Biz Markie: Last News

Biz Markie was a hip-hop legend. There are just no two ways around it.

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Biz Markie this week, with a memorial service for the genre-defining ‘Just A Friend’ icon held yesterday (August 2).The private service, dubbed ‘The Final Show’, took place at New York’s Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Among those in attendance were LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Ice-T and Busy Bee, the latter of whom delivered a speech highlighting Markie’s outgoing personality and infectious sense of humour.“Biz was an icon,” Busy Bee said as per Page Six. “He is what we call hip-hop.

A.D. Amorosi The sad news that legendary legacy rapper, beat master and comic actor Biz Markie had passed away at age 57 was not unexpected.

Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, were saddened to deliver the news that a dear friend has passed away on Friday and they both paid tribute in their own ways.The longtime couple took to Instagram independently to pay their respects to American rapper, Biz Markie, who died with his wife by his side. READ: Will Smith denies rumours he's divorcing Jada Pinkett SmithWill's social media post was short but poignant as he shared a photo alongside Biz and simply wrote: "RIP BIZ," along with a broken heart emoji.

Biz Markie – born Marcel Theo Hall, and branded the ‘Clown Prince of Hip Hop’ by virtue of his legendary tenure as a pioneer of the genre, and his inimitable sense of humour – has died at age 57.News of his passing was confirmed by rep Jenni Izumi, who wrote in a statement: “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife Tara by his side, hip hop pioneer Biz Markie peacefully passed away.

Biz Markie was a rapper best known for his 1989 hit song, “Just a Friend.”Markie had moderate success on R&B radio with his early singles “Make the Music With Your Mouth” (1987) and “Vapors” (1988). But it was “Just a Friend” that made him a star, reaching No.

Biz Markie, the rapper who rose to fame with the one-hit wonder Just A Friend, has died at age 57.The hip-hop legend died at a Baltimore hospital on Friday night from complications of diabetes, TMZreports.Although Markie was best known for his instantly catching song and other tunes, he inadvertently helped to end an era of unchecked sampling in hip-hop as the result of a 1991 lawsuit against him.

Biz Markie, the rapper whose classic “Just a Friend” was a major hit in 1989 and has since been sampled in countless songs and videos, has died Friday in a Baltimore hospital from complications of diabetes. He was 57.

Biz Markie, the rapper best known for the hit song “Just a Friend,” died on Friday, July 16. He was 57.

Legendary Rapper Biz Markie has passed away at 57.

Biz Markie, the rapper whose classic Just A Friend was a major hit in 1989 and has since been sampled in countless songs and videos, has died. He passed in a Baltimore hospital from complications of diabetes. He was 57.

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Biz Markie has been hospitalised for weeks as he battles a serious illness, his rep has confirmed.

Rapper Biz Markie has been ‘hospitalised for weeks’ after suffering an unknown illness, it has been reported.Sources close to the 56-year-old rapper told TMZ that it is a serious illness, with his reps saying it isn’t coronavirus.‘He is receiving the best care from an amazing team of medical professionals and we remain positive about the outcome,’ reps told the publication.They stated the trigger for the hospitalisation is from the Type II Diabetes he suffers from.The Just A Friend rapper is currently staying in a hospital in Maryland, USA, but the status of his condition is unknown.Biz – real name Marcel Theo Hall – opened up about his diabetes back in 2014 and said he lost 63.5 kilograms to keep it under control.‘I wanted to live,’ Biz