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  "textContent": "Rob Base, whose 1988 single \"It Takes Two\" became a cornerstone of hip-hop party music, has died at 59 after a previously undisclosed battle with cancer, reports ABC News . A statement posted Friday on the rapper's Instagram account said he \"passed away peacefully\" surrounded by family following a private fight...",
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