LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean and others pay tribute to hip hop icon Combat Jack

Tributes are beginning to pour in for hip hop icon Combat Jack, who succumbed to colon cancer at age 48. 

The former Def Jam Records attorney, whose real name was Reggie Osse, announced that he was battling cancer in October and made his final Instagram post on Sunday.

Upon learning the news, friend LL Cool J, 49, wrote: 'Rest in power @reggieosse you represented #hiphop culture well. You fought the good fight. I salute you.'

Combat hosted a popular hip hop podcast The Combat Jack Show and also its TV version.

The former managing editor of music magazine The Source was lauded by hip hop artists following his death on Wednesday. 

Fugees member Wyclef Jean, 48, posted to his Instagram account: 'To my Haitian brother #combatjack may your soul forever Rest In Peace u was and will always be a great inspiration to me'.