On this date in the infamous year of 1988, the late, great “Human Orchestra” Biz Markie released his debut full-length album Goin’ Off on Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers Records. Produced exclusively by ...

Doug E. Fresh opened up about the untimely passing of fellow beatbox legend Biz Markie, “His spirit will live on.” Doug E. Fresh has revealed that Biz Markie’s verse featured on his newest album, ...

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, ...

Legendary rapper Biz Markie didn’t like to unwind with the kind of funk or hip-hop music one might expect from a “human beatbox” — instead, the “Nobody Beat the Biz” maestro turned to different kind ...

Canonizing Biz Markie as a one-hit wonder more than misses the mark; it requires a fundamental misreading of hip-hop history and the genre’s cultural touchstones to arrive at that distillation of his ...

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 ...

Clever, often comic lyrics, and always beat-heavy thumps propelled Biz Markie to hip-hop stardom, but countless house party performances from one end of Long Island to the other helped get him there.

Tributes for Biz Markie have flooded the web since the rapper’s wife announced his death at 57 years old last Friday. Multiple headers highlight Biz as a “rapper, actor and comedian,” and center his ...