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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, Timbaland relied on Magoo to serve as the male voice to his eclectic beats that had a fighting chance in an industry that admittedly catered to the fellas. Thus, Timbaland & Magoo was formed as a duo, resulting in a string of back-to-back bangers on the Billboard charts between the late '90s and early 2000s. Looking back now, we can only show our thanks and gratitude to the man

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