Koopsta Knicca

Birth Name:
Robert Cooper Phillips
Birth Date:
April 27, 1975
Birth Place:
Memphis, Tennessee
Death Date:
October 9, 2015
Place of Death:
Memphis, Tennessee
Age:
0
Cause of Death:
Stroke and a brain aneurysm
Cemetery Name:
New Park Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
Music
He was best known as one of the members of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia, as well as a member of the rap collective Da Mafia 6ix alongside DJ Paul, Crunchy Black and Gangsta Boo.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

New Park Cemetery

4536 Horn Lake Road

Memphis, Tennessee, 38119

USA

North America

Grave Location:

Devotion, Division II

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