Bill Tompkins/Getty Robbie Pardlo, best known as a member of the R&B group City High, has died. The singer died Thursday at the age of 46, his representative confirmed toEntertainment Weekly.A cause of death was not provided. He died in Willingboro, N.J.,TMZreported. Pardlo founded City High alongside his high school girlfriend, Claudette Ortiz, and their classmate Ryan Toby. Mentored byWyclef Jeanon his Wooga Booga label, the group released their first song, "What Would You Do," on the soundtrack of theEddie MurphyandMartin Lawrenceprison dramedyLifein 1999. Jean, who helped produce the track, shared the news of Pardlo's death on Instagram. "Gone to [sic] soon," the Fugees musician wrote. "What Would You Do," a song about the desperation caused by poverty that sampled "The Next Episode" byDr. DreandSnoop Dogg, peaked at No. 8 on theBillboardHot 100 and earned City High a nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal at the 2002 Grammy Awards (it ultimately lost toDestiny's Child's "Survivor"). The group released their first and only album,City High, in 2001, with Pardlo taking lead on the LP's production and Toby handling most of the writing. Its second single, "Caramel," featured Eve and peaked at No. 18 on theBillboardHot 100. The album peaked at No. 34 on the U.S.Billboard200, and landed at No. 136 on the year-end chart in 2001. David Tonge/Getty City High disbanded shortly after the release of the album, and Toby and Ortiz began a relationship that ended in divorce in 2007. Pardlo continued making music with the band First Take. A week before his death, Pardlo published a cryptic post on Threads. "This is kinda morbid," hewrote, "but I just took out a $500,000 life insurance policy on myself, and for a second I was hype — like, 'I need to hurry up and die so we can get this bread to finish remodeling this house.'" Want more movie news? Sign up forEntertainment Weekly'sfree newsletterto get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more. Pardlo died shortly after the death of Toby's daughter, Hannah. "I got the news that my niece passed...it was hard to hold it together," Pardlowrote last month. "Hannah was a firecracker, and taken way [sic] too soon. I wish there was more I could've done. Some more advice I could've given to help her...I'm just praying for my brother Ryan Toby and sister Charlee Dean now." Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly