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Blackalicious lyricist Gift of Gab dead at 50 On June 18, the death of celebrated California-based vocalist and lyricist Gift of Gab (born Timothy Jerome Parker, October 7, 1970) was announced in a statement. “Tim peacefully departed this earth to be with our ancestors … He is survived by two brothers, one sister, many nieces and nephews, countless friends, and fans across the globe,” noted a Quannum collective press release. Gift of Gab, 2006 (Photo credit–Gohsuke Takama) While the exact causes of Parker’s passing have not been provided to the media, the rapper had been suffering f...

Gift of Gab, the rapid-tongued rapper of Blackalicious fame, dead at 50 Adrian Spinelli FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Timothy J. Parker, a.k.a Gift of Gab (left), and Chief Xcel performed as Blackalicious. Parker was known for his verbal acrobatics.www.ilosaarirock.fiShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Gift of Gab of Blackalicious performed at the first annual LA Weekly Detour Music Festival in 2006.Karl Walter/Getty Images 2006Show MoreShow Less Timothy J. Parker, better known as Gift of Gab, came up during the golden age of hip-hop in the mid-’90s, first gaining fame with the 1999 Blackalicious track “...

Bay Area underground rapper Gift of Gab -- who performed with DJ and producer Chief Xcel -- has died at age 50.