{"id":599559,"date":"2026-05-23T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599559\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:32:09","slug":"hit-songwriter-and-rapper-rob-base-dies-aged-59-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599559\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies aged 59 &#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 aged 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE9UWmY4TUZka05jRUozZkVWYWd2N0NRYWRKcENCRk1sOS1CaTQ4QzY0XzZsNS1sWFFTWUVIM0dfOWtYM1FEWjdHX3FyQTNvcjE4OFFmdjdJRWpzOUJZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies age 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxOZ014NnhZYnZfVnk5emtjdmZmTFZOWVhSWVJnUkJadzV6LVlaZGx6QnVtU1B3SXp6NEczanZjc2pRa2RFVmRkSnBCQzRrUUF0VjBNMWVVS1ZJbE9scVp6YUNZbmFmVDltQnVQVmU0REZYU2hqTmFBTFVSWUE1THZhSHdlMVVhR3YxLWZEUXJ2aXNJU21MY2Zkb0htSWpQaWhkN0pkaklhZ9IBrAFBVV95cUxPaFIxN0x3TnBOUDhYcDNodUs2OHBHRjJtS3FsVG83N2NRbXl5VmNqNmpzaEt0Nml6dHl3X2xIR3lvTlRBZkJJSmQ0anR2SUFDOHViNlEzNWZpcGRWbFVLeTh4X3g5Z2hwWkZqbkRER3RFenpvcjFLWTBkRTdIMUM5aGpqQmJKdGFlc3RfcjQta0lUZnJKMldELXRPUHZGMm5UX1R6Z0VPRGg3eG1j?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;It Takes Two&#8217; rapper Rob Base dead at 59 after cancer fight he kept hidden from friends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox News<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\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxQR0pGSWFmT2JXeHZpRmw3dThKNHhORWJyZVdDdHE0ZnQxbDdZZlZENGc4SGJ6cVU3VzdYNEY4blpGNGFEazBxREpIRmtGdTdCaFFuQU5odTJFTExBNGlLRU9KLXZPSG9RNFctSGF5ckplTk1udXU2d0Q5OHlPQ0JKUV9tS1FjdEk2Vm5DMEdB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It Takes Two\u2019 rapper Rob Base, who helped bring hip-hop mainstream, dies at 59<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies aged 59&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCHit songwriter and rapper Rob Base dies age 59&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC&#8216;It Takes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-599559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}