Early Roots Bassist Leonard ‘Hub’ Hubbard Dies at 62

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writing, «My bro Hub…#Godspeed.»A post shared by The Roots (@theroots)Though Hubbard's wife, Stephanie Hubbard, told Philadelphia's 6ABC that he was energetic days before his death, he became unable to move the day before he died. She took him to the hospital when things took a turn for the worse, but she was unable to stay with him due to COVID-19 restrictions.«I was called to the hospital,» she said.

Leonard “Hub” Hubbard was the bassist for the acclaimed hip-hop band the Roots from 1992 to 2007.Hubbard joined the Roots in the band’s early days, when they were still called the Square Roots and hadn’t yet released their first album. He had a background in jazz and classical music, having studied at Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School and at Carnegie Mellon University.

local Philadelphia ABC station that Leonard was diagnosed with myeloma — a type of blood cancer — in 2007. The Roots were formed in Philly in the late ’80s/early ’90s.

Philadelphia Inquirer. The musician officially passed away from multiple myeloma — a rare form of the blood cancer that he’d been diagnosed with 14 years ago — after being hospitalized on Wednesday.

The Roots between 1992 and 2007, has died at the age of 62.As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, the news was confirmed by Hubbard’s wife Stephanie, who said the musician’s cause of death was multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer that Hubbard was diagnosed with in 2007.She added that up until last month he had been in remission, and had continued to work on music in recent years.

Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, a founding member of The Roots who played bass on the iconic hip-hop group’s first seven albums has died, according to his wife Stephanie. He was 62.

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Read more: https://t.co/zSe7wkSoOg pic.twitter.com/0fvXO3Nhh8The bassist was nominated for Grammys 13 times across his career, winning twice — once for Best Reggae Recording in 1994 for “Anthem,” by Black Uhuru (Shakespeare was one of the album’s producers), and another in 1998 for the Sly & Robbie album “Friends,” which took home the Best Reggae album.

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