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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A documentary about the life and career of the late rapper Biz Markie is coming to Showtime on the same day as hip-hop’s 50th birthday. The Sacha Jenkins-directed documentary All Up In The Biz, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Biz Markie, the legendary rap pioneer known as “the clown prince of hip hop” and for his 1989 hit single “Just a Friend,” died Friday. He was 57. “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this ...