Rapper Magoo, well known for his collaborations with Timbaland, a fellow hip-hop icon, has passed away at the age of 50.
On Sunday, August 13, Digital Black of the band Playa was the first to pay respect to the late rapper on Instagram.
"Man can't believe this RIP Magoo damn big bro wasnt ready for this at all #superfriends," he wrote.
Ginuwine, too, appeared to pay tribute to the Norfolk, VA native (real name Melvin Barcliff). "Times get rough but we keep on pushing just heard some news I hope it ain't true …I just want everyone to know that time is short love who you love and make sure they know it," he wrote on Sunday (August 13).
The complete Timbaland & Magoo discography was re-released in 2021 by Blackground Records and Empire Distribution. This included Timb's Tim's Bio: Life from the Basement LP, which was first released in 1998.
With the help of this distribution agreement, the group's back catalog could finally be made available to wider audiences by being made available on streaming services.
Magoo, too, was far from a forgotten figure in Hip Hop, receiving his flowers back in May 2020 (though at the expense of Timbaland, much to the latter's chagrin).
A Twitter user shared quite the hot take on Timbaland's rap partner. With a clip of the Virginia native's verse from his and Timbo's 1997 hit "Luv 2 Luv U," the woman declared Magoo the worst to ever hit a mic.
Magoo's cause of death has not been made public, and neither his family nor Timbaland have made an official comment.
