‘It Takes Two’ rapper Rob Base, who helped bring hip-hop mainstream, dies at 59
NEW YORK (AP) — Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59.
Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best...
May 23, 2026 7:19 am EST EST