to prison," he said.

The Mac added:

"I was a skateboarder, I liked alternative rock and sh*t like that, but he was like a gangster. So from there, I went out of my way to be a tough guy."

The late rapper revealed his mother introduced him to alcohol when he was nine, stressing it wasn't "normal". He also described taking care of his mother as she was intoxicated.