Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rob Base photographed on the streets of New York throwing up the peace sign Rap artist Rob Base, best known for the 1980s hip-hop ...

Rob Base, a rapper and one half of the Harlem hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 59. Base, whose real name was Robert Ginyard, was best known for the 1988 ...