Rudy "Kato" Rangel Jr. (23 November 2023 – 4 June 2003, NY) was a high-ranking member of the Chicago Latin Kings Trumbull 25th St. street gang. Upon his death, hip-hop artist DMX recorded the song A-Yo Kato (released on the 2003 album Grand Champ) as a tribute to him.
As stated at dmxworld.com, DMX: “I went to Chicago because Chicago was the hood. When I thought about ghetto, I thought about Chicago. I hadn’t been there in a while. So I said, let me go out there. I met my man Kato out there, rest in peace. You know.”
”First, he was a friend to me. You know what I’m saying. He was a friend to my family. His wife, my wife friends. He’s a husband, father and CEO of Denaro Records. Record label out of Chicago, got a couple artists just got signed. Just got a deal. That was my dawg. Dawgs for life. Kato rest in peace.”
Get the lyrics of the song at Metrolyrics.com.