{"id":145432,"date":"2020-07-30T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=145432"},"modified":"2020-09-12T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T12:48:51","slug":"the-roots-original-member-malik-b-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-roots-original-member-malik-b-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roots&#8217; Original Member Malik B Passed Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"145433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/the-roots-original-member-malik-b-passed-away\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?fit=1100%2C619&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1100,619\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?fit=640%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"304\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-145433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/200729200735-malik-b-music-video-2-super-169.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Roots<\/strong>&#8216; original member <strong>Malik B<\/strong> has died at the age of 47. The sad news was confirmed by his cousin <strong>Don Champion<\/strong> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Malik B <\/strong>joined <strong>The Roots<\/strong> alongside co-founders <strong>Questlove &#038; Black Thought<\/strong> and appeared on the group\u2019s first four albums: <em>Organix, Do You Want More?!!!??!, Illadelph Halflife &#038; Things Fall Apart<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>As a solo artist, he dropped the <em>Psychological EP<\/em> and 2 LPs: <em>Street Assault &#038; Unpredictable<\/em> with <strong>Mr. Green<\/strong>. He return to The Roots as a featured guest on <em>Rising Down<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>BlackoutHipHop extends condolences to <strong>Malik B<\/strong>\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_I1IX2cqjQ4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5TUqdxqHS0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/id.57064\/title.the-roots-original-member-malik-b-has-died\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">HipHopDX<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roots&#8216; original member Malik B has died at the age of 47. 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