Скачать или смотреть FUNERAL: Missy Elliott Honors Rapper Magoo After His Death

FUNERAL: Missy Elliott Honors Rapper Magoo After His Death

Richmond-based rapper Mad Skillz, who was featured on Timbaland & Magoo’s “Clock Strikes,” also mourned the rapper’s death by posting a photo of the three artists in the song’s music video with the caption, “Rest easy my brother. VA lost a Real One.”
While Timbaland would go on to produce hit tracks that would help define hip-hop and pop music in the 2000s, from Jay-Z to Nas, Ludacris, Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Keri Hilson and Nelly Furtado, Magoo stepped away from music after the dissolution of the duo in 2004. When asked by Billboard during a 2001 interview whether he would ever consider a solo album apart from Timbaland, Magoo said it was hard for him to imagine making music without him, adding, “Tim and Magoo is more a friendship than it is a group.”
Magoo had a difficult time adjusting to his newfound fame on the heels of their platinum album and several tracks that cracked the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100, telling the publication, “When you get a little bit of success, it’s overwhelming in the beginning.”
During a 2020 interview with hip-hop blog YouKnowIGotSoul in which he reflected on his career, Magoo recalled, “I never really got a chance to enjoy the success because it came at a cost,” describing the time in his life as “just a blur.”
“The video shoots and the flying, I never really got the chance to digest this success ... I’m going to keep it real, I didn’t enjoy any of that,” Magoo said. “I never felt like me and Tim got a chance to enjoy our early years and it never even felt like we were this million-selling group. Not just from a financial standpoint, but more so because you’re always working.
“You go from that album and then they want another one and then you have people trying to rip you apart. I didn’t get a chance to enjoy that. I enjoyed it more once it was over and I still didn’t enjoy it. That’s why I walked away from it.”
While Magoo remained private about his life after performing, he said he remained active in the music industry as the owner of a production company, working with Timbaland and, later, Madonna. But celebrity was something he continued to shun.
“The music business is a promise that can’t be kept and that’s fame,” he said. “When I had a number one song, I realized I may have been better with my 9-5 before I left Virginia. It’s hard to be happy because you’re fighting for everything you earned and you just don’t have time to enjoy it with your family. You aren’t as close with friends anymore and people are treating you different once you have that hit record.
“I lived two different lives and being a celebrity wasn’t fun.”

Rest in power king