Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biz Markie, the influential New York rapper known as the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died on Friday of undisclosed causes. He was 57.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Biz Markie, the legendary rap pioneer known as “the clown prince of hip hop” and for his 1989 hit single “Just a Friend,” died ...

Rapper and DJ Biz Markie has died. The self-deprecating rapper was known for his 1989 hit "Just a Friend." Rapper, deejay and pop culture figure Biz Markie died yesterday at the age of 57. A statement ...

Rostrum Records is celebrating its 20th anniversary in connection with Hip-Hop 50. The independent record label has released a 16-minute documentary Top Shelf 1988, titled after their inaugural ...

Biz Markie on Kensington High Street, London, in 1988. Photo: David Corio/Redferns Biz Markie on Kensington High Street, London, in 1988. Photo: David Corio/Redferns One thing Biz kept close to his ...

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.” By Joe Coscarelli Biz Markie, the ...

On this day in Hip Hop history, Marcel Theo Hall — better known to the world as Biz Markie — was born. Hailing from Harlem, New York, Biz began making noise in the culture at just 14 years old, ...

Biz Markie, the influential New York rapper known as the Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died on Friday of undisclosed causes. He was 57. "It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his ...

Biz Markie, the rapper, singer and actor behind the 1989 hit “Just a Friend,” died Friday in Baltimore. He was 57. “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by ...