This week, the rapper Melvin Barcliff, known to the hip-hop world as Magoo, died. He was best known as the partner of Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, the accomplished hip-hop producer, and together they ...

The "Up Jumps Da’ Boogie" musician's cause of death is currently unknown Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The ...

Sometimes talented people have a way of finding each other. Take the rap duo Timbaland and Magoo. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "UP JUMPS DA BOOGIE") MAGOO: (Rapping) I fiend for all beats like girls jump for ...

Rapper Magoo, best known as one-half of the hip-hop group Timbaland & Magoo, is reportedly dead at age 50. Magoo, whose real name was Melvin Barcliff, reportedly died on Sunday. His death was ...

Melvin Barcliff, who went by Magoo, collaborated with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams. He emerged from a Virginia Beach rap crew that produced several future superstars. This week, the ...

Sometimes talented people have a way of finding each other. Take the rap duo Timbaland and Magoo. Melvin Barcliff, or Magoo, and Timothy Mosley, then known as DJ Timmy Tim, met in high school in the ...

Melvin Barcliff, who went by Magoo, collaborated with Timbaland, Missy Elliott and Pharrell Williams. He emerged from a Virginia Beach rap crew... Magoo, a rapper and former Timbaland collaborator, ...