Biz Markie, Hip-Hopâs âJust a Friendâ 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) âthe father of modern bad singing.â
The rapper Biz Markie in 1988. He became a pop sensation the next year with the unlikely smash âJust a Friend,â 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 âJust a Friendâ earned him the nickname Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died on Friday. He was 57.
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