Carl E. Thompson, better known as Chucky, a producer who’d been making hits with artists ranging from Notorious B.I.G. to Mary J. Blige since the mid-’90s, died from COVID-19 complications on Monday ...

Chucky Thompson, a producer for Bad Boy who worked with some of the biggest names in hip hop and R & B including Notorious B.I.G., Nas and Mary J. Blige has died. He was 53. Chucky Thompson, a ...

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The successful music producer, who died on Aug. 9, provided a template for 90s R&B and Hip Hop that continues to resonate decades later. When Mary J. Blige’s My Life documentary hit Amazon Prime two ...

Chucky Thompson, a D.C. native who played the congas in Chuck Brown’s go-go band before reshaping 1990s hip-hop and R&B as a producer, working on hit albums by the Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige and ...