OG Maco Passed Away!

OG Maco has passed away. His manager said he committed suicide.

It is confirmed.

Atlanta based rapper OG Maco has passed away on Dec. 26, 2024. The rapper committed suicide after years of mental illness and health issues stemming from a disease.

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On Friday, December 27, Maco's manager Poppa Perc confirmed the tragic news in an Instagram Story. "We lost a legend last night," he wrote. According to TMZ, the Atlanta artist passed away in a hospital in Los Angeles while surrounded by family members. He had been recovering at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center since December 12 after he suffered from a gunshot wound to the head. Paramedics responded to Maco's home after a neighbor called for help. A firearm was reportedly discovered near the rapper. He was only 32.

Mac Miller, OG Maco and Takeoff. 

Maco was best known for his 2014 debut single "U Guessed It", which spawned a remix featuring 2 Chainz that entered the Billboard Hot 100. He signed to Quality Control Music that same year, which became an imprint of Motown and Capitol Records the following year. He was chosen as part of XXL magazine's 2015 annual Freshman Class. He was also the founder of the hip hop collective OGG, through which he discovered then-unknown producer OG Parker. In 2016, he released an extended play titled For Scott… as a tribute to his biggest influence, American rapper Kid Cudi, whose real name is Scott Mescudi.

Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr. was born on April 23, 1992, in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up with friends in a band named Dr. Doctor, in which he was a guitarist and singer.

Maco cited Black Sabbath, Kid Cudi, and Currensy as major influences.

Ihesiba was seriously injured in a traffic collision on July 28, 2016. He suffered multiple skull fractures, cracked vertebrae, a broken orbital, and heart palpitations, and nearly lost his right eye.

In 2019, he was diagnosed with the flesh-eating disease necrotizing fasciitis, causing an improperly treated minor skin rash to leave much of his facial skin disfigured. Ihesiba struggled with depression from his battle with the condition, and on December 12, 2024, he was hospitalized after a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.