{"id":182519,"date":"2021-02-19T05:49:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/prince-markie-dee-fat-boys-rapper-dead-at-52\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T05:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:49:49","slug":"prince-markie-dee-fat-boys-rapper-dead-at-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/prince-markie-dee-fat-boys-rapper-dead-at-52\/","title":{"rendered":"#Prince Markie Dee, Fat Boys Rapper, Dead at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Prince Markie Dee, Fat Boys Rapp<\/a>er, Dead at 52<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

Prince Markie Dee, the rapper of the Brooklyn hip-hop trio Fat Boys, has died. The group\u2019s manager Louis Gregory confirmed the news<\/a>. \u201cPrince Markie Dee was more than a rapper; he was one of my very best and closest friends,\u201d Gregory wrote. \u201cMy heart breaks today because I lost a brother. I\u2019ll always love you Mark and I\u2019ll cherish everything you taught me.\u201d He was 52.<\/p>\n

Born Mark Morales, the Puerto Rican emcee formed Fat Boys originally under the name the Disco 3 with Damon Wimbley (aka Kool Rock-Ski) and Darren Robinson (aka the Human Beat Box) in 1983. Their first album, 1984\u2019s Fat Boys<\/em>, was produced by Kurtis Blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s music achieved widespread commercial success. Their 1987 album Crushin\u2019<\/em> went platinum, and three of their other albums have gone gold; their biggest hits were covers of \u201cWipeout\u201d and \u201cThe Twist.\u201d They parlayed their success into a brief film career, starring in 1985\u2019s Krush Groove<\/em> and 1987\u2019s Disorderlies<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Dee followed his time with the Fat Boys as a solo artist and a songwriter and producer. He had a solo hit with \u201cTypical Reasons (Swing My Way)\u201d and collaborated with artists like Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, and Mary J. Blige. He was also a radio personality who hosted The Prince Markie Dee Show<\/em> on SiriusXM\u2019s Rock the Bells.<\/p>\n

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Artists including Questlove and Fat Joe paid tribute to Prince Markie Dee and Fat Boys, noting the influence they had on hip-hop culture. \u201cI mean yeah now we all take for granted that traditional music really isn\u2019t needed to cold rock a party,\u201d Questlove wrote. \u201cBut to see THESE cats rock it back then???!\u201d<\/p>\n

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