Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gift of Gab, a rapper who was part of the duo Blackalicious, has died. He was 50 years old. The rapper, born Timothy Jerome Parker ...

Gift of Gab, the co-founder of rap duo Blackalicious known for his tongue-twisting “Alphabet Aerobics” rhymes, died Friday after battling a host of health issues. He was 50. The other half of ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento native Timothy J. Parker, a rapper known as Gift of Gab from the Bay Area group Blackalicious, has died. The death was announced in a post on Parker's official ...

Gift of Gab, one half the Bay Area underground hip-hop duo Blackalicious, passed away on June 18, following a nearly decade-long battle with kidney disease. He was 50. First diagnosed with kidney ...

Aspen, CO ColoradoASPEN The two members of Blackalicious – Bay Area native Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) and Gift of Gab (Tim Parker) of Los Angeles – are hard at work on their own projects. Gab is ...

When Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe effortlessly rapped a rendition of Blackalicious‘ 1999 classic track “Alphabet Aerobics” on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, heads definitely turned.

In a time when so many groups in hip-hop sound the same, Blackalicious comes with an original sound on their new album, Blazing Arrow. Blackalicious, consisting of MC, Gift of Gab and D.J., Chief Xcel ...

Take some life advice from Blackalicious' Gift of Gab and Chief Excel: "Don't let money free tickets change ya!" Just like fast women, faster cars, and famous friends, it's crazy how quick comp tix ...

Hip-hop duo Blackalicious has signed with Epitaph imprint Anti, which will on Sept. 27 release the group's new album, "The Craft." By Billboard Staff Hip-hop duo Blackalicious has signed with Epitaph ...

Bay area hip-hop crew Blackalicious, featuring Lateef the Truthspeaker and Chief Xcel, returns to the Vail Valley tonight. Frontman Gift of Gab will be absent for medical reasons, but more than ...

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Gift of Gab, the co-founder of rap duo Blackalicious known for his tongue-twisting "Alphabet Aerobics" rhymes, died Friday after battling a host of health issues. He was 50. The other half of ...