The sad news broke today that Miss Cleo died from cancer at the age of 53, according to TMZ. The television psychic had been battling cancer in the hospital and was recently moved to hospice, where she passed surrounded by family and friends.
The psychic, born Youree Harris, was famous for her “Call me now!” tagline and she would take phone calls from viewers to share their fortunes.
The pop culture icon has been name-dropped by several rappers.
Childish Gambino gave her a shoutout on “Extraordinary” when he rhymed “Gam-B, the one like Neo / You didn’t see it coming, Reverse Miss Cleo.”
Tyga mentioned her in “Faded” when he rapped a series of punchlines including, “She wanna be the one, fuck her to my own single / Break a bitch heart, no future: Miss Cleo.”
Talib Kweli and J. Cole referenced Miss Cleo’s alleged Jamaican heritage in “Guerilla Monsoon Rap” and “Grew Up Fast” respectively. “What hardship you claim to see, but I can tell by your stare / Nigga you fugazi, sayin ya crew blazin, Like sayin Miss Cleo is a true Jamaican,” the Black Star rapper said. “Look how I made em nervous, niggas is shakin, I know they fakin’ / Okay you a killer right, and Miss Cleo is Jamaican / And Bob Marley is Haitian and me and Beyonce datin’,” Cole rapped on his 2012 single.
HipHopDX sends its condolences to Miss Cleo’s family and friends.
Check out how the Hip Hop community remembers Miss Cleo:
You forgot Jay Z. I can predict the future like Cleo the psychic on “The Ruler’s Back”
Bruh its a “victoria hernandez” piece, what you expect. She was probably like 5 yrs old when blueprint came out.
Honest question, wasn’t Cleo a swindler? All her calls were screened or some crazy shit.
Fuck her. I don’t celebrate the lives of thieves.
I think folks are celebrating the fact that she became a punchline not really her
She didn’t see that coming
Good post Hernandez. I remember not being able to go a day without seeing Cleo on tv in the mid 90’s. I figured she would be prominent in hip hop lyrics as a punchline but don’t remember much. She did come up in our ridiculous freestyles back then, haha.
Wait, what, she didn’t see that coming?
R.I.P. but she was only 53?!? I thought she’d be much older by now. Must be a typo.
whenever i came across the name Miss Cleo i would always remember “Leo” skit on Ja Rule’s Pain
LOL @ owning a Ja Rule album
Judging by the picture, Miss Cleo was not white. So why should we care about her death?