12 Facts About Tim Dog

On February 14,2013, the media reported that Tim Dog died of complications from diabetes.

However, on September 15,2014, it was finally confirmed by NBC News that Tim Dog had indeed died on February 14,2013, as had been initially reported.

Tim Dog followed up with his second album Do or Die in 1993.

The album contained a shout-out to Tupac Shakur whom Tim Dog thanked for assisting him when involved in a potentially violent situation when touring in California.

In 1994, Tim Dog released the EP Bitch with a Perm.

Tim Dog moved to the UK in 1995 and worked with UK artist Apache Indian, producing the hit single "Make Way for the Indian".

Tim Dog had been the head of "Rap Legends Recordings" and previously co-founded Our Turn Records in Los Angeles with Eddie Pugh, President of Black Music Sony Records.

In 2011, Tim Dog pleaded guilty to grand larceny for conning a woman, Esther Pilgrim, out of $32,000 in an online dating scam.

Tim Dog was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay restitution of $19,000 to Pilgrim.

Tim Dog reportedly died of complications from diabetes on February 14,2013.

Tim Dog's family stayed away from the media claiming religious reasons as a justification for their shunning of the press and wanting to mourn in private.

On September 15,2014, it was finally confirmed by NBC News that Tim Dog had indeed died on February 14,2013, as had been initially reported.