# OG Maco

Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr. (April 23, 1992 – December 26, 2024), known professionally as OG Maco, was an American rapper.

## Life and career

Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr. was born on April 23, 1992, in College Park, 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. 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. Maco released seventeen extended plays between 2012 and 2016, and his full-length debut, The God of Rage, was released in October 2021.

### Health issues and death

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. He spent the next two weeks in a coma before dying from his injuries on December 26, 2024, at the age of 32.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details |
| The God of Rage | Released: October 29, 2021 Label: Desperado Records Format: Streaming |
| OG MACO | Released: August 11, 2023 Label: Jake P. Noch Family Office, LLC. Format: Streaming |

### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with albums details :
| Title | Details |
| Public Speaking (as Maco Mattox) | Released: June 7, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Download |
| Live Life 2 | Released: October 24, 2014 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| OG Maco | Released: November 28, 2014 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Breathe | Released: December 17, 2014 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Yep (with Rome Fortune) | Released: January 6, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| I Made This Shit Before "U Guessed It" | Released: March 27, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| OGZAY (with Zaytoven) | Released: April 23, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Tax Free (with Pablo Dylan as TAX FREE) | Released: May 8, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| OGG EVERLASTING (with OGG) | Released: June 1, 2015 Label: OGG Format: Download |
| 10 Moons 2 (as Maco Mattox) | Released: September 7, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| 7FRVR | Released: April 27, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| OG Maco 2: Episode 1 – The Duke of Summer | Released: June 15, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| OG Maco 2: Episode 2 – Remember | Released: June 18, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Breathe 2: Episode 1 – Unite | Released: July 8, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Blvk Phil Collins | Released: September 20, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| For Scott... | Released: November 6, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Dynasty (with Jay 5) | Released: November 18, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |

### Mixtapes

List of mixtapes, with albums details :
| Title | Details |
| Marty McFly: The Mixtape (as Maco Mattox) | Released: November 10, 2011 Label: Self-released Format: Download |
| 10 Moons (as Maco Mattox) | Released: February 21, 2012 Label: Self-released Format: Download |
| Live Life | Released: February 14, 2014 Label: OGG Format: Download |
| Give Em Hell (with Key!) | Released: August 7, 2014 Label: OGG Format: Download |
| Gifts | Released: September 4, 2014 Label: OGG Format: Download |
| 15 | Released: February 15, 2015 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| The Lord of Rage | Released: January 1, 2016 Label: Quality Control Music, OGG Format: Download |
| Children of the Rage | Released: March 4, 2017 Label: OGG Format: Download |
| OG Maco 3 | Released: June 12, 2017 Label: OGG Format: Download |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles, with showing year released, peak chart positions and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | US R&B /HH | US Rap | Album |
| "U Guessed It" | 2014 | — | — | — | Give Em Hell |
| "U Guessed It (Remix)" (featuring 2 Chainz) | 2014 | 90 | 27 | 21 | OG Maco |
| "Fuckemx3" (featuring Migos) | 2014 | — | — | — | OG Maco |
| "Mirror Mirror" (featuring Kushy Stash) | 2015 | — | — | — | 15 |
| "Doctor Pepper" (with Diplo, CL and Riff Raff) | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "No Love" | 2016 | — | — | — | #BLVKPHILCOLLINS |
| "Prayer Line" (featuring Theo Ferragamo) | — | — | — | | #BLVKPHILCOLLINS |