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The Fat Boys will receive a well-deserved honor when they are inducted into the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame.

Pioneering rap group. The Fat Boys will get there just due next month when they're inducted into the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame!

The Fat Boys Prince Markie Dee Dead at 52 The Fat Boys Prince Markie Dee Dead at 52 "They were figuratively (no weight jokes) the biggest act in hip hop at some point in time," wrote Questlove. "Like the first act that showed this culture might have some real international legs to it" Althea Legaspi, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Prince Markie Dee, a member of the pioneering hip-hop group the Fat Boys, died on Thursday, the group’s manager, Louis Gregory confirmed. He was 52. No cause of ...

By 1987, the Fat Boys had already experienced an impressive measure of success and notoriety, helping to develop and shape hip-hop’s early years on wax. Their first two albums, 1984’s self-titled debut and 1985’s The Fat Boys Are Back, were produced by rap legend Kurtis Blow and were certified Gold on the back of hits like “Can You Feel It?,” “Jail House Rap,” and “The Fat Boys Are Back.” Often sharing the stage with pioneering contemporaries like Run-D.M.C. and Whodini, the ...

Fat Boys rapper Prince Markie Dee has died at the age of 52.