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Gift of Gab has died. He was just 50. The Bay Area rapper was a legend in underground hip-hop – known for his work as one half of Blackalicious, as part of the Quannum Projects collective and for releasing material under his stage name as a solo act.
Born Timothy Jerome Parker, he formed Blackalicious with DJ/Producer Chie Xcel in 1992. They would go on …
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