The death of Snoop Dogg’s cousin Darryl “Joe Cool” Daniel has been announced. On Tuesday, he posted an homage to the late musician on Instagram, with a video of them together backstage at a show. He lamented the artist’s passing. “R. I. P. [prayer hands emoji, crying emoji] my big cuzn joe cool,” he said in the post. One of Cool’s most famous collaborations was designing the album cover for Doggystyle, which featured Snoop.

The famous artist’s death has been announced.The death of Snoop Dogg’s cousin Darryl “Joe Cool” Daniel has been announced. On Tuesday, he posted an homage to the late musician on Instagram, with a video of them together backstage at a show. He lamented the artist’s passing. “R. I. P. [prayer hands emoji, crying emoji] my big cuzn joe cool,” he said in the post. One of Cool’s most famous collaborations was designing the album cover for Doggystyle, which featured Snoop.

In an Instagram post, Daz Dillinger—a relative of Joe Cool—and Snoop also paid tribute to the late artist. DARL, REST IN PEACE [one hundred explosion emoji] Joe Cool Daniel My beloved cuz “This hurts so much because we were friends from the start. I miss you so much because [prayer hands emoji]” he added.

Additionally, fans participated in the messages. “Damn Joe Cool rip, Solid dude and Dope Artist responsible for some of the Greatest art visuals in Hip Hop!!” was said by one commenter in the comments section of Snoop’s post. The person responsible for the most iconic album cover ever created was mentioned by another. May you be at peace. Take a look at the Instagram tributes down below.

While working on Snoop’s artwork in the ’90s, Joe Cool battled with drug addiction; discussing this struggle with HipHopDX helped him stay clean. He has collaborated with various art therapy and recovery-focused nonprofits in the past few years.