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Just a Friend" is a song written, [3] [4] produced [4] and performed by American hip hop artist Biz Markie. It was released in September 1989 as the lead single from his album The Biz Never Sleeps . It is Markie's most successful single, reaching number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990.
Markie was born in Manhattan in the neighborhood of Harlem, New York City, on April 8, 1964. [7] [8] He was raised on Long Island in the hamlet of Brentwood [6] [9] and the village of Patchogue, where he spent his teenage years and where, on September 25, 2021, the intersection of South Street and West Avenue, across the street from his then-home, was dedicated as Biz Markie Way. [2]
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 ...
The chorus of "Just a Friend 2002" contains interpolations from rapper Biz Markie's 1989 song "Just a Friend." [ 3 ] The song also contains an instrumental sample from American hip hop group Run–D.M.C. 's " Sucker M.C.'s " (1983).
Celebrated hip hop artist Biz Markie is being honored after his death.The artist, best known for his 1989 single "Just a Friend," died this week after more than a year of serious health complications.
The post Biz Markie, Legendary ‘Just a Friend’ Rapper, Dies at 57 appeared first on SPIN. Biz Markie, the legendary rapper who is one of the genre's biggest personalities since its early ...
The release has received praise both from critics as well as fellow musicians over the years, with "Just a Friend" attracting particular acclaim. The 2006 hip-hop centered memoir In the Arms of Baby Hop cited the album as one of the "immaculate tapes out by February and March of 1990" (another example being 3rd Bass 's The Cactus LP ...
Family, friends and icons of the hip-hop world alike gathered to pay tribute to the legacy of Biz Markie. The rapper and DJ was honored with a homegoing celebration and private funeral on Monday ...