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British-Nigerian rapper dies of coronavirus

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A British-Nigerian rapper, TY Ben Chijioke, has died from coronavirus complications.

He was 47 .

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The rapper’s death was confirmed by his team on Thursday.

The late rapper, who recorded several acclaimed albums, died of pneumonia as he was being treated for coronavirus.

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He was hospitalised after contracting the virus and placed in a medically-induced coma.

A fundraising to fund his medical bill was closed on April 19 when he appeared to be recovering after leaving the ICU.

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The fundraising page explained that Ty was admitted to hospital with medical complications related to the coronavirus.

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The star was then placed into a medically-induced coma, and later put on a ventilator, but was moved out of intensive care after his condition improved.

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Ty first shot to prominence in 2001 with his album ‘The Awkward’.

His second album ‘Upwards’ was nominated for The Mercury Prize in 2004.

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He went on to release three more albums with his last being ‘A Work Of Heart’ in 2018.

Last year Ty also formed a supergroup called Kingdem featuring rappers Blak Twang and Rodney P.

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The rap superstar also collaborated with artists including Soweto Kinch, De La Soul and Roots Manuva.

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Ty was born in London to Nigerian parents.

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However, he spent many years of his youth growing up with private foster parents in Jaywick, Essex as reported in a 2019 Channel 4 News feature by Symeon Brown.

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