I'm pretty sure I remember telling someone, at some point over the weekend that it may have warranted 5 or 6 "funs" instead of 3. I have to say that beyond a shadow of a doubt, this festival lived up to its' name. Martin Kawa of the blog The Only Hip Hop Blog That Matters sent us a Hip Hop recap of Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010! Check it out.įun Fun Fun fest invaded Waterloo park here in the great city of Austin this past weekend. Avalon is a member of the legendary Los Angeles-based graffiti crew CBS (Can't Be Stopped / City Bomb Squad)įrom the Fun x 3 department. Louis, MO for a brief time before he signed with Interscope Records. Mickey also attended college at Webster University in St. The two began passing out demos to Hollywood clubs and soon developed a following among fans of the Santa Cruz nightclub scene. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he was befriended by ex-MTV VJ Simon Rex who encouraged Avalon to rap and collaborated with him. By his early 20s, Avalon had married, had a daughter, and moved to Portland, Oregon. In his late teens, he converted to Orthodox Judaism. Frequent topics of Avalon's songs are his experiences with substance abuse and prostitution.Īvalon's family upbringing was tumultuous his mother sold marijuana for a living, which Avalon began doing as well, and his father was a heroin addict. 7, 2006 on Interscope/Shoot to Kill Records in association with MySpace Records. His debut self-titled solo album was released Nov. Mickey Avalon (born Yeshe Perl on December 3, 1975) is an American rapper from Hollywood, California. He also rapped on the track "So Fresh" alongside Slick Rick on Will Smith's 1999 album "Willenium"įrom the "servicing" department. He also rapped on the song "Schizo Jam", on Don Byron's 1998 release, "Nu Blaxploitation" (Blue Note/Capitol) and worked with Canibus on the first track on the Office Space soundtrack (1999). He also made numerous guest appearances with the Beastie Boys, "Check Your Head" (1992), "Ill Communication" (1994), "Hello Nasty" (1998), and their anthology The Sounds of Science (1999). For the remainder of the decade, he occasionally made television appearances, including a guest role on the recurring In Living Color sketch "The Dirty Dozens" and a 1996 freestyle rap commercial on MTV2. Biz responded in 1993 with the mischievously titled All Samples Cleared!, but his career had been hurt by the publicity emanating from the lawsuit, and the record suffered accordingly. This development reflected the increasing popularity of hip-hop and the financial stakes over which releases were set. In accordance with the ruling, Warner Bros., the parent company of Cold Chillin', had to pull I Need a Haircut from circulation, and all companies had to clear samples with the samples' creators before releasing the records. Records, Inc., that altered the landscape of hip-hop, finding that all samples must be cleared with the original artist before being used. O'Sullivan's claim was upheld in a landmark ruling, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. I Need a Haircut sales were already low when Markie was served a lawsuit by Gilbert O'Sullivan, who claimed that the album's Alone Again featured an unauthorized sample from his hit "Alone Again (Naturally)". The album also featured the underground hit singles "Nobody Beats The Biz", "The Vapors" and "Pickin' Boogers". He released his debut album, Goin' Off, which attracted a fair amount of attention, largely due to the lead single, "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz". In the same year, Biz Markie's debut single, "Make the Music With Your Mouth, Biz", was released on Prism Records. This lent credibility to his recording career and put Cold Chillin' on the map.
MC Shan and Roxanne Shante were part of Marley Marl's Cold Chillin' Records, and Biz beatboxed on Shante's underground hit "Def Fresh Crew" (1986).
Marcel Theo Hall (born April 8, 1964, Savage, Maryland) better known by his stage name Biz Markie, is an American rapper, DJ, comedian, actor, reality television personality and commercial spokesperson, best known for the single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989.īiz Markie's career began in Long Island, New York in the early 1980s, where he established his reputation for beat-boxing and rapping. KNUCKLE RUMBLER PRESENTS: BIZ MARKIE (DJ SET)ĪT THE SCOOT INN, DOORS AT 9PM, 21 AND UP WELCOMEĪVAILABLE AT Saturday, December 11 we are proud to say he’s bringin it to Austin. The legendary Biz Markie brings more than 15 years of solid hip-hop acumen and an overwhelming fan-base that stretches from New York City to Japan to Europe.
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