Rap artist Rob Base, best known for the 1980s hip-hop classic It Takes Two, has died after a bout of cancer aged 59. The ...

A deep look at the best Rob Base songs every Hip Hop fan should hear after the passing of the legendary rapper behind “It ...

Rob Base, the legendary half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, passes away at 59 after a private cancer battle. Legendary rapper Rob Base left us on May 22, 2026, and Hip-Hop lost one of its most essential ...

Hip-hop pioneer Rob Base died Friday after a battle with cancer. He celebrated his 59th birthday on Monday. “We share the ...

It Takes Two rapper Rob Base died at 59 after a battle with cancer. His music, made with his childhood friend DJ E-Z Rock, filled dancefloors.

Rob Base, the influential rapper whose music helped bridge hip-hop and dance culture in the late 1980s, has died at the age ...

Rapper Rob Base is dead at 59 following a battle with cancer. He and fellow Harlem musician E-Z Rock were known for their 1988 smash hit “It Takes Two.” ...

Rob Base, rapper known for his collaborations with DJ E-Z Rock, dies at 59 after a battle with cancer.

Rob Base appears in a portrait with his likeness on a sweatshirt on January 9, 1989 in New York City. (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives) Rob Base, the rapper best known for the ...

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The rapper, who died following a private cancer battle, died just four days after celebrating his birthday.

Rob Base, rapper behind hip-hop anthem ‘It Takes Two’, dies at 59 - Base was part of a duo with DJ E-Z Rock, who died in 2014 ...