Tupac, Biggie, Big Pun, Eazy-E...who else? All but two of the rappers in this quiz are still alive. I can think of way more rock stars who died young than rappers. Hendrix, Brian Jones, Joplin, Morrison, Cobain, Jeff Buckley, Tim Buckley, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Randy Rhoads, Layne Staley, Cliff Burton, Duane Allman, Marc Bolan, Ronnie Van Zant, Sid Vicious, Bon Scott, Bradley Nowell...that took 30 seconds to come up with. I'm sure there are dozens more.
I was listening mostly to Nine Inch Nails, Beethoven, and Weird Al Yankovic at the time but was more cognizant of what was popular this decade than any other, though what I was listening to wasn't popular. Still only managed to get 3 points. I did like Soundgarden and the Verve. Came to appreciate Nirvana later in life.