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OG Maco’s Health: About His Flesh-Eating Disease & Death

The late ‘U Guessed It’ artist was diagnosed with a rare disease, but he died two weeks after being hospitalized for a gunshot wound.

OG Maco, whose real name was Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., was a rapper famous for his 2014 hit single, “U Guessed It.” The song was later remixed into a track featuring 2 Chainz, which earned a spot on the Billboard Hot 100. “I was improperly treated for a minor rash and ended up with a skin-eating disease for the last few months,” the late hip-hop artist explained via his Instagram Stories at the time. Two weeks later, OG Maco died on December 26, 2024, in the hospital surrounded by his family after doctors couldn’t revive him, the outlet reported.

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