It Takes Two rapper Rob Base, who helped take hip-hop mainstream, dies

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 known for the 1988 chart-topper It Takes Two, a blend of hip-hop and house music that helped bring both genres into the mainstream.

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