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Gift of Gab, the rapid-tongued rapper of Blackalicious fame, dead at 50
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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
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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 “Alphabet Aerobics.” The track showcased a dizzying display of increasingly accelerated alliterative rhymes by Parker as he coursed through each letter of the alphabet.
Questlove, Run the Jewels' El-P, Public Enemy's Chuck D and more are mourning Timothy "Gift of Gab" Parker of hip-hop duo Blackalicious, who passed away on June 18. He was 50.