‘It Takes Two’ rapper Rob Base, who helped bring hip-hop mainstream, dies at 59

Obit Rob Base - (2022 Invision)

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.