{"id":687690,"date":"2026-05-23T02:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687690\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:56:08","slug":"hit-songwriter-and-rapper-rob-base-dies-after-battle-with-cancer-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/687690\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies after battle with cancer &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5KM3E5ZTRmR2NZVUlzSzZDWVVjV1EtVzlnYkVrVHFfSXNlT2pfRnM3aDYyMjVhQWJuc2tpdGNKWmVMb0JEMWQ5c05vckkyeGpqcTJPckxVU3F3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies after battle with cancer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZkFVX3lxTFB0aGR2MEdPRnAyNG1QUDR0b05iRHdZOUhYLWhMS1hENUpWb0ZiV1JJRFZjblA2bDhSX0RHVmpjajA4ODVEWVA2Y3c2VVU5MGZNaUR3czBNWFFBR3pMU0pMTHI5azM3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rob Base of Rob Base &amp; DJ E-Z Rock Dies of Cancer at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;People.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxPV0Z0SFBlMUNEcmxrRGFCM2U0aVI2UEdLRk5NYm9BUmUxc3BlUEZnb24tS2FONFczVHFZd09FNXRSb0M3WU9NUmlKZDc4UnlTUG5CZVlpZjZGS0ZzakRkeWFkRFpnLWZNczdwRUh4TlM2UEdmMFhMZkJyY0dFU1FzRkNvTVFweWVCY1JSalRRc29qdmNVajZr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rob Base, \u2018It Takes Two\u2019 Rapper, Dies at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Variety<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQX3pJWkNEc3pzeWhuVTZBZGFXYjBBX0lyeDY1dG50RF82d3BpMG0yb0tmUTlMWjBDT1BHS0ZOUHRGMU9CX2pBM3ZJSUZLOVpiQXJDQktjSU5WZ2tBNUtYczlqdWRJaXlRNVBIb2NoZVN5dGNvaGlwNnNLdDZqMzBXMFZySjdaRXlLMEZHc1dlNXZpOGhuR0dMSzB3cG05SW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It Takes Two\u2019 rapper Rob Base dies at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxQVW5Mb19tNTk1TnpsM1lfcnA0dUVPQTdGOG4zZlY0R0lWRF9IcmFacXNBQ0VuRlg0d3pIeWdPS0hEZ0RtbjBia3ZrdkhSWk02QkwzNHlZQ05RMWg1Vl8xWGZ2dW5BbzlMTUJQSV84d2FyeTRNVXFLVVI1YWFDcjNqbVc4WUFycXBxdzVZUngzQUxkTFFOWkZFN3Z30gGfAUFVX3lxTE0wY29fMThBTFVYR21VejZDMmUwMGRYVmM0ZlhZeVlZd0tpZFZRdUJyVkRmMW1UN2M0bFJMSGtiZlpIMFNsSlA2RzROREJwRmx1ZmZQenVhZHpFSlRUaWUzemZhTDBldElKOVp1RV9fZVNNQzdLQ1E1aFJlUi1NZUFWZkdHTUFWUGZ1NnR6NGUteHlZZFBXbmRCY2pDWm0wOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapper Rob Base, known for &#8216;It Takes Two,&#8217; dies at 59 after private battle with cancer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies after battle with cancer&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCRob Base of Rob Base &amp; DJ E-Z&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-687690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}