The hip-hop community is in mourning after groundbreaking

rapper Hurricane G passed away, it was confirmed Sunday.

“My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends…

“My heart is hardened today. One of my good friends…

wrote EPMD’s Erick Sermon on Instagram, describing her as

“a legend in her own right in the Hiphop community.”

Hurricane G, born Gloria Rodríguez, rose to fame in the mid-1990s after

appearing on Redman’s 1992 hit “Tonight’s da Night.” She followed with another Redman song,

“Dare Iz a Darkside,” in 1994 while collaborating with Xzibit on the track

“At the Speed of Life” before releasing her debut album, All Woman, in 1997

The artist, who was of Puerto Rican descent, rapped in both English and Spanish