Biz Markie's legacy continues to grow through a new publishing deal, a living archive, and renewed cultural impact as the hip ...

Biz Markie, the New York rapper whose jubilant, bawdy charisma made him one of the most idiosyncratic hip-hop figures ever to break into the top 10, died on Friday. He was 57. “It is with profound ...

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 ...

Biz Markie, the esteemed “Just A Friend” rapper, passed away last Friday (July 16th) at the age of 57. After a collective moment of shock and silence for the beloved artist, the music industry ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57. Markie’s representative, Jenni Izumi, ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES – 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 ...

Contrary to internet rumors, Long Island-raised hip-hop legend Biz Markie has not died. "The news of Biz Markie's passing is not true," his Washington, D.C.-based manager, Jenni D. Izumi, said in a ...

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 ...