Atlanta rapper OG Maco has died. Reports of Maco’s death circulated earlier this month, and his family put out a statement that he was still alive, “in critical but stable condition.” Now TMZ reports that Maco has died. Maco suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head earlier this month, and he passed away after several weeks in a coma. Maco was 32.
OG Maco was born Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., and he grew up in Atlanta’s College Park neighborhood. He started rapping under the name Maco Mattox and released his debut mixtape Marty McFly in 2011. He broke out with the freaked-out, off-kilter 2014 single “U Guessed It,” reportedly recorded when he was upset with his sound engineer....