June 26, 2021
Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab Dead at 50 – Report
[ad_1] Gift of Gab from the rap duo Blackalicious has died at age 50.According to an Instagram post shared on Gab's page on Friday (June 25), the quick-witted Sacramento, Calif. rapper, born Timothy J. Parker, passed away last week."My Brother," the message from Chief Xcel, DJ and one-half of Blackalicious, writes in the caption. "It is with much sadness and a heavy heart I announce the passing of my friend and brother of 34 years, Timothy Jerome Parker aka The Gift of Gab. He returned peacefully to the essence on June 18, 2021."Xcel went on to share memories of meeting Gift of Gab in 1987 at John F. Kennedy High in Sacramento, and tells...