Magoo Dead: "Up Jumps da Boogie" Rapper Was 50 – The Hollywood Reporter
Magoo, the Virginia Beach rapper who was a close collaborator of Missy Elliott and producer Timbaland, has died. He was 50.
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Magoo, the Virginia Beach rapper who was a close collaborator of Missy Elliott and producer Timbaland, has died. He was 50.
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty The passing of rapper Magoo, best known as part of the spacey rap duo alongside superproducer Timbaland, made for a major loss to the influential Virginia rap scene and hip-hop community in general. An emcee who was the same age as the genre itself, the Swing Mob affiliate that also went by "Mag-an-ooh" had a distinctive voice that was easily the collective's most defining within the bunch. With Aaliyah and Ginuwine doing their jobs as the crew's core crooners, and Missy Elliott making a monumental imprint in rap from a woman's perspective,...
Magoo, the Virginia rapper who was part of the duo Timbaland & Magoo and featured on the hit songs "Up Jumps da Boogie" and "Luv 2 Luv U," has passed
Best known as one half of the hip-hop duo Timbaland & Magoo, the latter's been grieved by the genre since news of his passing broke Aug. 13.
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