Biz Markie has died

[Quasar44]

Very sad

Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies at 57

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57. Markie’s representative, Jenni Izumi, …

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[skye]

never heard ...but RIP

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

Very sad

Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies at 57

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57. Markie’s representative, Jenni Izumi, …

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young

 

[airplanemechanic]

A rapper dies.

Ok.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

57? That’s dying of old age in the rap ghetto.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

never heard ...but RIP

 

[Quasar44]

skye
He had that one mega rap song

 

[Aletheia4u]

 

[Godboy]

never heard ...but RIP

I still dont understand how that song became popular. The singing is terrible, the lyrics are awful, but he still made bank off that hunk of shit.

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

never heard ...but RIP

I still dont understand how that song became popular. The singing is terrible, the lyrics are awful, but he still made bank off that hunk of shit.

The hook is okay. People can relate to the "Friend" concept in unrequited love.

Hip hop was new.

Time on MTV was gold.

 

[Quasar44]

Godboy
I agree but it’s catchy

 

[Quasar44]

Jimmy_Chitwood
The cause of death is not released

 

[Jimmy_Chitwood]

Jimmy_Chitwood
The cause of death is not released

I read that. Way too young.

That hit in 1989 when he was 25.

It sampled:

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[JGalt]

never heard ...but RIP

I still dont understand how that song became popular. The singing is terrible, the lyrics are awful, but he still made bank off that hunk of shit.

It was the 80's. There were a lot of drugs then.

 

[Sunni Man]

You can't spell the word crap without rap. ....

 

[Godboy]

Godboy
I agree but it’s catchy

Yep.

 

[whitehall]

He played the alien in the post office when Will Smith was trying to recruit Tommy lee Jones in MIB 2....right? Other than that his rap songs were hardly classic except to a select group.