Virginia rap pioneer and Timbaland's former collaborator Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff has reportedly passed away at the age of 50. Details surrounding the "Up Jumps Da’ Boogie" rapper's death have not been made public.
Ginuwine confirmed the news on Instagram with a tribute that read, "I don’t even know how to say anything at this point , I have lost 3 friends now within a month to LIFE and it’s due date ….this dude , always pushed me …I will mis you maganooo that’s what we called him ….. totally one of the best ever in my eyes always pressing forward I know we didn’t talk alot but the love was and will be always there my brotha , I will see you soon bro we all have our date and I’m expecting the bro hug when I get there 🍷I’m truly efd up right now foreal life is crazy… I hate going through this and losing people we love sometimes it makes you feel like you dont wanna feel the pain so you wanna be gone also …pain hurts ..man oh man blessings to the family all of my condolences 🙏🏽"
Timbaland and Magoo met as teenagers in Virginia, and they later collaborated on their first album, Welcome to Our World, in 1989. The album featured their highest-charting song together, "Up Jumps da Boogie." They released two more albums together, Indecent Proposal in 2001, and Under Construction, Part II in 2003. The albums were re-released in 2021 as part of Blackground Records signing a distribution deal with Empire Records.
Source: Page Six
