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Biz Markie, hip-hop's clown prince, dies at 57


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Biz Markie, hip-hop s clown prince, dies at 57
Biz Markie, the innovative yet proudly goofy rapper, DJ and producer whose self-deprecating lyrics and off-key wail on songs like Just a Friend earned him the nickname Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died Friday. He was 57.
by By Joe Coscarelli / New York Times News Service
Jul. 18 2021 @ 10:11pm
Biz Markie, the innovative yet proudly goofy rapper, DJ and producer whose self-deprecating lyrics and off-key wail on songs like Just a Friend earned him the nickname Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died Friday. He was 57.
His death was confirmed by his manager, Jenni Izumi, did not specify the cause or say where he died. ....

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Biz Markie, Hip-Hop's 'Just a Friend' Clown Prince, Dies at 57


Biz Markie, Hip-Hop’s ‘Just a Friend’ Clown Prince, Dies at 57
An innovative yet proudly goofy rapper, he had an unlikely crossover hit with a tune that led one critic to call him (favorably) “the father of modern bad singing.”
The rapper Biz Markie in 1988. He became a pop sensation the next year with the unlikely smash “Just a Friend,” which reached No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Credit.David Corio/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images
July 16, 2021
Biz Markie, the innovative yet proudly goofy rapper, D.J. and producer whose self-deprecating lyrics and off-key wail on songs like “Just a Friend” earned him the nickname Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died on Friday. He was 57. ....

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Biz Markie, Harlem's Beatboxing Legend And "Just A Friend" Rapper, Dead At 57

Biz Markie, Harlem's Beatboxing Legend And "Just A Friend" Rapper, Dead At 57
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Pollstar | Out Of Africa: Q's With Veteran Independent Promoter Sparkie Martin


By: Andy Gensler
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G.O.A.T.The legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti, who Martin promoted, performing with his band Egypt 80 at New York’s Felt Forum in 1986.
Sparkie Martin is a veteran independent promoter who’s worked with stone-cold legends, including James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones and Barry White. He’s also promoted shows by leading musical luminaries from Africa including Fela Kuti, Baaba Maal, Angélique Kidjo and Youssou N’Dour. Pollstar
caught up with the high-energy and outspoken Martin, who resolutely believes Africa will be the source of the “next generation of worldwide music.” ....

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It's the 40th anniversary of the reggae king's passing. Here are the 40 songs that turned him from a Kingston raggamuffin to a global icon (Part II)


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It’s the 40th anniversary of the reggae king’s passing. Here are the 40 songs that turned him from a Kingston raggamuffin to a global icon (Part II)
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From 1976’s 
Rastaman Vibration, the song was written by Marley about his job driving a forklift in a Delaware Chrysler parts warehouse in the late ’60s. Marley is also said to have worked as a DuPont Co. lab assistant, using the pseudonym Donald Marley.
22) “Roots Rock Reggae”
Marley was courting an African American audience, as he commands here,
“play I on the R&B, I want all my people to see.” Marley also projected ....

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