Limp Bizkit founding member and bassist Sam Rivers has died.

On Saturday, the popular 2000s rap-rock band announced on Instagram that Rivers had passed away earlier that day. The post did not disclose his cause of death.

Rivers was 48.

“Today, we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the nu metal band wrote alongside a candid snapshot of Rivers performing onstage.

“Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass player — he was pure magic. The pulse beneath every song, the calm in the chaos, the soul in the sound,” the Limp Bizkit members added. “From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced. His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous.”

“We shared so many moments — wild ones, quiet ones, beautiful on

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